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At Survivor Series in November 2001, the WCW United States and WWF Intercontinental Championships were unified, resulting in the United States Championship being deactivated. In July 2003, the title was reactivated as the WWE United States Championship. It is the only active WWE championship not created by the promotion.
The United States Championship has switched between brands over the years, usually as a result of the WWE Draft; the 2023 draft moved the title back to SmackDown. Of WWE's currently active championships, the United States Championship is the only one that did not originate in the promotion.
D: a – This is the date the WWF began operating the title in the United States; the championship had been active since March 26, 1981 being used by the WWF's partners the UWA and NJPW. [9] E: a – This is the date WWE launched the ECW program, during which Rob Van Dam was awarded the title as a result of winning the WWE Championship on June ...
The WCW United States Championship Tournament was a tournament that took place on July 18, 2000, for the vacated United States Championship after Scott Steiner was stripped of the title due to using his banned Steiner Recliner on Mike Awesome during a match at Bash at the Beach. [1]
The second highest ranked title used in WCW. It was established in 1975 under JCP and would continue to be used after WCW's purchase by the WWF until November 2001, when it was unified with the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Under WWE, the title was revived as the WWE United States Championship in 2003. WCW United States Tag Team Championship
The Women's United States Championship was unveiled on SmackDown on November 8, 2024, [14] with its inaugural champion to be determined in a tournament final at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 14, 2024. [15] The tag team title for female wrestlers is the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, which is
This was a winner-take-all match for both the World Heavyweight and United States Heavyweight championships. This was also the final episode of Nitro, as WCW had been purchased by the WWF on March 23, 2001. Booker T was also the United States champion. The title was then defended on WWF programming, where it was referred to as the WCW Championship.
After Cena was stripped of his title by Angle for "laying a hand" on the general manager, [citation needed] Booker T took advantage of the situation and won an eight-man elimination match to win the vacant United States Championship, thus becoming the one-hundredth United States Champion in history, in a match that also featured Cena, Dupree ...