This article is about the championship originally created in 1975 by the National Wrestling Alliance and currently defended in WWE. For the championship that was in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE) from 1963 until 1976, see WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship.
WWE United States Championship
The current WWE United States Championship belt with default side plates (2020–present)
Details
Promotion
Jim Crockett Promotions (1975–1988) World Championship Wrestling (1988–2001) WWE (2001; 2003–present)
Brand
SmackDown
Date established
January 1, 1975
Current champion(s)
Logan Paul
Date won
November 4, 2023
Other name(s)
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic) (1975–1981)
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Undisputed) (1981–1991)
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1991–2001)
WCW United States Championship (2001)
WWE United States Championship (2003–present)
Statistics
First champion(s)
Harley Race
Most reigns
Ric Flair (6 reigns)
Longest reign
Lex Luger (3rd reign, 523 days)[a]
Shortest reign
Steve Austin (2nd reign, 5 minutes)
Oldest champion
Terry Funk (56 years, 84 days)
Youngest champion
David Flair (20 years, 121 days)
Heaviest champion
Big Show (500 lb (230 kg))
Lightest champion
Kalisto (170 lb (77 kg))
The WWE United States Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two secondary championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Raw. The current champion is Logan Paul, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Rey Mysterio at Crown Jewel on November 4, 2023.
The championship was established on January 1, 1975, as the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Jim Crockett Promotions, and later assumed by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which eventually seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Harley Race was the inaugural champion. After WCW was purchased by the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001, the then-WCW United States Championship was defended in the WWF until it was unified with the Intercontinental Championship at that year's Survivor Series. After the 2002 brand extension and the promotion being renamed WWE, the championship was reactivated as the WWE United States Championship in July 2003 as a secondary title of the SmackDown brand. 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. It is the second-oldest active title in the company, behind the WWE Championship (1963), but the third longest-tenured championship, behind the WWE and Intercontinental Championships (1979), as WWE has only owned the United States Championship since 2001.
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