The WWE United States Championship is formally the WCW United States Championship but is now a WWE title exclusive to the SmackDown! brand.

Contents

1 History 2 Facts and trivia 3 Current champion 4 See also

History

The title was a WCW championship, respectively, until; during the Invasion storyline in 2001, the United States Champion, Edge, defeated the Intercontinental Champion, Test, to merge both titles. Edge then held the Intercontinental Championship, and the United States Championship became inactive.

The title was reactivated by Stephanie McMahon who was then the General Manager (GM) of SmackDown! and made the championship exclusive to SmackDown!

At the 2004 Armageddon pay-per-view, the current United States champion, John Cena, revealed a new redesigned, custom-made, United States championship, resembling a disc on a turn-table.

Facts and trivia

• The current record for most United States championship reigns is 6 held by Ric Flair and Lex Luger.

Current champion

The current champion is John Cena in his third reign. Cena defeated Carlito Caribbean Cool in the November 18, 2004 edition of SmackDown!.

See also

List of WWE United States Champions