WCW United States Championship

Years Active 2001 — 2001

Promotion WWF

Brand N/A

Total Reigns 5

Total Champions 5

Last Champion Chris Kanyon

Longest Reign

Chris Kanyon

117 days as the WCW United States Champion

Won at SmackDown! on July 24, 2001 and held title until November 18, 2001.

Most Reigns

Longest Reigns

Chris Kanyon (117 days)
Rhyno (29 days)
Kurt Angle (21 days)

About This Championship

The WCW United States Championship was the final WCW-branded name used for the title after the WWF purchased World Championship Wrestling in 2001. The championship continued the same lineage that began in 1975 as the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and later became the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.

Booker T entered the WWF Invasion period as the titleholder after WCW’s final months. The championship then changed hands on WWF programming during the WCW and ECW Alliance storyline. Chris Kanyon, Tajiri, Rhyno, Kurt Angle, and Edge were among the wrestlers connected to the title during this short period.

The title was deactivated at Survivor Series 2001 in a unification match between Edge and Test. Edge entered the match as WWF Intercontinental Champion, while Test entered as WCW United States Champion.

Edge won the match, so the Intercontinental Championship continued as the active title, and the WCW United States Championship was absorbed into it. The United States title then remained inactive until WWE revived the lineage in 2003 as the WWE United States Championship.

Championship Name History

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship 1975 – 1991

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WCW United States Heavyweight Championship 1991 – 2001

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WCW United States Championship 2001 – 2001

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WWE United States Championship 2003 – Present

WCW United States Championship Complete Reign History

= Reign Distinction = Includes Reign Notes

# Click to sort	Wrestler Click to sort	Date Won Click to sort	Opponent(s) Click to sort	Event Click to sort	Match Type Click to sort	Partner(s) Click to sort
—	Championship Deactivated from November 18, 2001 to July 27, 2003 (1 year, 8 months, 9 days)
37	Edge	Nov 12, 2001	Kurt Angle	Raw	Singles Match	6
Edge’s reign ended at Survivor Series 2001 when he defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Test in a United States and Intercontinental Championship unification match. The WCW United States Championship was unified into the WWF Intercontinental Championship and was deactivated after the match.
36	Kurt Angle	Oct 22, 2001	Rhyno	Raw	Singles Match	21
35	Rhyno	Sep 23, 2001	Tajiri	Unforgiven 2001	Singles Match	29
34	Tajiri	Sep 10, 2001	Chris Kanyon	Raw	Singles Match	13
33	Chris Kanyon	Jul 24, 2001		SmackDown!	Singles Match	117
Chris Kanyon was awarded the WCW United States Championship after Booker T gave up the title during the Invasion storyline. Booker was also holding the WCW Championship at the time, so he handed the United States Title to Kanyon without a match.
Championship renamed to WCW United States Championship on June 24, 2001
32	Booker T	Mar 18, 2001	Rick Steiner	Greed 2001	Singles Match	128
31	Rick Steiner	Feb 5, 2001	Shane Douglas	Nitro	Singles Match	41
30	Shane Douglas	Jan 14, 2001	Gen. Rection	Sin 2001	First Blood Match	22
29	Gen. Rection	Nov 26, 2000	Lance Storm	Mayhem 2000	Singles Match	49
28	Lance Storm	Nov 10, 2000	Gen. Rection	Nitro	Singles Match	16
27	Gen. Rection	Oct 29, 2000	Lance Storm	Halloween Havoc 2000	Handicap Match	12
26	Lance Storm	Sep 23, 2000	Terry Funk	House show	Singles Match	36
25	Terry Funk	Sep 22, 2000	Lance Storm	House show	Singles Match	1
24	Lance Storm	Jul 18, 2000	Mike Awesome	Nitro	Tournament Final Match	66
—	Title Vacated from July 9, 2000 to July 18, 2000 (9 days)
23	Scott Steiner	Apr 16, 2000	Sting	Spring Stampede 2000	Tournament Final Match	84
Steiner’s reign ended after WCW Commissioner Ernest Miller stripped him of the title at Bash at the Beach 2000 for using the banned Steiner Recliner during his match against Mike Awesome.
—	Title Vacated from April 10, 2000 to April 16, 2000 (6 days)
22	Jeff Jarrett	Jan 17, 2000		Nitro		84
New WCW Commissioner Kevin Nash awarded Jarrett the title one day after it had been taken from him because of his concussion. His reign ended on April 10, 2000, when Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo vacated all WCW championships during the company’s storyline reset.
—	Title Vacated from January 16, 2000 to January 17, 2000 (1 day)
21	Jeff Jarrett	Dec 20, 1999	Chris Benoit	Nitro	Ladder Match	27
Jarrett’s reign ended after he suffered a concussion during a steel cage match against Jimmy Snuka. He was stripped of the title on January 16, 2000, because he was unable to defend it at Souled Out.
20	Chris Benoit	Dec 19, 1999	Scott Hall	Starrcade 1999	Singles Match	1
19	Scott Hall	Nov 8, 1999	Sid Vicious, Bret Hart, and Goldberg	Nitro	Ladder Match	41
18	Bret Hart	Oct 25, 1999	Goldberg	Nitro	Singles Match	14
17	Goldberg	Oct 24, 1999	Sid Vicious	Halloween Havoc 1999	Singles Match	1
16	Sid Vicious	Sep 12, 1999	Chris Benoit	Fall Brawl 1999	Singles Match	42
15	Chris Benoit	Aug 9, 1999	David Flair	Nitro	Singles Match	34
14	David Flair	Jul 5, 1999		Nitro	Singles Match	35
David Flair began his reign after his father, WCW President Ric Flair, stripped Scott Steiner of the title and awarded the vacant championship to him on July 5, 1999.
13	Scott Steiner	Apr 11, 1999	Booker T	Spring Stampede 1999	Tournament Final Match	89
Steiner’s reign ended when WCW President Ric Flair stripped him of the title on July 5, 1999, claiming Steiner was traveling instead of defending it. Flair then awarded the title to his son, David Flair.
12	Scott Hall	Feb 21, 1999	Roddy Piper	SuperBrawl IX	Singles Match	25
Hall’s reign ended when WCW President Ric Flair stripped him of the title on March 18, 1999, saying he couldn’t find Hall. The title was declared vacant, and a tournament began that night.
11	Roddy Piper	Feb 8, 1999	Bret Hart	Nitro	Singles Match	13
10	Bret Hart	Nov 30, 1998	Diamond Dallas Page	Nitro	No Disqualification Match	70
9	Diamond Dallas Page	Oct 26, 1998	Bret Hart	Nitro	Singles Match	35
8	Bret Hart	Aug 13, 1998	Lex Luger	Thunder	Singles Match	74
7	Lex Luger	Aug 10, 1998	Bret Hart	Nitro	Singles Match	3
6	Bret Hart	Jul 20, 1998	Diamond Dallas Page	Nitro	Vacant Title Match	21
—	Title Vacated from July 6, 1998 to July 20, 1998 (14 days)
5	Goldberg	Apr 20, 1998	Raven	Nitro	Raven’s Rules Match	77
Goldberg’s reign ended when the title was vacated after he defeated Hollywood Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on on July 6, 1998.
4	Raven	Apr 19, 1998	Diamond Dallas Page	Spring Stampede 1998	Raven’s Rules Match	1
3	Diamond Dallas Page	Dec 28, 1997	Curt Hennig	Starrcade 1997	Singles Match	112
2	Curt Hennig	Sep 15, 1997	Steve McMichael	Nitro	Singles Match	104
1	Steve McMichael	Aug 21, 1997	Jeff Jarrett	Clash of the Champions XXXV	Singles Match	25