The following champion history features the WWE United States Championship.
Reigns[]
As of March 19, 2024.
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Defenses: | Location | Event | Notes |
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1
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Eddie Guerrero | 1 | July 27, 2003
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84 | 7 | Denver, CO | Vengeance 2003 | Defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final to determine the first champion. |
2
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The Big Show | 1 | October 19, 2003
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147 | 3 | Baltimore, MD | No Mercy 2003 | N/A |
3
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John Cena | 1 | March 14, 2004
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114 | 6 | New York, NY | WrestleMania XX | N/A |
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Vacated | -
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July 6, 2004
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0 | N/A | Winnipeg, MB | SmackDown! | Cena was stripped of the title after attacking SmackDown! general manager Kurt Angle. Aired July 8, 2004. |
4
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Booker T | 1 | July 27, 2004
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68 | 1 | Cincinnati, OH | SmackDown! | This was an 8-way elimination match, also involving John Cena, René Duprée, Kenzo Suzuki, Rob Van Dam, Billy Gunn, Charlie Haas and Luther Reigns. Aired July 29, 2004. |
5
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John Cena | 2 | October 3, 2004
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2 | 1 | East Rutherford, NJ | No Mercy 2004 | This was the fifth match of a Best of Five series. |
6
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Carlito Caribbean Cool | 1 | October 5, 2004
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42 | 2 | Boston, MA | SmackDown! | Aired October 7, 2004. |
7
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John Cena | 3 | November 16, 2004
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105 | 2 | Dayton, OH | SmackDown! | Aired November 18, 2004. |
8
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Orlando Jordan | 1 | March 1, 2005
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173 | 3 | Albany, NY | SmackDown! | Aired March 3, 2005. |
9
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Chris Benoit | 1 | August 21, 2005
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58 | 5 | Washington, D.C. | SummerSlam 2005 | Famously won the match in 25 seconds |
10
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Booker T | 2 | October 18, 2005
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35 | 2 | Reno, NV | Friday Night SmackDown! | Aired October 21, 2005. |
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Vacated | -
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November 22, 2005
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0 | N/A | Sheffield, England | Friday Night SmackDown! | Vacated when a title defense against Chris Benoit ended in a double pinfall. Aired November 25, 2005. |
11
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Booker T | 3 | January 10, 2006
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40 | 1 | Philadelphia, PA | Friday Night SmackDown! | Booker faced Benoit in a Best of Seven series, winning the first three matches; Randy Orton substituted for Booker after that due to injury, losing the next three matches but winning the final. Aired January 13, 2006. |
12
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Chris Benoit | 2 | February 19, 2006
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42 | 1 | Baltimore, MD | No Way Out 2006 | N/A |
13
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John "Bradshaw" Layfield | 1 | April 2, 2006
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51 | 3 | Chicago, IL | WrestleMania 22 | N/A |
14
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Bobby Lashley | 1 | May 23, 2006
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49 | 1 | Bakersfield, CA | SmackDown! | Aired May 26, 2006. |
15
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Finlay | 1 | July 11, 2006
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49 | 2 | Minneapolis, MN | SmackDown! | Aired July 14, 2006. |
16
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Ken Kennedy | 1 | August 29, 2006
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42 | 1 | Reading, PA | SmackDown! | This was a triple threat match also involving Bobby Lashley, which aired September 1, 2006. |
17
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Chris Benoit | 3 | October 10, 2006
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222 | 6 | Jacksonville, FL | SmackDown! | Aired October 13, 2006. |
18
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Montel Vontavious Porter | 1 | May 20, 2007
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343 | 7 | St. Louis, MO | Judgment Day 2007 | This was a two out of three falls match, which MVP won 2–0. |
19
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Matt Hardy | 1 | April 27, 2008
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84 | 3 | Baltimore, MD | Backlash 2008 | The title became an ECW exclusive title when Hardy was drafted to ECW on June 23, 2008. |
20
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Shelton Benjamin | 1 | July 20, 2008
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240 | 5 | Uniondale, NY | The Great American Bash (2008) | The title was returned to SmackDown due to Benjamin's status as a SmackDown superstar. |
21
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Montel Vontavious Porter | 2 | March 17, 2009
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76 | 4 | Corpus Christi, TX | SmackDown! | Aired March 20, 2009. The title became a Raw exclusive title when MVP was drafted to Raw on April 13. |
22
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Kofi Kingston | 1 | June 1, 2009
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126 | 9 | Birmingham, AL | Raw | N/A |
23
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The Miz | 1 | October 5, 2009
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224 | 8 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Raw | N/A |
24
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Bret Hart | 1 | May 17, 2010
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7 | 0 | Toronto, ON | Raw | This was a no disqualification, no count out match. |
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Vacated | -
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May 24, 2010
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0 | N/A | Toledo, OH | Raw | Vacated when Bret Hart became General Manager of Raw. |
25
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R-Truth | 1 | May 24, 2010
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21 | 1 | Toledo, OH | Raw | Defeated The Miz to win the vacant title. |
26
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The Miz | 2 | June 14, 2010
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97 | 3 | Charlotte, NC | Raw | This was a Fatal Four Way match also involving John Morrison and Zack Ryder. |
27
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Daniel Bryan | 1 | September 19, 2010
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176 | 5 | Rosemont, IL | Night of Champions 2010 | N/A |
28
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Sheamus | 1 | March 14, 2011
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48 | 2 | St. Louis, MO | Monday Night Raw | If Sheamus lost he would've quit the WWE. |
29
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Kofi Kingston | 2 | May 1, 2011
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49 | 2 | Tampa, FL | Extreme Rules 2011 | This was a Tables Match |
30
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Dolph Ziggler | 1 | June 19, 2011
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182 | 6 | Washington, D.C. | Capitol Punishment 2011 | N/A |
31
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Zack Ryder | 1 | December 18, 2011
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29 | 2 | Baltimore, Maryland | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2011 | N/A |
32
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Jack Swagger | 1 | January 16, 2012
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49 | 2 | Anaheim, California | Monday Night Raw | N/A |
33
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Santino Marella | 1 | March 5, 2012
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167 | 6 | Boston, Massachusetts | Monday Night Raw | N/A |
34 | Antonio Cesaro | 1 | August 19, 2012 | 239 | 14 | Los Angeles, California | SummerSlam 2012 | Match aired live on YouTube and WWE.com as part of the SummerSlam pre-show. |
35 | Kofi Kingston | 3 | April 15, 2013 | 34 | 2 | Greenville, South Carolina | Monday Night Raw | |
36 | Dean Ambrose | 1 | May 19, 2013 | 351 | 15 | St. Louis, Missouri | Extreme Rules 2013 | On April 28, 2014, Ambrose broke Montel Vontavious Porter's previous record of 343 days and became the longest reigning United States Champion under the WWE banner. |
37 | Sheamus | 2 | May 5, 2014 | 182 | 7 | Albany, New York | Monday Night RAW | This was a 20-Man Over-the-top rope Battle Royal. Sheamus lastly eliminated Ambrose to win the match and the title. |
38 | Rusev | 1 | November 3, 2014 | 146 | 6 | Buffalo, New York | Monday Night RAW | This was a bonus match that aired on Raw backstage pass on the WWE Network. |
39 | John Cena | 4 | March 29, 2015 | 147 | 17 | Santa Clara, California | WrestleMania XXXI | Lana giving Cena a Rematch at WrestleMania when Cena put Rusev in the STF for a long time but able to get a victory for USA and bring home the title |
40 | Seth Rollins | 1 | August 23, 2015 | 28 | 1 | Brooklyn, New York | SummerSlam | This was also for Rollins' WWE World Heavyweight Championship. |
41 | John Cena | 5 | September 20, 2015 | 35 | 6 | Houston, Texas | Night of Champions | By getting a rematch by Seth Rollins to prove that Seth can beat Cena once again but losses to Cena and loss the Untied States Championship |
42 | Alberto Del Rio | 1 | October 25, 2015 | 78 | 3 | Los Angeles, California | Hell in a Cell | |
43 | Kalisto | 1 | January 11, 2016 | 1 | 1 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Raw | |
44 | Alberto Del Rio | 2 | January 12, 2016 | 12 | 1 | Lafayette, Louisiana | SmackDown | WWE recognizes Del Rio's reign as lasting 10 days, beginning on January 14, 2016, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
45 | Kalisto | 2 | January 24, 2016 | 119 | 5 | Orlando, Florida | Royal Rumble | |
46 | Rusev | 2 | May 22, 2016 | 126 | 10 | Orlando, Florida | Extreme Rules | The brand extension returned and the title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2016 WWE draft.
WWE recognizes Rusev's reign as lasting 127 days. |
47 | Roman Reigns | 1 | September 25, 2016 | 106 | 7 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Clash of Champions 2016 | WWE recognizes Reigns' reign as lasting 107 days |
48 | Chris Jericho | 1 | January 9, 2017 | 83 | 3 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Raw | This was a 2–on–1 handicap match, also involving Kevin Owens, who teamed with Jericho. Jericho pinned Roman Reigns to win the title. |
49 | Kevin Owens | 1 | April 2, 2017 | 28 | 1 | Orlando, Florida | WrestleMania 33 | |
50 | Chris Jericho | 2 | April 30, 2017 | 2 | 1 | San Jose, California | Payback 2017 | |
51 | Kevin Owens | 2 | May 2, 2017 | 66 | 3 | Fresno, California | Smackdown | |
52 | A.J. Styles | 1 | July 7, 2017 | 16 | 1 | New York City, New York | House show | |
53 | Kevin Owens | 3 | July 23, 2017 | 2 | 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Battleground 2017 | |
54 | A.J. Styles | 2 | July 25, 2017 | 75 | 6 | Richmond, Virginia | Smackdown | This was a Triple Threat match also involving Chris Jericho. |
55 | Baron Corbin | 1 | October 8, 2017 | 70 | 4 | Detroit, Michigan | Hell in a Cell 2017 | This was a Triple Threat match also involving Tye Dillinger. |
56 | Dolph Ziggler | 2 | December 17, 2017 | 9 | 0 | Boston, Massachusetts | Clash of Champions 2017 | This was a Triple Threat match also involving Bobby Roode. |
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Vacated | -
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December 26, 2017 | 0 | N/A | Rosemont, Illinois | Smackdown | Vacated by the decision of General Manager of SmackDown Daniel Bryan after Dolph Ziggler abandoned the title. |
57 | Bobby Roode | 1 | January 16, 2018 | 54 | 3 | Laredo, Texas | Smackdown | Defeated Jinder Mahal to win the vacant title. |
58 | Randy Orton | 1 | March 11, 2018 | 28 | 1 | Columbus, Ohio | Fastlane | Defeated Bobby Roode |
59 | Jinder Mahal | 1 | April 8, 2018 | 8 | 1 | New Orleans, Louisiana | WrestleMania 34 | Defeated Randy Orton, Bobby Roode & Rusev |
60 | Jeff Hardy | 1 | April 16, 2018 | 90 | 5 | Hartford, Connecticut | Monday Night Raw | Defeated Jinder Mahal |
61 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | July 15, 2018 | 156 | 6 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Extreme Rules | Defeated Jeff Hardy |
62 | Rusev | 3 | December 18, 2018 | 40 | 1 | Fresno, California | SmackDown Live | Aired on December 25, 2018. |
63 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 2 | January 27, 2019 | 2 | 1 | Phoenix, Arizona | Royal Rumble | Defeated Rusev |
64 | R-Truth | 2 | January 29, 2019 | 35 | 3 | Phoenix, Arizona | SmackDown Live | Defeated Shinsuke Nakamura |
65 | Samoa Joe | 1 | March 5, 2019 | 75 | 3 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | SmackDown Live | Defeated R-Truth, Rey Mysterio & Andrade |
66 | Rey Mysterio | 1 | May 19, 2019 | 15 | 0 | Hartford, Connecticut | Money in the Bank (PPV) | Defeated Samoa Joe |
67 | Samoa Joe | 2 | June 3, 2019 | 20 | 1 | Austin, Texas | Raw | Previous champion Rey Mysterio relinquished championship to Samoa Joe due to injury. |
68 | Ricochet | 1 | June 23, 2019 | 21 | 2 | Tacoma, Washington | Stomping Grounds | |
69 | A.J. Styles | 3 | July 14, 2019 | 134 | 7 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Extreme Rules | |
70 | Rey Mysterio | 2 | November 25, 2019 | 31 | 3 | Chicago, Illinois | RAW | |
71 | Andrade | 1 | December 26, 2019 | 151 | 7 | New York City, New York | Live event | |
72 | Apollo Crews | 1 | May 25, 2020 | 97 | 5 | Orlando, Florida | RAW | |
73 | Bobby Lashley | 2 | August 30, 2020 | 175 | 6 | Orlando, Florida | Payback | |
74 | Riddle | 1 | February 21, 2021 | 49 | 3 | St. Petersburg, Florida | Elimination Chamber | |
75 | Sheamus | 3 | April 11, 2021 | 132 | 2 | Tampa, Florida | WrestleMania 37 | |
76 | Damian Priest | 1 | August 21, 2021 | 191 | 12 | Paradise, Nevada | SummerSlam | |
77 | Finn Bálor | 1 | February 28, 2022 | 49 | 0 | Columbus, Ohio | RAW | |
78 | Theory | 1 | April 18, 2022 | 75 | 2 | Buffalo, New York | Raw | |
79 | Bobby Lashley | 3 | July 2, 2022 | 100 | 5 | Paradise, Nevada | Money in the Bank | |
80 | Seth Rollins | 2 | October 10, 2022 | 47 | 3 | Brooklyn, New York | RAW | |
81 | Austin Theory | 2 | November 26, 2022 | 258 | 10 | Boston, Massachusetts | Survivor Series | Won in a Triple Threat Match that also involved Bobby Lashley. |
82 | Rey Mysterio | 3 | August 11, 2023 | 85 | 2 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Smackdown | |
83 | Logan Paul | 1 | November 4, 2023 | 136+ | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Crown Jewel |
List of reign lengths[]
- As of March 19, 2024.
Wrestler | Days Held | Date Won | Date Lost |
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Dean Ambrose | 351 | May 19, 2013 | May 5, 2014 |
Montel Vontavious Porter | 343 | May 20, 2007 | April 27, 2008 |
Austin Theory (2) | 258 | November 26, 2022 | August 11, 2023 |
Shelton Benjamin | 240 | July 20, 2008 | March 17, 2009 |
Antonio Cesaro | 239 | August 19, 2012 | April 15, 2013 |
The Miz | 224 | October 5, 2009 | May 17, 2010 |
Chris Benoit (3) | 222 | October 10, 2006 | May 20, 2007 |
Damian Priest | 191 | August 21, 2021 | February 28, 2022 |
Dolph Ziggler | 182 | June 19, 2011 | December 18, 2011 |
Sheamus (2) | 182 | May 5, 2014 | November 3, 2014 |
Daniel Bryan | 176 | September 19, 2010 | March 14, 2011 |
Bobby Lashley (2) | 175 | August 30, 2020 | February 21, 2021 |
Orlando Jordan | 173 | March 1, 2005 | August 21, 2005 |
Santino Marella | 167 | March 5, 2012 | August 19, 2012 |
Shinsuke Nakamura | 156 | July 15, 2018 | December 18, 2018 |
Andrade | 151 | December 26, 2019 | May 25, 2020 |
The Big Show | 147 | October 19, 2003 | March 14, 2004 |
John Cena (4) | 147 | March 29, 2015 | August 23, 2015 |
Rusev | 146 | November 3, 2014 | March 29, 2015 |
A.J. Styles (3) | 134 | July 14, 2019 | November 25, 2019 |
Sheamus (3) | 132 | April 11, 2021 | August 21, 2021 |
Rusev (2) | 126 | May 22, 2016 | September 25, 2016 |
Kofi Kingston | 126 | June 1, 2009 | October 5, 2009 |
Kalisto (2) | 119 | January 24, 2016 | May 22, 2016 |
John Cena | 114 | March 14, 2004 | July 6, 2004 |
Roman Reigns | 106 | September 25, 2016 | January 9, 2017 |
John Cena (3) | 105 | November 16, 2004 | March 1, 2005 |
Bobby Lashley | 100 | July 2, 2022 | October 10, 2022 |
The Miz (2) | 97 | June 14, 2010 | September 19, 2010 |
Apollo Crews | 97 | May 25, 2020 | August 30, 2020 |
Jeff Hardy | 90 | April 16, 2018 | July 15, 2018 |
Rey Mysterio (3) | 85 | August 11, 2023 | November 4, 2023 |
Eddie Guerrero | 84 | July 27, 2003 | October 19, 2003 |
Matt Hardy | 84 | April 27, 2008 | July 20, 2008 |
Chris Jericho | 83 | January 9, 2017 | April 2, 2017 |
Alberto Del Rio | 78 | October 25, 2015 | January 11, 2016 |
Montel Vontavious Porter (2) | 76 | March 17, 2009 | June 1, 2009 |
A.J. Styles (2) | 75 | July 25, 2017 | October 8, 2017 |
Samoa Joe | 75 | March 5, 2019 | May 19, 2019 |
Theory | 75 | April 18, 2022 | July 2, 2022 |
Baron Corbin | 70 | October 8, 2017 | December 17, 2017 |
Booker T | 68 | July 27, 2004 | October 3, 2004 |
Kevin Owens (2) | 66 | May 2, 2017 | July 7, 2017 |
Chris Benoit | 58 | August 21, 2005 | October 18, 2005 |
Bobby Roode | 54 | January 16, 2018 | March 11, 2018 |
John "Bradshaw" Layfield | 51 | April 2, 2006 | May 23, 2006 |
Finn Bálor | 49 | February 28, 2022 | April 18, 2022 |
Riddle | 49 | February 21, 2021 | April 11, 2021 |
Bobby Lashley | 49 | May 23, 2006 | July 11, 2006 |
Finlay | 49 | July 11, 2006 | August 29, 2006 |
Kofi Kingston (2) | 49 | May 1, 2011 | June 19, 2011 |
Jack Swagger | 49 | January 16, 2012 | March 5, 2012 |
Sheamus | 48 | March 14, 2011 | May 1, 2011 |
Seth Rollins (2) | 47 | October 10, 2022 | November 26, 2022 |
Mr. Kennedy | 42 | August 29, 2006 | October 10, 2006 |
Carlito Caribbean Cool | 42 | October 5, 2004 | November 16, 2004 |
Chris Benoit (2) | 42 | February 19, 2006 | April 2, 2006 |
Booker T (3) | 40 | January 10, 2006 | February 19, 2006 |
Rusev (3) | 40 | December 18, 2018 | January 27, 2019 |
Booker T (2) | 35 | October 18, 2005 | November 22, 2005 |
John Cena (5) | 35 | September 20, 2015 | October 25, 2015 |
R-Truth (2) | 35 | January 29, 2019 | March 5, 2019 |
Kofi Kingston (3) | 34 | April 15, 2013 | May 19, 2013 |
Rey Mysterio (2) | 31 | November 25, 2019 | December 26, 2019 |
Zack Ryder | 29 | December 18, 2011 | January 16, 2012 |
Randy Orton | 28 | March 11, 2018 | April 8, 2018 |
Seth Rollins | 28 | August 23, 2015 | September 20, 2015 |
Kevin Owens | 28 | April 2, 2017 | April 30, 2017 |
Ricochet | 21 | June 23, 2019 | July 14, 2019 |
R-Truth | 21 | May 24, 2010 | June 14, 2010 |
Samoa Joe (2) | 20 | June 3, 2019 | June 23, 2019 |
A.J. Styles | 16 | July 7, 2017 | July 23, 2017 |
Rey Mysterio | 15 | May 19, 2019 | June 3, 2019 |
Alberto Del Rio (2) | 12 | January 12, 2016 | January 24, 2016 |
Dolph Ziggler (2) | 9 | December 17, 2017 | December 26, 2017 |
Jinder Mahal | 8 | April 8, 2018 | April 16, 2018 |
Bret Hart | 7 | May 17, 2010 | May 24, 2010 |
Shinsuke Nakamura (2) | 2 | January 27, 2019 | January 29, 2019 |
Kevin Owens (3) | 2 | July 23, 2017 | July 25, 2017 |
Chris Jericho (2) | 2 | April 30, 2017 | May 2, 2017 |
Logan Paul | 136+ | November 4, 2023 | Current Champion |
Kalisto | 1 | January 11, 2016 | January 12, 2016 |