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NWA/WCW/WWE United States Heavyweight Championship, 2000-

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No.

Champion

Date won

Location

Reign

Event

Note
  VACANT          
85 Jeff Jarrett [3] 00/01/17 Columbus, OH     37
  VACANT          
86 Scott Steiner [2] 00/04/16 Chicago, IL   Spring Stampede 2000 38
  VACANT          
87 Lance Storm 00/07/18 Auburn Hills, MI   Tournament 39
88 Terry Funk [2] 00/09/22 Amarillo, TX      
89 Lance Storm [2] 00/09/23 Lubbock, TX      
90 General Rection (Hugh Morrus) 00/10/29 Las Vegas, NV   Halloween Havoc '00 40
91 Lance Storm [3] 00/11/10 London, GREAT BRITAIN      
92 General Rection [2] 00/11/26 Milwaukee, WI   Mayhem '00  
93 Shane Douglas 01/01/14 Indianapolis, IN   Sin 41
94 Rick Steiner 01/02/05 Tupelo, MS      
95 Booker T. 01/03/18 Jacksonville, FL   Greed 42
96 Chris Kanyon 7/24/2001 Pittsburgh, PA     43
97. Tajiri 9/10/2001 San Antonio, TX 13 d -Live 44
98. Rhyno 9/23/2001 Pittsburgh, PA 29 d Unforgiven 2001  
99. Kurt Angle 10/22/2001 Kansas City, MO 21 d 45
100. Edge 11/12/2001 Boston, MA 69 d 46
101. Eddie Guerrero [2] 07/27/2003 Denver, CO 84 d Vengeance 2003 47
102. The Big Show 10/19/2003 Baltimore, MD 147 d No Mercy 2003  
103. John Cena 03/14/2004 New York, NY 114 d Wrestlemania XX  
  VACANT 07/06/2004 Winnipeg, Canada 21 d -07/08/04 48
104. Booker T [2] 07/27/2004 Cincinnati, OH 68 d -07/29/04 49
105. John Cena [2] 10/03/2004 East Rutherford, NJ 2 d No Mercy '04 50
106. Carlito Caribbean Cool 10/05/2004 Boston, MA 42 d -10/07/04  
107. John Cena [3] 11/16/2004 Dayton, OH 105 d -11/18/04  
108. Orlando Jordan 03/01/2005 Albany, NY You need a Java browser to execute this java program. days -03/03/05  

Different versions between 1953 and 1981: Chicago/Detroit (53/09 - 80/10), Central States (60s), Hawaii (62 - 68), Toronto (62 - 77/07), San Francisco (68 - 81/01). Mid-Atlantic/W.C.W. (75/11 - 93/09, followed on this page) became the only version after 1981.

Notes:

37. Given the title back by WCW Commissioner Kevin Nash next day; declared vacant by WCW executives Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo on 00/04/10 in Denver, CO.

38. Defeats Sting in tournament final; stripped on 00/07/09 in Daytona Beach, FL.

39. Defeats Mike Awesome in 8-man tournament final; declares himself as Canadian Heavyweight champion.

40. Defeats Storm and Jim Duggan in a handicap match.

41. Wins First Blood rules, with a chain hung above the ring match.

42. Unified with WCW World Heavyweight Title on 01/03/26.

43. Awarded by Booker T. and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.

44. Tajiri is a WWF wrestler.

45. Kurt Angle is a WWF wrestler when he wins this title. On October 29, 2001, Angle joins the WCW/ECW Alliance.

46. Edge is a WWF wrestler. Edge unified the WWF Intercontinental and WCW United States Titles at Survivor Series 2001.

47. The US Title is resurrected as a WWE Smackdown Championship in 2003. Eddie Guerrero wins the title in a tournament final versus Chris Benoit at Vengeance 2003.

48. John Cena was stripped by SmackDown GM Kurt Angle for violating his probation.

49. Booker T won an 8-man elimination match also involving John Cena, Rene Dupree, Charlie Haas, Luther Reigns, Rob Van Dam, Billy Gunn, and Kenzo Suzuki.

50. Defeated Booker T by winning a best-of-five series of matches, 3-2. Match one was at SummerSlam, while the other four aired on SmackDown.

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