The WCW United States Heavyweight Championship was a championship owned by the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and briefly in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) promotions.
Reigns:[]
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Harley Race | January 1, 1975 | House show | Tallahassee, FL | 1 | 183 | Defeated Johnny Weaver in a tournament final to become the inaugural United States Heavyweight Champion. | |
| 2 | Johnny Valentine | July 3, 1975 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 93 | ||
| — | Vacated | October 4, 1975 | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Johnny Valentine suffered a career-ending injury in a plane crash. | |
| 3 | Terry Funk | November 9, 1975 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 18 | Defeated Paul Jones in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| 4 | Paul Jones | November 27, 1975 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 107 | ||
| 5 | Blackjack Mulligan | March 13, 1976 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 217 | ||
| 6 | Paul Jones | October 16, 1976 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 2 | 43 | ||
| 7 | Blackjack Mulligan | December 15, 1976 | House show | Raleigh, NC | 2 | 204 | ||
| 8 | Bobo Brazil | July 7, 1977 | House show | Norfolk, VA | 1 | 22 | ||
| 9 | Ric Flair | July 29, 1977 | House show | Richmond, VA | 1 | 84 | ||
| 10 | Ricky Steamboat | October 21, 1977 | House show | Charleston, SC | 1 | 72 | ||
| 11 | Blackjack Mulligan | January 1, 1978 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 3 | 77 | ||
| 12 | Mr. Wrestling | March 19, 1978 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 21 | ||
| 13 | Ric Flair | April 9, 1978 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 253 | ||
| 14 | Ricky Steamboat | December 17, 1978 | House show | Toronto, ON, Canada | 2 | 105 | ||
| 15 | Ric Flair | April 1, 1979 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 3 | 133 | ||
| — | Vacated | August 12, 1979 | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Ric Flair won the World Tag Team Championship four days prior. | |
| 16 | Jimmy Snuka | September 1, 1979 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 231 | Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| 17 | Ric Flair | April 19, 1980 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 4 | 98 | ||
| 18 | Roddy Piper | January 27, 1981 | House show | Raleigh, NC | 1 | 193 | ||
| 19 | Wahoo McDaniel | August 8, 1981 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 31 | ||
| — | Vacated | September 8, 1981 | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Wahoo McDaniel was injured by Abdullah the Butcher. | |
| 20 | Sgt. Slaughter | October 4, 1981 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 229 | Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| 21 | Wahoo McDaniel | May 21, 1982 | House show | Richmond, VA | 2 | 17 | ||
| 22 | Sgt. Slaughter | June 7, 1982 | House show | Greenville, SC | 2 | 76 | Awarded the title due to Wahoo McDaniel being injured. | |
| 23 | Wahoo McDaniel | August 22, 1982 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 3 | 74 | ||
| 24 | Greg Valentine | November 4, 1982 | House show | Norfolk, VA | 1 | 163 | ||
| 25 | Roddy Piper | April 16, 1983 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 2 | 14 | ||
| 26 | Greg Valentine | April 30, 1983 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 2 | 228 | ||
| 27 | Dick Slater | December 14, 1983 | House show | Shelby, NC | 1 | 129 | ||
| 28 | Ricky Steamboat | April 21, 1984 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 3 | 64 | ||
| 29 | Wahoo McDaniel | June 24, 1984 | House show | Greensboro, NC | 4 | 7 | ||
| — | Vacated | July 1, 1984 | — | — | — | — | Wahoo McDaniel was stripped of the title due to Tully Blanchard interfering in McDaniel's title defense. | |
| 30 | Wahoo McDaniel | October 7, 1984 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 5 | 167 | Defeated Manny Fernandez in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| 31 | Magnum T.A. | March 23, 1985 | Worldwide Wrestling | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 120 | ||
| 32 | Tully Blanchard | July 21, 1985 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 130 | ||
| 33 | Magnum T.A. | November 28, 1985 | Starrcade | Greensboro, NC | 2 | 182 | ||
| — | Vacated | May 29, 1986 | — | — | — | — | Magnum T.A. was stripped of the title for attacking Bob Geigel. | |
| 34 | Nikita Koloff | August 17, 1986 | House show | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 328 | Defeated Magnum T.A. in a best of seven series for the vacant title. | |
| 35 | Lex Luger | July 11, 1987 | Great American Bash | Greensboro, NC | 1 | 138 | ||
| 36 | Dusty Rhodes | November 26, 1987 | Starrcade | Chicago, IL | 1 | 141 | ||
| — | Vacated | April 15, 1988 | — | — | — | — | Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title for attacking President Jim Crockett. | |
| 37 | Barry Windham | May 13, 1988 | House show | Houston, TX | 1 | 283 | Defeated Nikita Koloff in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| 38 | Lex Luger | February 20, 1989 | Chi-Town Rumble | Chicago, IL | 2 | 76 | ||
| 39 | Michael Hayes | May 7, 1989 | WrestleWar | Nashville, TN | 1 | 15 | ||
| 40 | Lex Luger | May 22, 1989 | House show | Bluefield, WV | 3 | 523 | ||
| 41 | Stan Hansen | October 27, 1990 | Halloween Havoc | Chicago, IL | 1 | 50 | ||
| 42 | Lex Luger | December 16, 1990 | Starrcade | St. Louis, MO | 4 | 210 | ||
| — | Vacated | July 14, 1991 | The Great American Bash | Baltimore, MD | — | — | Vacated when Lex Luger won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 43 | Sting | August 25, 1991 | House show | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 86 | Defeated Steve Austin in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| 44 | Rick Rude | November 19, 1991 | Clash of the Champions XVII | Savannah, GA | 1 | 378 | ||
| — | Vacated | December 1, 1992 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Rick Rude suffering an injury. | |
| 45 | Dustin Rhodes | January 11, 1993 | Saturday Night | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 110 | ||
| — | Vacated | May 29, 1993 | WCW Saturday Night | — | — | — | The WCW Board of Directors announced the title had been help-up, several weeks after Rhodes' controversial title defense against Rick Rude that ended in Rude appearing to win via pinfall, and taking possession of the title belt, despite both wrestlers' shoulders being off the mat. | |
| 46 | Dustin Rhodes | August 30, 1993 | Saturday Night | Atlanta, GA | 2 | 119 | Defeated Rick Rude in a rematch for the vacant title. | |
| 47 | Steve Austin | December 27, 1993 | Starrcade | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 240 | ||
| 48 | Ricky Steamboat | August 24, 1994 | Clash of the Champions XXVIII | Cedar Rapids, IA | 4 | 25 | ||
| 49 | Steve Austin | September 18, 1994 | Fall Brawl | Roanoke, VA | 2 | <1 | Awarded the title due to Ricky Steamboat being injured. | |
| 50 | Jim Duggan | September 18, 1994 | Fall Brawl | Roanoke, VA | 1 | 100 | ||
| 51 | Big Van Vader | December 27, 1994 | Starrcade | Nashville, TN | 1 | 88 | ||
| — | Vacated | March 25, 1995 | Saturday Night | Atlanta, GA | — | — | Vader was stripped of the title by WCW commissioner Nick Bockwinkel for hospitalizing Dave Sullivan one week prior. | |
| 52 | Sting | June 18, 1995 | The Great American Bash | Dayton, OH | 2 | 148 | Defeated Meng in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| 53 | Kensuke Sasaki | November 13, 1995 | WCW World in Japan | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 44 | ||
| 54 | One Man Gang | December 27, 1995 | Starrcade | Nashville, TN | 1 | 33 | ||
| 55 | Konnan | January 29, 1996 | Main Event | Canton, OH | 1 | 160 | ||
| 56 | Ric Flair | July 7, 1996 | Bash at the Beach | Daytona Beach, FL | 5 | 141 | ||
| — | Vacated | November 25, 1996 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Ric Flair suffering a shoulder injury. | |
| 57 | Eddie Guerrero | December 29, 1996 | Starrcade | Nashville, TN | 1 | 77 | Defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| 58 | Dean Malenko | March 16, 1997 | Uncensored | North Charleston, SC | 1 | 85 | ||
| 59 | Jeff Jarrett | June 9, 1997 | Nitro | Boston, MA | 1 | 73 | ||
| 60 | Steve McMichael | August 21, 1997 | Clash of the Champions XXXV | Nashville, TN | 1 | 25 | ||
| 61 | Curt Hennig | September 15, 1997 | Nitro | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 104 | ||
| 62 | Diamond Dallas Page | December 28, 1997 | Starrcade | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 112 | ||
| 63 | Raven | April 19, 1998 | Spring Stampede | Denver, CO | 1 | 1 | ||
| 64 | Goldberg | April 20, 1998 | Nitro | Colorado Springs, CO | 1 | 77 | ||
| — | Vacated | July 6, 1998 | Nitro | Atlanta, GA | — | — | Vacated when Goldberg won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 65 | Bret Hart | July 20, 1998 | Nitro | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 | 21 | Defeated Diamond Dallas Page for the vacant title. | |
| 66 | Lex Luger | August 10, 1998 | Nitro | Rapid City, SD | 5 | 3 | ||
| 67 | Bret Hart | August 13, 1998 | Thunder | Fargo, ND | 2 | 74 | ||
| 68 | Diamond Dallas Page | October 26, 1998 | Nitro | Phoenix, AZ | 2 | 35 | ||
| 69 | Bret Hart | November 30, 1998 | Nitro | Chattanooga, TN | 3 | 70 | ||
| 70 | Roddy Piper | February 8, 1999 | Nitro | Buffalo, NY | 3 | 13 | ||
| 71 | Scott Hall | February 21, 1999 | SuperBrawl IX | Oakland, CA | 1 | 25 | ||
| — | Vacated | March 18, 1999 | Thunder | Lexington, KY | — | — | Scott Hall was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair. | |
| 72 | Scott Steiner | April 11, 1999 | Spring Stampede | Tacoma, WA | 1 | 85 | Defeated Booker T in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| — | Vacated | July 5, 1999 | Nitro | Atlanta, GA | — | — | Scott Steiner was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair. | |
| 73 | David Flair | July 5, 1999 | Nitro | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 35 | Awarded the title by his father and WCW President Ric Flair. | |
| 74 | Chris Benoit | August 9, 1999 | Nitro | Boise, ID | 1 | 34 | ||
| 75 | Sid Vicious | September 12, 1999 | Fall Brawl | Winston-Salem, NC | 1 | 42 | ||
| 76 | Goldberg | October 24, 1999 | Halloween Havoc | Paradise, NV | 2 | 1 | Won the title when Sid Vicious suffered excessive bleeding and the referee stopped the match. | |
| 77 | Bret Hart | October 25, 1999 | Nitro | Phoenix, AZ | 4 | 14 | ||
| 78 | Scott Hall | November 8, 1999 | Nitro | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | 41 | ||
| 79 | Chris Benoit | December 19, 1999 | Starrcade | Washington, D.C. | 2 | 1 | Awarded the title when Scott Hall suffered a knee injury during the match. | |
| 80 | Jeff Jarrett | December 20, 1999 | Nitro | Baltimore, MD | 2 | 27 | ||
| — | Vacated | January 16, 2000 | Souled Out | Cincinnati, OH | — | — | Vacated due to Jeff Jarrett suffering an injury. | |
| 81 | Jeff Jarrett | January 17, 2000 | Nitro | Columbus, OH | 3 | 84 | Awarded by WCW Commissioner Kevin Nash. | |
| — | Vacated | April 10, 2000 | Nitro | Denver, CO | — | — | All WCW titles were declared vacant by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted. | |
| 82 | Scott Steiner | April 16, 2000 | Spring Stampede | Chicago, IL | 2 | 84 | Defeated Sting in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| — | Vacated | July 9, 2000 | Bash at the Beach | Daytona Beach, FL | — | — | Scott Steiner was stripped of the title when he used the banned Steiner Recliner submission hold on Mike Awesome. | |
| 83 | Lance Storm | July 18, 2000 | Nitro | Auburn Hills, MI | 1 | 66 | Defeated Mike Awesome in a tournament final for the vacant title. Storm unofficially renamed the title the WCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 84 | Terry Funk | September 22, 2000 | House show | Amarillo, TX | 2 | 1 | ||
| 85 | Lance Storm | September 23, 2000 | House show | Lubbock, TX | 2 | 36 | ||
| 86 | Gen. Rection | October 29, 2000 | Halloween Havoc | Paradise, NV | 1 | 12 | ||
| 87 | Lance Storm | November 10, 2000 | Nitro | London, England | 3 | 16 | ||
| 88 | Gen. Rection | November 26, 2000 | Mayhem | Milwaukee, WI | 2 | 49 | ||
| 89 | Shane Douglas | January 14, 2001 | Sin | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 22 | ||
| 90 | Rick Steiner | February 5, 2001 | Nitro | Tupelo, MS | 1 | 41 | ||
| 91 | Booker T | March 18, 2001 | Greed | Jacksonville, FL | 1 | 128 | Title and other selected assets of WCW were purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Title was subsequently referred to as the WCW United States Championship and was defended on WWF programming. | |
| World Wrestling Federation (WWF) | ||||||||
| 92 | Chris Kanyon | July 24, 2001 | SmackDown! | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 48 | Given the title by Booker T as he was also the WCW Champion. | |
| 93 | Tajiri | September 10, 2001 | Raw | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 13 | ||
| 94 | Rhyno | September 23, 2001 | Unforgiven | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 29 | ||
| 95 | Kurt Angle | October 22, 2001 | Raw | Kansas City, MO | 1 | 21 | ||
| 96 | Edge | November 12, 2001 | Raw | Boston, MA | 1 | 6 | ||
| — | Unified | November 18, 2001 | Survivor Series | Greensboro, NC | — | — | Edge defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Test in a title unification match. Edge became the Intercontinental Champion while the United States title was deactivated. | |