WWE United States Championship

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The WWE United States Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two secondary male championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Raw. The current champion is Trick Williams, who is in his second reign. He won the title by defeating Baron Corbin at Sunday Night's Main Event on September 6, 2026. The championship was established on December 31, 1974, as the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Jim Crockett Promotions, and later assumed by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which eventually seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Harley Race was the inaugural champion. After WCW was purchased by the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001, the then-WCW United States Championship was defended in the WWF until it was unified with the Intercontinental Championship at that year's...

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