lex luger was the longest reigning wwe united states champion.
lex luger was the longest reigning wwe united states champion.
who is the longest reigning wwe united states champion?
lex luger
the inaugural champion was harley race. there have been 95 different champions, with ric flair having the most reigns at six. the longest-reigning champion was lex luger who held the title for 523 days from may 22, 1989, to october 27, 1990. the shortest-reigning champion was "stunning" steve austin who held the title for approximately five minutes. dean ambrose is the longest-reigning champion under the wwe banner at 351 days from may 19, 2013, to may 5, 2014. booker t and seth rollins are the only two men to have held both the united states championship and a world championship simultaneously; in booker t's case, the world title was the wcw world heavyweight championship, while rollins held the wwe world heavyweight championship (both lex luger and goldberg were the united states champion when they won their first world championship, but unlike booker t and rollins, they vacated the united states championship after winning their world championships). terry funk is the oldest champion in the title's history, winning the title at the age of 56 on september 22, 2000, while david flair is the youngest at the age of 20 on july 5, 1999. between nwa/wcw and wwe, the title has been vacated twenty-one times.
wwe united states championship
on the october 12 episode of "raw", the reigning wwe united states champion, the miz, announced that he will face the wwe intercontinental champion john morrison at bragging rights. in 2007, the two formed a tag team and gained success in the tag team division, winning the wwe tag team and world tag team championships as well as the 2008 slammy award for tag team of the year. in an untelevised match at wrestlemania xxv, the team lost their unification match against the colóns (carlito and primo) that would form the unified wwe tag team championship. a week later, the miz found himself drafted to the raw brand in the 2009 wwe draft due to botched interference from morrison. miz subsequently attacked morrison after the match, ending the partnership. morrison was later himself drafted to the smackdown brand. both wrestlers found singles success with morrison winning his third intercontinental championship from rey mysterio in september, while the miz defeated kofi kingston to become the new united states champion on the october 5 episode of "raw".
bragging rights (2009)