successful title defense was against Heidenreich at Judgment Day. At The Great American Bash, Jordan began feuding with the newly drafted Chris Benoit. Jordan defeated Benoit and retained his United States Championship after removing the turnbuckle pad and shoving Benoit head-first into the exposed steel and covered him for the win. Benoit continued to chase Jordan for the title. He finally defeated Jordan (in a record 25.5 seconds) at SummerSlam to win the title. Following this quick match, Jordan attempted to win his title back on multiple occasions, leading to 3 consecutive losses with all matches lasting less than a minute. The first rematch lasted 23.4 seconds. During the second rematch, Jordan actually almost knocked out Benoit with a punch in the opening moments but still lost at 22.5 seconds, which was even faster than the first match. During the third match, Jordan stalled until the time, which was being displayed on the TitanTron, went over 25 seconds. He got so excited when his time went over 30 seconds that he dropped his guard and Benoit took the opportunity to lock on the Crippler Crossface for a win at the 49.8 second mark. On the October 14 edition of "SmackDown!", Jordan stated that he mastered every counter to Benoit's signature "Crippler Crossface". Jordan also stated, if he tapped out to the "Crippler Crossface", Jordan would quit this business. Jordan lived up to his words by countering every "Crippler Crossface" attempt by Benoit. The match ultimately ended after Jordan tapped out to Benoit's "Sharpshooter". After those unsuccessful rematches, Jordan later broke away from Layfield, although both later made a few appearances together later on.