Buddy Rogers	1960-04
Billed as champion on arrival; officially recognized by the NWA in 60-08; vacant when Rogers wins the NWA World Title, defeating Pat O'Connor on 61-06-30 in Chicago, IL.
Bobo Brazil	1962-10-09<
Billed as champion, possibly based on his unofficial NWA World Title reign for defeating Buddy Rogers on 62-08-18.
Johnny Barend	1963-06-04<	Cleveland, OH *
Sometime after 63-04-06.
Bobo Brazil [2]	1963-07-15	Philadelphia, PA
Johnny Barend [2]	1963-08-19	Camden, NJ
Bobo Brazil [3]	1963-11-27<
Sometime after 63-09-11; still/again champion as of 68-11-24.
The Sheik	1969-01-20<
Bobo Brazil [4]	1969-02-10<
Still/again champion as of 70-11-23.
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Pedro Morales	1970-12-16<	CA *
Billed as having defeated Fred Blassie in tournament final (Wrestling Title Histories); vacant on 71-02-08 when Morales wins WWWF World Title.
Bobo Brazil [5]	1971-02
Still/again champion as of 76-09-13.
The Sheik [2]	1977-08-07<
Reigns by Brazil and Sheik after 66 may be for the Detroit version.
Eddie Guerrero	2003-07-27	Denver, CO
Defeats Chris Benoit in a tournament final; WWF claims the lineage is linked to WCW United States Title.
Big Show (Paul Wight)	2003-10-19	Baltimore, MD
John Cena	2004-03-14	New York, NY
Stripped on 04-07-06 in Winnipeg, MB for attacking Smackdown! general manager Kurt Angle.
Booker T.	2004-07-27	Cincinnati, OH
Defeats Rob Van Dam in 8-man elimination match.
John Cena [2]	2004-10-03	E. Rutherford, NJ
Wins a best-of-five series.
Carlito Caribbean Cool (Carly Colón)	2004-10-05	Boston, MA
John Cena [3]	2004-11-16	Dayton, OH
Orlando Jordan	2005-03-01	Albany, NY
Chris Benoit	2005-08-21	Washington, DC
Booker T. [2]	2005-10-18	Reno, NV
Title held up on 05-11-21 in Sheffield, GBR after the match against Chris Benoit ends as a draw when two referees are involved and count a pinfall as both men have their shoulders on the mat.
Booker T. [3]	2006-01-10	Philadelphia, PA
Defeats Chris Benoit in a Best-of-Seven Series with Randy Orton substituting for the injured Booker to gain the fourth win.
Chris Benoit [2]	2006-02-19	Baltimore, MD
John Bradshaw Layfield	2006-04-02	Chicago, IL
Bobby Lashley	2006-05-26	Bakersfield, CA
Dave Finlay	2006-07-11	Minneapolis, MN
Ken Kennedy	2006-08-29	Reading, PA
Wins a 3-way match against Finlay and Bobby Lashley by pinning Lashley.
Chris Benoit [3]	2006-10-10	Jacksonville, FL
MVP (Montel Vontavious Porter)	2007-05-20	St. Louis, MO
Matt Hardy	2008-04-27	Baltimore, MD
Shelton Benjamin	2008-07-20	Uniondale, NY
MVP [2]	2009-03-20	Corpus Christi, TX
Kofi Kingston	2009-06-01	Birmingham, AL
The Miz (Mike Mizanin)	2009-10-05	Wilkes-Barre, PA
Bret Hart	2010-05-17	Toronto, ON, CAN
Vacates on 10-05-24 when Hart becomes the General Manager of RAW.
R-Truth (Ron Killings)	2010-05-24	Toledo, OH
Defeats The Miz.
The Miz [2]	2010-06-14	Charlotte, NC
Wins a 4-way match against R-Truth, John Morrison, and Zack Ryder.
Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson)	2010-09-19	Rosemont, IL
Sheamus	2011-03-14	St. Louis, MO
Kofi Kingston [2]	2011-05-01	Tampa, FL
Dolph Ziggler (Nic Nemeth)	2011-06-19	Washington, DC
Zack Ryder	2011-12-18	Baltimore, MD
Jack Swagger	2012-01-17	Anaheim, CA
Santino Marella	2012-03-05	Boston, MA
Antonio Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli)	2012-08-19	Los Angeles, CA
Kofi Kingston [3]	2013-04-15	Greenville, SC
Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley)	2013-05-19	St. Louis, MO
Sheamus [2]	2014-05-05	Albany, NY
Wins a 12-man battle royal, last eliminating Ambrose.
Rusev (Miroslav Makaraov)	2014-11-03	Buffalo, NY
John Cena [4]	2015-03-29	Santa Clara, CA
Seth Rollins (Tyler Black)	2015-08-23	Brooklyn, NY
Reinging World Heavyweight Champion, defeats Cena in a double title match.
John Cena [5]	2015-09-20	Houston, TX
World Title not on the line.
Alberto Del Rio (Dos Caras Jr.)	2015-10-25	Los Angeles, CA
Kalisto (Samuray del Sol)	2016-01-11	New Orleans, LA
Alberto Del Rio [2]	2016-01-12	Lafayette, LA
Kalisto [2]	2016-01-24	Orlando, FL
Rusev [2]	2016-05-22	Newark, NJ
Roman Reigns	2016-09-25	Indianapolis, IN
Chris Jericho	2017-01-09	New Orleans, LA
Teams with Kevin Owens to defeat Reigns in a handicap match.
Kevin Owens (Kevin Steen)	2017-04-02	Orlando, FL
Chris Jericho [2]	2017-04-30	San Jose, CA
Kevin Owens [2]	2017-05-02	Fresno, CA
A.J. Styles	2017-07-07	New York, NY
Kevin Owens [3]	2017-07-23	Philadelphia, PA
A.J. Styles [2]	2017-07-25	Richmond, VA
Defeats Owens and Chris Jericho in a 3-way match.
Baron Corbin	2017-10-08	Detroit, MI
Defeats Styles and Ty Dillinger in a 3-way match.
Dolph Ziggler [2]	2017-12-17	Boston, MA
Defeats Corbin and Bobby Roode in 3-way match; declared vacant on 17-12-26 after Ziggler leaves the belt on the ring.
Bobby Roode	2018-01-16	Laredo, TX
Defeats Jinder Mahal in 8-man tournament final.
Randy Orton	2018-03-11	Columbus, OH
Jinder Mahal (Raj Singh)	2018-04-08	New Orleans, LA
Defeats Orton, Bobby Roode, and Rusev in a 4-way match.
Jeff Hardy	2018-04-16	Hartford, CT
Shinsuke Nakamura	2018-07-15	Pittsburgh, PA
Rusev [3]	2018-12-18	Fresno, CA
Shinsuke Nakamura [2]	2019-01-27	Phoenix, AZ
R-Truth [2]	2019-01-29	Phoenix, AZ
Samoa Joe	2019-03-05	Wilkes-Barre, PA
Defeats R-Truth, Andrade, and Rey Mysterio in a 4-way match.
Rey Mysterio	2019-05-19	Hartford, CT
Samoa Joe [2]	2019-06-03
Awarded back by the injured Mysterio.
Ricochet	2019-06-23	Tacoma, WA
A.J. Styles [3]	2019-07-14	Philadelphia, PA
Rey Mysterio [2]	2019-11-25	Rosemont, IL
Andrade (La Sombra)	2019-12-26	New York, NY
Apollo Crews (Uhaa Nation)	2020-05-25	Orlando, FL
Bobby Lashley [2]	2020-08-30	Orlando, FL
Riddle (Matt Riddle)	2021-02-21	St. Petersburg, FL
Defeats Lashley and John Morrison in a 3-way match.
Sheamus [3]	2021-04-11	Tampa, FL
Damian Priest (Punisher Martinez)	2021-08-21	Las Vegas, NV
Finn Bálor (Prince Devitt)	2022-02-28	Columbus, OH
Theory (Austin Theory)	2022-04-18	Buffalo, NY
Bobby Lashley [3]	2022-07-02	Las Vegas, NV
Seth Rollins [2]	2022-10-10	Brooklyn, NY
Austin Theory [2]	2022-11-26	Boston, MA
Defeats Rollins and Bobby Lashley in a 3-way match.
Rey Mysterio [3]	2023-08-11	Calgary, AB, CAN
Logan Paul	2023-11-04	Riyadh, KSA
L.A. Knight (Shaun Ricker / Eli Drake)	2024-08-03	Cleveland, OH
Shinsuke Nakamura [3]	2024-11-30	Vancouver, BC, CAN
L.A. Knight [2]	2025-03-07	Philadelphia, PA
Jacob Fatu	2025-04-19	Las Vegas, NV
Solo Sikoa (Sefa Fatu)	2025-06-28	Riyadh, KSA
Sami Zayn (El Generico)	2025-08-29	Décines-Charpieu, FRA
Ilja Dragunov	2025-10-17	San Jose, CA
Carmelo Hayes	2025-12-19	Grand Raipds, MI
Sami Zayn [2]	2026-03-27	Pittsburgh, PA