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1 History

The title was a WCW championship, respectively, until; during the Invasion storyline in 2001, the United States Champion, Edge, defeated the Intercontinental Champion, Test, to merge both titles. Edge then held the Intercontinental Championship, and the United States Championship became inactive.

The title was reactivated by Stephanie McMahon who was then the General Manager (GM) of SmackDown! and made the championship exclusive to SmackDown!

2 Facts and Trivia

• The current record for most US Championship reigns is 6 held by Ric Flair and Lex Luger.

3 Current Champion

The current champion is John Cena in his third reign. Cena defeated Carlito Caribbean Cool in the November 18, 2004 edition of SmackDown!.

4 See also