United States Championship | 10 Longest-Reigning Champs

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Since its inception in 1975, the United States Championship has been a revered title held by some of the very best. It has also had its fair share of bizarre moments. How can we forget the time Steve Austin held it for less than 5 minutes? Or the time the title was written off television in 2001 after Edge’s US/Intercontinental title unification? With this historical championship has come many memorable reigns. Here are the ten longest-reigning US Champions in combined days. Our list starts its lineage in Jim Crockett Promotions and does not include the WWWF version of the United States Championship (which was held seven times for over a 4,000-day period by Bobo Brazil, twice by The Sheik, and once by the legendary Pedro Morales, Ray Stevens, and Johnny Barend). 10. Nikita Koloff – 328 days (1 Reign) Despite having only one solitary reign with United States Championship gold, the Russian Nightmare makes the list of longest-reigning champions with a total of 328 days.