US Championship Statistics: Who Is The Best Champ Since 2015?

The US Championship was originally a title in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. The inaugural title-holder was Harley Race, who won a tournament in 1975. By the late 70s the belt was being feuded over by Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat. Into the 1980s names like Greg Valentine and Roddy Piper also began wrestling in matches for the belt.

As the title moved to WCW, it became a secondary belt, though one which still carried much prestige.

US Championship Since 2015

WWE planned to elevate their secondary titles at WrestleMania 31. On that night Daniel Bryan won the Intercontinental Championship, and John Cena defeated Rusev to win the US Championship. Bryan’s injury would prevent that from happening however.

John Cena – (won the title at WrestleMania 31 from Rusev)
11 Successful Title Defences
147 Days as Champion
Title Defences:
defeated Dean Ambrose- Raw March 30th 2015
defeated Stardust – Raw April 6th 2015
defeated Bad News Barrett – Raw April 13th 2015
defeated Kane – Raw April 20th 2015
defeated Rusev (Russian Chain Match) – Extreme Rules 2015
defeated Sami Zayn (Zayn’s main roster debut) – Raw May 4th 2015
lost to Neville via DQ – Raw May 11th 2015
defeated Rusev (I Quit Match) – Payback 2015
defeated Zack Ryder – Raw May 25th 2015
lost to Cesaro via DQ – Raw June 29th 2015
defeated Cesaro – Raw July 6th 2015
lost to Rusev via DQ- July 13th 2015
defeated Kevin Owens – Battleground 2015
defeated Seth Rollins – Raw July 27th 2015
lost championship to Seth Rollins – SummerSlam 2015 (Rollins earned a statue!)

Seth Rollins
Title Defences: 0
Days as champion: 28
Title Defences:
Lost championship to John Cena – Night of Champions 2015

John Cena
Title Defences: 5
Days as Champion:35
Title Defences:
defeated Seth Rollins – Raw September 20th 2015
defeated Xavier Woods via DQ – Raw September 28th 2015
defeated Seth Rollins (steel cage) – Network Special from MSG October 3rd 2015
defeated Big E – Raw October 5th 2015
defeated Dolph Ziggler – Raw October 12th 2015
lost championship to Alberto Del Rios – Hell in a Cell 2015

Alberto Del Rio
Title Defences: 1
Days as Champion: 78
Title Defences: 
defeated Jack Swagger (chairs match) – TLC 2015
lost to John Cena via DQ – Raw December 28th 2015
lost championship to Kalisto – Raw January 11th 2016

Kalisto 
Title Defences: 0
Days as Champion: 1
Title Defences: 
lost championship to Alberto Del Rios- Smackdown January 12th

Alberto Del Rios
Title Defences: 0
Days as Champion: 12
Title Defences:
lost championship to Kalisto – Royal Rumble 2016

Kalisto
Title Defences: 4
Days as Champion: 119
Title Defences: 
defeated Neville – Smackdown January 26th 2016
defeated Alberto Del Rios (best 2-of-3 falls) – Fastlane 2016
defeated Ryback – WrestleMania 32
defeated Ryback – Payback 2016
lost championship to Rusev – Extreme Rules 2016

Rusev
Title Defences: 7
Days as Champion: 126
Title Defences: 
defeated Kalisto – Smackdown May 24th 2016
defeated Titus O’Neil – Money in the Bank 2016
defeated Cesaro – Smackdown June 28th 2016
defeated Titus O’Neil – Raw July 4th 2016
defeated Zack Ryder – Battleground 2016
defeated Mark Henry – Raw August 1st 2016
defeated Cesaro – Raw August 8th 2016
lost championship to Roman Reigns – Clash of Champions 2016

Roman Reigns
Title Defences: 5
Total Days as Champion: 106
Title Defences: 
double-count out with Rusev – Raw September 26th 2016
defeated Rusev (Hell in a Cell match) – Hell in a  Cell 2016
defeated Chris Jericho via DQ – Raw October 31st 2016
defeated Chris Jericho – Raw December 5th 2016
defeated Kevin Owens – Raw December 26th 2016
defeated Chris Jericho – Raw January 2nd 2017
lost championship to Chris Jericho (2-on-1 handicap match w/Owens teaming with Jericho)- Raw January 9th 2017

Chris Jericho
Title Defences: 1
Total Days as Champion: 83
Title Defences: 
lost to Roman Reigns via DQ – Raw January 23rd 2017
defeated Sami Zayn – February 6th 2017
lost championship to Kevin Owens – WrestleMania 33

Kevin Owens
Title Defences: 0
Days as Champion: 28
Title Defences:
lost championship to Chris Jericho – Payback 2016

Chris Jericho
Title Defences: 0 so far
Days as Champion: 1+ (ongoing)
Title Defences:
None so far