Andrade is the new WWE United States champion. He defeated Rey Mysterio at a WWE house show from Madison Square Garden on December 26th, 2019. It is the first title Andrade has won since leaving NXT.
Mysterio defeated AJ Styles for the title last month on an episode of RAW from November 25th, 2019. He had won the title for the first time at Money in the Bank this year from Samoa Joe. Mysterio would be forced to vacate the title due to injury not long after, however.
9 United States Championship Title Changes in 2019
The WWE United States Championship has changed hands nine times in 2019.
- Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Rusev (c) (Royal Rumble)
- R-Truth defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c) (Smackdown – January 29th, 2019)
- Samoa Joe defeated R-Truth vs Andrade vs Rey Mysterio (Fatal 4-way) (c) (Smackdown March 5th)
- Rey Mysterio defeated Samoa Joe (c) (Money in the Bank)
- Samoa Joe awarded the title due to Rey Mysterio injury (Raw – June 3rd, 2019)
- Ricochet defeated Samoa Joe (c) (Stomping Grounds)
- AJ Styles defeated Ricochet (c) (Extreme Rules)
- Rey Mysterio defeated AJ Styles (RAW – November 25th, 2019)
- Andrade defeated Rey Mysterio (Madison Square Garden house show – December 26th, 2019)
