WWE United States Championship - Booker T

March 18, 2001 - July 24, 2001

Booker T was the first Superstar to hold the United States Championship in WWE. He won the belt from Rick Steiner at Greed, and then once he was in WWE, he handed the United States Championship over to Chris Kanyon on an edition of SmackDown!

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