WWE United States Championship - Dustin Rhodes
January 11, 1993 - May 01, 1993
"The Natural" Dustin Rhodes was scheduled to face Ricky Steamboat in January 1993 to decide which wrestler would be considered the No. 1 Contender to Rick Rude's United States Championship. However, when Rick Rude failed to defend the championship within the allotted time period, WCW stripped the champ of the title. The Rhodes-Steamboat match then became a championship match to fill the vacancy. Rhodes won and held the title until May 1993 when he was stripped of the championship after a controversial double pin occurred during a match between he and Rick Rude.
DidYou Know?
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan was so confident that Andre the Giant would defeat Hulk Hogan for the WWE Title at WrestleMania III, he dished out $37,000 for a custom-made giant-sized title.
