WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship
The WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship was a singles title used sporadically in the World Wide Wrestling Federation between 1960 and 1976. During the variable periods in which it was used, the title served as the promotion's secondary singles championship to the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. Three years after the title was retired, and after the promotion had been renamed to World Wrestling Federation, it was replaced by the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship as the company's secondary title.
The title originated as the Northeast version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and was used in the WWWF's precursor, Capitol Wrestling Corporation, a territory of the National Wrestling Alliance. After CWC split from the NWA in 1963 and became the WWWF, the title subsequently became a WWWF championship. The inaugural champion was Buddy Rogers while the final champion was Bobo Brazil.
The title is distinct from the WWE United States Championship, which originated in 1975 as the Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. That title later became property of World Championship Wrestling, which was acquired by WWE, at the time WWF, in 2001.
History
Prior to the Capitol Wrestling Corporation leaving the National Wrestling Alliance and becoming the World Wide Wrestling Federation, the company hosted the Northeast version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship for several months in 1960–1961. The only known holder of this title at that time was Buddy Rogers, who vacated the title upon winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Pat O'Connor in Chicago in June 1961. The final champion was Bobo Brazil, as the WWWF abandoned the title on March 1, 1976.This title has no connection to the WWE United States Championship, the lineage of which dates back to the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was created in 1975 in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, and later, World Championship Wrestling. WWE, at the time known as the World Wrestling Federation, acquired WCW in 2001.
Reigns
Over the championship's 16-year history, there were 14 reigns between six champions and three vacancies. Buddy Rogers was the inaugural champion while Bobo Brazil was the final. Brazil had the most reigns at seven, and his seventh reign was the longest at 1,837 days, while The Sheik's second reign was the shortest at 21 days. Brazil was the oldest champion at 46 years old, while Pedro Morales was the youngest at 28 years old.Combined reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | 7 | 4,072 | |
| 2 | 2 | 450 | |
| 3 | 1 | 436 | |
| 4 | 2 | 72 | |
| 5 | 1 | 67 | |
| 6 | 1 | 32 |