SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan vacated the title after Dolph Ziggler dropped and left the title in the ring on the December 19 episode of SmackDown Live.
Booker faced Benoit in a Best of Seven series, winning the first three matches; Randy Orton substituted for Booker after that due to injury, losing the next three matches but winning the final.
Famously won the match in :25.5 seconds. Benoit would go on to later face Jordan in a rematch on a future episode of SmackDown! where he proceeded to defeat Jordan in just :23.4 seconds, beating his previous record by more than :02 seconds.
Edge defeats WWF Intercontinental Champion Test to unify the two championships. Edge becomes Intercontinental Champion while the United States championship is retired.
Defeated Rude in a rematch. WCW withdraws from the NWA in September 1993; the NWA begins to recognize its own US champion, but Rhodes remains the recognized champion in WCW.
Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a match that was originally made to determine the #1 contender, but upon Rude's vacation of the championship, was made to decide the new champion.
Defeated Magnum T.A. in a best of seven series, though WWE officially says it was a tournament final. Koloff defeats Wahoo McDaniel on September 28, 1986 to unify the NWA National Heavyweight Championship into the US championship.