5 interesting things you should know about the WWE United States Championship

#3 John Cena's US title open challenge featured a who's who of WWE greats

John Cena

A 5-time WWE United States Champion, many regard John Cena as possibly the greatest US Champion ever. He first won the belt back in 2004, by defeating Big Show in the opening match of WrestleMania 20. He held the belt three times before rising up the ranks and becoming the WWE Champion at WrestleMania 21.

In 2015, Cena got into a feud with Rusev and defeated him for the US Championship at WrestleMania 31. He soon announced that he would defend the title on a weekly basis, as a part of his US title Open Challenge. For the next few weeks, Cena gave us classic after classic with some of WWE's best talent, and a handful of rising stars.

Here are some big names that Cena successfully defended the belt against: Dean Ambrose, Neville, Stardust, Zack Ryder, Bad News Barrett, Kane, Sami Zayn, and Cesaro.

After delivering back-to-back bangers in what many deem as a resurgence of the US title, Cena finally lost the belt to Seth Rollins at SummerSlam 2015.