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United States Champions with foreign backgrounds: photos
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Antonio Cesaro seized the United States Championship at The 25th Anniversary of SummerSlam.
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However, the Swiss-born Superstar is not the first foreign-born champion in the title's history.) e& D/ G; e* e2 Q5 q) T+ N
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% B8 R [0 t4 N( ^The Canadian competitor held the United States Title for one week in 2001./ Y9 k H1 t( f; `
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The Ghanaian Superstar claimed the championship gold twice, in 2009 and again in 2011.' a" A" C6 b7 Q3 D# B( K
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Nikita Koloff
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"The Russian Nightmare" beat Magnum T.A. in a best-of-seven series to win the title in 1986.
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WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper; l6 k' Q3 ~5 |0 d* E& i) ]
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' k5 X& m2 B: h/ g% _4 NThe grappler from Glascow, Scotland went nearly 16 years between his second and third U.S. Title reigns.* `8 M% }9 x& Y5 N) V; z$ D
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Sheamus
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The Great White relied upon the luck of his Irish heritage to win the U.S. Title in 2011.9 ]! c5 T1 U/ i) S$ {
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The Excellence of Execution's five reigns represent the most by a foreign-born U.S. Champion.
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The Japanese grappler became the first to win the championship gold outside of the United States.
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In September 2001, Tajiri became the second competitor from Japan to claim the coveted title. j! [; H( f0 [4 k+ R: v8 h# K
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The native of Calabria, Italy, wore his championship gold with pride upon winning it in March 2012.+ E( ?: ?$ P" b' v. M: o# E. | [% F
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S" j3 V( R! AJohn Cena's second reign came to a halt in 2004 courtesy of The Caribbean Bad Apple.
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6 ^0 r4 P, W. G& NIreland claimed its first U.S. Title holder when The Belfast Bruiser won it in 2006.1 F0 R6 y3 m: {% l, E7 q
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WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Snuka
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Fiji's finest fighter became the first foreign-born United States Champion in 1979.* n: |3 M& o7 V/ K0 z2 W
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Lance Storm
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Storm put the United States Championship under Canadian influence twice in the year 2000.& B0 } J) k k& o
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Konnan
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Mexico cheered its first U.S. Title holder when Konnan claimed the championship gold in 1996. |
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