11 United States Champions (Who Didn't Come From America)
7. Alberto Del Rio
It took a lot of people by surprise, but John Cena's United States Championship Open Challenge during the summer of 2015 was one of the highlights of the year. Week after week Cena would put on great two-segment matches against a variety of hungry young opponents, giving guys like Stardust and Wade Barrett a platform that they would surely push off from (oh, wait).
After a brief period where Seth Rollins held the belt, Cena continued the Open Challenge all the way to Hell in a Cell 2015. Zeb Colter of all people came out to answer the challenge, but it wasn't Jack Swagger who would hit the ring. It was none other than Mexican-born Alberto Del Rio.
What?!?
Del Rio proceeded to defeat Cena in less than eight minutes and become the first ever Mexican United States Champion.