Ranking Every First Current WWE Champion From Worst To Best
17. United States Champion - Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero was an excellent first choice to steward WWE's attempted relaunch of the United States Championship as an Intercontinental Title equivalent on SmackDown in 2003, but his cheap victory foreshadowed the treatment it would receive going forward.
A "lie, cheat, steal" finish was the tease for an actual stolen win - 'Latino Heat's plans to defeat fellow tournament finalist Chris Benoit were thwarted, but a heel-turning Rhyno attacking his tag team partner did the damage instead.
The title might have sounded like the old NWA staple, but it already looked like a Sports Entertainment prop.