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#4 Montel Vontavious Porter was United States Champion for 343 days
Back in the days when MVP used to wrestle dressed as a Power Ranger, he had a lucrative run as United States Champion on SmackDown. MVP became the United States Champion at the Judgment Day pay-per-view in 2007, defeating Chris Benoit in a two-out-of-three falls match.
MVP had joined the SmackDown roster in 2005, and was treated like big deal. Teddy Long, who was the General Manager of SmackDown at the time, offered MVP big money to join the brand. One of his first feuds was with Kane in which he ended up being burned in an Inferno Match.
He finally turned a corner, becoming United States Champion and held the gold for 343 days, before losing the championship to Matt Hardy at the Backlash pay-per-view in 2008.
MVP spoke with IGN just after winning his first United States Championship in 2007:
I laugh when they say Power Ranger because I don't hear anyone call Jushin "Thunder" Liger a Power Ranger. For me, to find myself in a feud with Chris Benoit and ultimately to beat him for the United States title, that defines who I am. At this point in my career, if I can beat Chris Benoit for the United States title, there's nobody who I can't beat." MVP said (h/t IGN)
