5 realistic contenders to defeat Jeff Hardy for the United States Championship

Jef
Jeff Hardy has been the United States champion since April

#4 Killian Dain

Killi
Killian Dain has been a singles competitor for much of 2018 so far

It’s pretty clear from SAnitY’s booking during their last six months in NXT that Killian Dain is going to be the breakout star of the faction, but will WWE push him as a tag-team Superstar or a singles performer when he debuts on SmackDown Live?

If they go down the latter route, leaving Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe to take care of business in the tag division, he’d be a perfect heel opponent to win the US title from Jeff Hardy in the not-too-distant future.

The Northern Irishman, whose only previous main-roster appearance came in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 33, has been hyped up in multiple promo videos since the Superstar Shake-Up, so what better way to make an impact than by defeating one of SmackDown’s most popular stars for the US title?

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