Samoa Joe captures the U.S Championship

Samoa Joe has captured his first set of gold as part of the WWE main roster.

During Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live in Wilkes-Barre, PA at the Mohegan Sun Arena on the USA Network, the former two-time NXT Champion beat R-Truth, Andrade, and Rey Mysterio in Fatal 4-Way Match to win the United States Title.

.@SamoaJoe is the BRAND-NEW #USChampion! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/FVdtLFSUsd

— WWE (@WWE) March 6, 2019

R-Truth held the title for a little over one month as he won the title back on the January 29th episode of SmackDown Live when he beat Shinsuke Nakamura for the title in Phoenix, AZ at the Talking Stick Resort Arena.