The United States Championship No. 1 Contender Tournament 2023-2024 was a tournament to determine a number one contender for the WWE United States Championship. On the December 1 episode of SmackDown, United States champion Logan Paul announced that a tournament would take place to decide who would challenge for his title. The tournament began the following week and concluded on the January 5, 2024 episode of SmackDown.
Participants[]
Tournament bracket[]
| First Round SmackDown (December 8) SmackDown (December 15) |
Semifinals SmackDown (December 22) |
Final SmackDown (January 5) | |||||||||||||
| Dragon Lee | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Santos Escobar | 9:09 | ||||||||||||||
| Santos Escobar | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Lashley | 8:44 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Lashley | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Karrion Kross | 9:46 | ||||||||||||||
| Santos Escobar | 16:53 | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Owens | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Grayson Waller | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Carmelo Hayes | 10:22 | ||||||||||||||
| Carmelo Hayes | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Owens | 10:04 | ||||||||||||||
| Austin Theory | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Owens | 13:58 | ||||||||||||||