Montel Vontavious Porter was the U.S. Champion the last time I did a long entry that addressed all the champions in the WWE. He is the only title holder to still be in possession of his title since then. He won the belt against Chris Benoit at Judgment Day in May 2007, and now in March 2008 he's surpassed the 300 day mark and is the fourth longest reigning U.S. Champion of all time. That sounds impressive doesn't it? Too bad his reign has stalled at times. As a performer and character, MVP is great. He's developed into a capable in-ring worker and he's consistently over with live crowds. The problem with his reign is the same problem that plagues most of the championships in the WWE these days, the bookers don't give him anything to do. MVP had a good thing going with a feud against Matt Hardy, but that got sidetracked due to repeated incident's (MVP's heart condition, Matt's numerous injuries). But now it feels like they are just waiting things out, not wanting to really do anything with MVP or the title until Hardy is back and ready to finish out their program. MVP went almost three months without defending the title on Smackdown once (between his Armageddon title defense against Rey Mysterio and his recent Smackdown defense against Batista). That just seems sad. In between, he faced Ric Flair in a non-title match at the Royal Rumble, competed in an elimination chamber match at No Way Out, and is scheduled to participate in Money in the Bank at Wrestlemania. The title is a complete afterthought. This isn't his fault, so I can't possibly bash his work as champion, but it's depressing to see another long title reign that only seems to be lasting due to the lack of championship activity.
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