On tonight's edition of WWE SmackDown Live, General Manager Daniel Bryan officially announced that Dolph Ziggler has indeed relinquished the United States Championship after walking out of SmackDown last week. Therefore, a tournament will be held to crown a new United States Champion.

In light of @HEELZiggler's apparent decision to voluntarily relinquish the #USTitle, #SDLive GM @WWEDanielBryan announces a TOURNAMENT to crown the next titleholder! pic.twitter.com/xB4CKU4cGf

, WWE (@WWE) December 27, 2017