No. |
Champion |
Championship change |
Reign statistics |
Notes |
Ref. |
Date |
Event |
Location |
Reign |
Days
|
1 |
Trailer Park Trash |
August 17, 1997 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7001760000000000000♠76 |
Trailer Park Trash defeated Vic The Bruiser to become the inaugural champion |
|
— |
Vacated |
November 1, 1997 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
[3] |
|
2 |
Bill Dundee |
November 16, 1997 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
Dundee won a battle royal to win the vacant championship |
|
3 |
Rip Rogers |
November 23, 1997 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7002192000000000000♠192 |
|
|
4 |
Nick Dinsmore |
June 3, 1998 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
|
|
5 |
David C. |
June 10, 1998 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7001250000000000000♠25 |
David C. won the title by forfeit |
|
6 |
Doug Basham |
July 5, 1998 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7001700000000000000♠70 |
|
|
7 |
Rip Rogers |
September 13, 1998 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
2 |
7002107000000000000♠107 |
|
|
8 |
Doug Basham |
December 29, 1998 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7000500000000000000♠5 |
|
|
9 |
Rip Rogers |
January 3, 1999 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
3 |
7001300000000000000♠30 |
|
|
10 |
Rod Steele |
February 2, 1999 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001750000000000000♠75 |
Nick Dinsmore defeated Steele on February 7, 1999 at a live event, but returned the title to Steele after learning of outside interference during their encounter |
|
11 |
Nick Dinsmore |
April 18, 1999 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
2 |
7001100000000000000♠10 |
|
|
12 |
Rob Conway |
April 28, 1999 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7000900000000000000♠9 |
|
|
13 |
Nick Dinsmore |
May 7, 1999 |
Live event |
New Albany, Indiana |
3 |
7001320000000000000♠32 |
[4] |
|
14 |
Damaja |
June 8, 1999 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001700000000000000♠70 |
|
|
15 |
Rob Conway |
August 17, 1999 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001850000000000000♠85 |
|
|
16 |
Rico Constantino |
November 10, 1999 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001460000000000000♠46 |
|
|
17 |
Flash Flanagan |
December 26, 1999 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001420000000000000♠42 |
|
|
18 |
Rico Constantino |
February 6, 2000 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001110000000000000♠11 |
|
|
19 |
Flash Flanagan |
February 17, 2000 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
2 |
7001470000000000000♠47 |
[5] |
|
20 |
Damaja |
April 4, 2000 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001500000000000000♠50 |
|
|
21 |
Nick Dinsmore |
May 24, 2000 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
4 |
7001450000000000000♠45 |
|
|
22 |
Flash Flanagan |
July 8, 2000 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
3 |
7001270000000000000♠27 |
|
|
23 |
Nick Dinsmore |
August 4, 2000 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
5 |
7001330000000000000♠33 |
|
|
24 |
Rob Conway |
September 6, 2000 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
3 |
7001490000000000000♠49 |
|
|
25 |
Nick Dinsmore |
October 25, 2000 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
6 |
7002125000000000000♠125 |
|
|
26 |
Rico Constantino |
February 27, 2001 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
3 |
7001360000000000000♠36 |
[6] |
|
27 |
Flash Flanagan |
April 4, 2001 |
Bluegrass Brawl |
Louisville, Kentucky |
4 |
7002112000000000000♠112 |
|
|
28 |
Doug Basham |
July 25, 2001 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
3 |
7002126000000000000♠126 |
OVW breaks away from the NWA in October 2001. The championship is renamed the OVW Heavyweight Championship |
|
29 |
Leviathan |
November 28, 2001 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7001840000000000000♠84 |
|
|
30 |
The Prototype |
February 20, 2002 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7001840000000000000♠84 |
|
|
31 |
Nova |
May 15, 2002 |
Live event |
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
1 |
7002175000000000000♠175 |
|
|
32 |
Damaja |
November 6, 2002 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
3 |
7002105000000000000♠105 |
|
|
33 |
Nick Dinsmore |
February 19, 2003 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
7 |
7001460000000000000♠46 |
[7] |
|
34 |
Doug Basham |
April 6, 2003 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
4 |
7002115000000000000♠115 |
|
|
35 |
Damaja |
July 30, 2003 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
4 |
7001140000000000000♠14 |
|
|
36 |
Rob Conway |
August 13, 2003 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
4 |
<1 |
|
|
37 |
Johnny Jeter |
August 13, 2003 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001630000000000000♠63 |
|
|
38 |
Mark Magnus |
October 15, 2003 |
OVW TV Tapings |
N/A |
1 |
7001560000000000000♠56 |
|
|
— |
Vacated |
December 10, 2003 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
The championship was vacated due to Magnus being pinned by both Nick Dinsmore and Johnny Jeter in a three-way match on December 3 |
|
39 |
Nick Dinsmore |
January 7, 2004 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
8 |
7001980000000000000♠98 |
Dinsmore defeated Johnny Jeter to win the vacant championship |
|
40 |
Matt Morgan |
April 14, 2004 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002182000000000000♠182 |
|
|
41 |
Chris Cage |
October 13, 2004 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001490000000000000♠49 |
|
|
42 |
Chad Toland |
December 1, 2004 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
|
|
43 |
Elijah Burke |
December 8, 2004 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002126000000000000♠126 |
|
|
44 |
Matt Morgan |
April 13, 2005 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001140000000000000♠14 |
|
|
45 |
Brent Albright |
April 27, 2005 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001980000000000000♠98 |
|
|
46 |
Johnny Jeter |
August 3, 2005 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001980000000000000♠98 |
|
|
47 |
Matt Cappotelli |
November 9, 2005 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001910000000000000♠91 |
|
|
— |
Vacated |
February 8, 2006 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
— |
— |
Cappotelli vacates the championship after announcing that he had a brain tumor[2] |
|
48 |
Brent Albright |
March 1, 2006 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001630000000000000♠63 |
Albright defeated CM Punk in a tournament finals to become the new champion[8] |
|
49 |
CM Punk |
May 3, 2006 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002119000000000000♠119 |
[9][10] |
|
50 |
Chet the Jett |
August 30, 2006 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001560000000000000♠56 |
|
|
51 |
Jacob Duncan |
October 25, 2006 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001490000000000000♠49 |
|
|
52 |
Chet the Jett |
December 13, 2006 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
<1 |
|
|
53 |
Paul Burchill |
December 13, 2006 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001660000000000000♠66 |
|
|
54 |
Cody Runnels |
February 17, 2007 |
Live event |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
1 |
7000100000000000000♠1 |
|
|
55 |
Paul Burchill |
February 18, 2007 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001240000000000000♠24 |
|
|
56 |
Aaron Stevens |
March 14, 2007 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001560000000000000♠56 |
|
|
57 |
Paul Burchill |
May 9, 2007 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
3 |
7001140000000000000♠14 |
|
|
— |
Vacated |
May 23, 2007 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
— |
— |
The championship was vacated after a double pin in a contest between Burchill and Idol Stevens |
|
58 |
Jay Bradley |
June 1, 2007 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001260000000000000♠26 |
Bradley defeated Burchill and Stevens in a three-way match to win the vacant championship[11] |
|
59 |
Paul Burchill |
June 27, 2007 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
4 |
7001310000000000000♠31 |
|
|
60 |
Vladimir Kozlov |
July 28, 2007 |
Live event |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
1 |
<1 |
|
|
61 |
Michael Washington Kruel |
July 28, 2007 |
Live event |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
1 |
7002130000000000000♠130 |
Pinned at backstage |
|
62 |
Matt Sydal |
December 5, 2007 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001700000000000000♠70 |
Sydal is the last OVW Heavyweight Champion while OVW is a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) developmental territory |
|
63 |
Jay Bradley |
February 13, 2008 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
Became the first OVW Heavyweight Champion since OVW and WWE parted ways |
|
64 |
Nick Dinsmore |
February 20, 2008 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
9 |
7002126000000000000♠126 |
|
|
65 |
Anthony Bravado |
June 25, 2008 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002115000000000000♠115 |
|
|
66 |
Ryback |
October 18, 2008 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001140000000000000♠14 |
|
|
67 |
Anthony Bravado |
November 1, 2008 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001280000000000000♠28 |
|
|
68 |
Aaron Stevens |
November 29, 2008 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001490000000000000♠49 |
|
|
69 |
Vaughn Lilas |
January 17, 2009 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001210000000000000♠21 |
|
|
70 |
Apoc |
February 7, 2009 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001770000000000000♠77 |
|
|
71 |
Vaughn Lilas |
April 25, 2009 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001220000000000000♠22 |
|
|
72 |
Apoc |
May 17, 2009 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001620000000000000♠62 |
|
|
73 |
Low Rider |
July 18, 2009 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002172000000000000♠172 |
|
|
74 |
Moose |
January 6, 2010 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001520000000000000♠52 |
|
|
— |
Vacated |
February 27, 2010 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Moose was stripped of the championship due to attacking officials |
|
75 |
Brent Wellington |
February 27, 2010 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001910000000000000♠91 |
Wellington won a battle royal to win the vacant championship |
|
76 |
Mike Mondo |
May 29, 2010 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001180000000000000♠18 |
|
|
77 |
James Thomas (Formerly known as Moose) |
June 16, 2010 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001450000000000000♠45 |
|
|
78 |
Low Rider |
July 31, 2010 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7002161000000000000♠161 |
|
|
79 |
Cliff Compton |
January 8, 2011 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001560000000000000♠56 |
This was a three–way match, also involving Mike Mondo |
|
80 |
Mike Mondo |
March 5, 2011 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001600000000000000♠60 |
This was a three–way ladder match, also involving Low Rider[12] |
|
— |
Vacated |
May 4, 2011 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
— |
— |
The championship was vacated after Mike Mondo attacked OVW president Danny Davis[13] |
|
81 |
Cliff Compton |
May 14, 2011 |
Live event |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001110000000000000♠11 |
This was a brass knuckles on a pole match against Mike Mondo with special referee Danny Davis[14] |
|
82 |
Elvis Pridemoore |
May 25, 2011 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
[15] |
|
— |
Vacated |
June 1, 2011 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
— |
— |
Pridemoore vacated the title after finding out that he had won it due to outside interference from Mike Mondo[16] |
|
83 |
Jason Wayne |
July 1, 2011 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002117000000000000♠117 |
Defeated Mike Mondo in a tournament final to win the vacant title[17] |
|
84 |
Nick Dinsmore |
October 26, 2011 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
10 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
[18] |
|
85 |
Rudy Switchblade |
November 2, 2011 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002122000000000000♠122 |
Defeated Nick Dinsmore, Jason Wayne, Adam Revolver, Ted McNaler, James Thomas, Rocco Bellagio and Mike Mondo in an Eight Man Melee[19] |
|
86 |
Johnny Spade |
March 3, 2012 |
Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001700000000000000♠70 |
|
|
87 |
Rob Terry |
May 12, 2012 |
Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001460000000000000♠46 |
[20] |
|
— |
Vacated |
June 27, 2012 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
— |
— |
OVW Board of Directors member Ken Wayne vacates all OVW championships |
|
88 |
Johnny Spade |
July 7, 2012 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001670000000000000♠67 |
Defeated Rob Terry in the finals of a ten men gauntlet match to win the vacant title |
|
89 |
Crimson |
September 12, 2012 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001800000000000000♠80 |
[21] |
|
90 |
Rob Terry |
December 1, 2012 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001600000000000000♠60 |
[22] |
|
91 |
Doug Williams |
January 30, 2013 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001700000000000000♠70 |
[23] |
|
92 |
Jamin Olivencia |
April 10, 2013 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002241000000000000♠241 |
[24] |
|
— |
Vacated |
December 4, 2013 |
N/A |
Louisville, Kentucky |
— |
— |
Title vacated by OVW owner Danny Davis over inappropriate actions on OVW TV |
|
93 |
Jamin Olivencia |
December 7, 2013 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001280000000000000♠28 |
Defeated Johnny Spade to win the vacant title[24] |
|
94 |
Marcus Anthony |
January 4, 2014 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002126000000000000♠126 |
[25] |
|
95 |
Jamin Olivencia |
May 10, 2014 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
3 |
7001560000000000000♠56 |
[25] |
|
96 |
Marcus Anthony |
July 5, 2014 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001280000000000000♠28 |
It was a Last Man Standing match[26] |
|
97 |
Melvin Maximus |
August 2, 2014 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001630000000000000♠63 |
|
|
98 |
Cliff Compton |
October 4, 2014 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
3 |
7001630000000000000♠63 |
It was a Triple threat match also including Marcus Anthony |
|
99 |
Adam Revolver |
December 6, 2014 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001630000000000000♠63 |
|
|
100 |
Mohamad Ali Vaez |
February 7, 2015 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001810000000000000♠81 |
|
|
101 |
Eddie Diamond |
April 29, 2015 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001860000000000000♠86 |
|
|
102 |
Chris Silvio |
July 24, 2015 |
OVW Friday Night Fights 2 |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002134000000000000♠134 |
|
|
103 |
Ryan Howe |
December 5, 2015 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7000400000000000000♠4 |
|
|
104 |
Rob Conway |
December 9, 2015 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
5 |
7001240000000000000♠24 |
|
|
105 |
Ryan Howe |
January 2, 2016 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001770000000000000♠77 |
|
|
106 |
Devin Driscoll |
March 19, 2016 |
Live event |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
1 |
7001280000000000000♠28 |
|
|
— |
Vacated |
April 16, 2016 |
Live event |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
— |
— |
Title vacated by OVW founder Danny Davis |
|
107 |
Big Jon |
April 16, 2016 |
Live event |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
1 |
7001280000000000000♠28 |
Defeated Rocco Bellagio to win the vacant title |
|
108 |
Rocco Bellagio |
May 14, 2016 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002322000000000000♠322 |
This was a No Holds Barred match |
|
109 |
Big Jon |
April 1, 2017 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001910000000000000♠91 |
This was a Steel Cage match |
|
110 |
Adam Revolver |
July 1, 2017 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001630000000000000♠63 |
Michael Hayes served as the special guest referee |
|
111 |
Tyler Matrix |
September 2, 2017 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001630000000000000♠63 |
|
|
112 |
Michael Hayes |
November 4, 2017 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7002102000000000000♠102 |
This was Hayes War Games cash in match |
|
113 |
Randy Royal |
February 14, 2018 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001170000000000000♠17 |
|
|
114 |
Michael Hayes |
March 3, 2018 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7002126000000000000♠126 |
This was a Triple Threat Elimination match also including Chris Silvio |
|
115 |
Amon |
July 7, 2018 |
OVW Saturday Night Special |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7001180000000000000♠18 |
This was a Casket match |
|
116 |
Abyss |
July 25, 2018 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
Became champion after Amon gave him the title |
|
— |
Vacated |
August 1, 2018 |
OVW TV Tapings |
Louisville, Kentucky |
— |
— |
Title vacated by Dean Hill. |
|
117 |
Abyss |
October 10, 2018 |
OVW 1000 |
Louisville, Kentucky |
2 |
7001110000000000000♠11+ |
Defeated Justin Smooth in a tournament final to win the vacant title |
|