OVW Heavyweight Championship

OVW World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling
Date established August 17, 1997
Current champion(s) Abyss
Date won October 10, 2018
Other name(s)
NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship

The OVW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. The title was introduced on August 17, 1997 at an OVW live event, then known as the NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship due to OVW's relationship with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. OVW eventually parted ways with the NWA in October 2001, and the title was renamed the OVW Heavyweight Championship. OVW later became a developmental territory for the World Wrestling Entertainment organization, but their partnership eventually ceased on February 7, 2008.[1] The title has no known weight-limit, even though it is a heavyweight championship.

Title changes happen mostly at OVW-promoted events. The inaugural champion was a man known as Trailer Park Trash. His reign began on August 17, 1997, but ended in a vacancy for unknown reasons; it is also unknown how he became the first champion. Nick Dinsmore holds the record of most reigns, with ten. At 322 days, Rocco Bellagio's reign is the longest in the title's history. Rob Conway's fourth reign, Chet the Jett's second reign, and Vladimir Kozlov's only reign are all tied for the record of shortest reign in the title's history at less than one day each. Nick Dinsmore's combined ten reign lengths add up to 529 days—the most of any wrestler. The current champion is Abyss; the previous champion was vacant, who lost the championship on October 10, 2018. Overall, there have been 117 reigns shared between 64 wrestlers, with 11 vacancies. One of those vacancies was due to then-champion Matt Cappotelli being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, and thus he chose to vacate the championship.[2]

Title history

Names

Name Years
NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship 1997 – 2001
OVW Heavyweight Championship 2001 – present

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
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 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 7 Dundee won a battle royal to win the vacant championship
3 Rip Rogers November 23, 1997 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 1 192
4 Nick Dinsmore June 3, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 1 7
5 David C. June 10, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 1 25 David C. won the title by forfeit
6 Doug Basham July 5, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 1 70
7 Rip Rogers September 13, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 2 107
8 Doug Basham December 29, 1998 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 5
9 Rip Rogers January 3, 1999 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 3 30
10 Rod Steele February 2, 1999 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 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 10
12 Rob Conway April 28, 1999 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 1 9
13 Nick Dinsmore May 7, 1999 Live event New Albany, Indiana 3 32 [4]
14 Damaja June 8, 1999 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 70
15 Rob Conway August 17, 1999 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 85
16 Rico Constantino November 10, 1999 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 46
17 Flash Flanagan December 26, 1999 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 42
18 Rico Constantino February 6, 2000 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 11
19 Flash Flanagan February 17, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 2 47 [5]
20 Damaja April 4, 2000 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 50
21 Nick Dinsmore May 24, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 4 45
22 Flash Flanagan July 8, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 3 27
23 Nick Dinsmore August 4, 2000 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 5 33
24 Rob Conway September 6, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 3 49
25 Nick Dinsmore October 25, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 6 125
26 Rico Constantino February 27, 2001 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 3 36 [6]
27 Flash Flanagan April 4, 2001 Bluegrass
Brawl		 Louisville, Kentucky 4 112
28 Doug Basham July 25, 2001 OVW TV Tapings Jeffersonville, Indiana 3 126 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 84
30 The Prototype February 20, 2002 OVW TV Tapings Jeffersonville, Indiana 1 84
31 Nova May 15, 2002 Live event Jeffersonville, Indiana 1 175
32 Damaja November 6, 2002 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 3 105
33 Nick Dinsmore February 19, 2003 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 7 46 [7]
34 Doug Basham April 6, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 4 115
35 Damaja July 30, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 4 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 63
38 Mark Magnus October 15, 2003 OVW TV Tapings N/A 1 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 98 Dinsmore defeated Johnny Jeter to win the vacant championship
40 Matt Morgan April 14, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 182
41 Chris Cage October 13, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 49
42 Chad Toland December 1, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 7
43 Elijah Burke December 8, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 126
44 Matt Morgan April 13, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 2 14
45 Brent Albright April 27, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 98
46 Johnny Jeter August 3, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 2 98
47 Matt Cappotelli November 9, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 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 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 1 119 [9][10]
50 Chet the Jett August 30, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 56
51 Jacob Duncan October 25, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 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 66
54 Cody Runnels February 17, 2007 Live event Elizabethtown, Kentucky 1 1
55 Paul Burchill February 18, 2007 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 24
56 Aaron Stevens March 14, 2007 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 56
57 Paul Burchill May 9, 2007 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 3 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 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 31
60 Vladimir Kozlov July 28, 2007 Live event Elizabethtown, Kentucky 1 <1
61 Michael Washington Kruel July 28, 2007 Live event Elizabethtown, Kentucky 1 130 Pinned at backstage
62 Matt Sydal December 5, 2007 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 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 7 Became the first OVW Heavyweight Champion since OVW and WWE parted ways
64 Nick Dinsmore February 20, 2008 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 9 126
65 Anthony Bravado June 25, 2008 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 115
66 Ryback October 18, 2008 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 14
67 Anthony Bravado November 1, 2008 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 28
68 Aaron Stevens November 29, 2008 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 49
69 Vaughn Lilas January 17, 2009 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 21
70 Apoc February 7, 2009 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 77
71 Vaughn Lilas April 25, 2009 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 22
72 Apoc May 17, 2009 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 62
73 Low Rider July 18, 2009 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 172
74 Moose January 6, 2010 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 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 91 Wellington won a battle royal to win the vacant championship
76 Mike Mondo May 29, 2010 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 18
77 James Thomas
(Formerly known as Moose)		 June 16, 2010 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 2 45
78 Low Rider July 31, 2010 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 161
79 Cliff Compton January 8, 2011 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 1 56 This was a three–way match, also involving Mike Mondo
80 Mike Mondo March 5, 2011 Live event Louisville, Kentucky 2 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 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 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 1 117 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 7 [18]
85 Rudy Switchblade November 2, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 122 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 70
87 Rob Terry May 12, 2012 Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 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 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 80 [21]
90 Rob Terry December 1, 2012 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 2 60 [22]
91 Doug Williams January 30, 2013 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 70 [23]
92 Jamin Olivencia April 10, 2013 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 241 [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 28 Defeated Johnny Spade to win the vacant title[24]
94 Marcus Anthony January 4, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 126 [25]
95 Jamin Olivencia May 10, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 3 56 [25]
96 Marcus Anthony July 5, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 2 28 It was a Last Man Standing match[26]
97 Melvin Maximus August 2, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 63
98 Cliff Compton October 4, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 3 63 It was a Triple threat match also including Marcus Anthony
99 Adam Revolver December 6, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 63
100 Mohamad Ali Vaez February 7, 2015 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 81
101 Eddie Diamond April 29, 2015 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 86
102 Chris Silvio July 24, 2015 OVW Friday Night Fights 2 Louisville, Kentucky 1 134
103 Ryan Howe December 5, 2015 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 4
104 Rob Conway December 9, 2015 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 5 24
105 Ryan Howe January 2, 2016 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 2 77
106 Devin Driscoll March 19, 2016 Live event Elizabethtown, Kentucky 1 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 28 Defeated Rocco Bellagio to win the vacant title
108 Rocco Bellagio May 14, 2016 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 322 This was a No Holds Barred match
109 Big Jon April 1, 2017 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 2 91 This was a Steel Cage match
110 Adam Revolver July 1, 2017 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 2 63 Michael Hayes served as the special guest referee
111 Tyler Matrix September 2, 2017 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 63
112 Michael Hayes November 4, 2017 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 102 This was Hayes War Games cash in match
113 Randy Royal February 14, 2018 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 17
114 Michael Hayes March 3, 2018 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 2 126 This was a Triple Threat Elimination match also including Chris Silvio
115 Amon July 7, 2018 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, Kentucky 1 18 This was a Casket match
116 Abyss July 25, 2018 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, Kentucky 1 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 11+ Defeated Justin Smooth in a tournament final to win the vacant title

List of combined reigns

As of October 21, 2018

† Indicates the current champion(s)
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
<1 Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1Nick Dinsmore10529
2Low Rider2333
3Rip Rogers3329
4Jamin Olivencia3325
5Rocco Bellagio1322
6Doug Basham4316
7Damaja4239
8Flash Flanagan4228
Michael Hayes2228
10Matt Morgan2196
11Nova1175
12Rob Conway5167
13Brent Albright2161
Johnny Jeter2161
15Marcus Anthony2154
16Anthony Bravado2143
17Apoc2139
18Johnny Spade2137
19Paul Burchill4135
20Chris Silvio1134
21Cliff Compton3130
Michael Washington Kruel1130
23Adam Revolver2126
Elijah Burke1126
25Rudy Switchblade1122
26Big Jon2119
CM Punk1119
28Jason Wayne1117
29Rob Terry2106
30Aaron Stevens2105
31Moose/James Thomas297
32Rico Constantino393
33Brent Wellington191
Matt Cappotelli191
35Eddie Diamond186
36Leviathan184
The Prototype184
38Ryan Howe281
Mohamad Ali Vaez181
40Crimson180
41Mike Mondo278
42Trailer Park Trash176
43Rod Steele175
44Doug Williams170
Matt Sydal170
46Melvin Maximus163
Tyler Matrix163
48Chet the Jett156
Mark Magnus156
50Chris Cage149
Jacob Duncan149
52Vaughn Lilas243
53Jay Bradley233
54Devin Driscoll128
55David C.125
56Amon118
57Randy Royal117
58Ryback114
59Abyss218+
60Bill Dundee17
Chad Toland17
Elvis Pridemoore17
63Cody Runnels11
64Vladimir Kozlov1<1

See also

References

General
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  • "OVW Heavyweight Championship (Title history)". OVWrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
Specific
  1. ↑ "WWE to cease affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling". World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. 2008-02-07. Archived from the original on 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  2. 1 2 Hall, Eric (2006-02-14). "2/11 OVW TV review: Background on Matt Cappotelli's speech, Punk and Albright continue feud". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  3. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-06-02). "OVW TV report 6-1 tapings in Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  4. ↑ F4W Staff (May 7, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 7): Jeff Jarrett ends David Arquette's WCW title reign, Nick Bockwinkel Vs. Ray Stevens". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 17, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (02/17): Sid Vicious wins the WWF title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
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  7. ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 19, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (02/19): Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker at No Way Out 2006". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  8. ↑ Sullivan, Steve (2006-06-03). "411's OVW TV Report 3.8.06". 411Mania.com. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  9. ↑ Sullivan, Steve (2006-08-04). "411's OVW TV Report 5.08.06". 411Mania.com. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  10. ↑ F4W Staff (May 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history: Low Ki Vs. Dewitt, Punk wins OVW title, Mutoh wins IWGP belt, Bret wins NA title, Dibiase & Dr. Death, Sheik, Watts, Fargos". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  11. ↑ Hoops, Brian (June 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 1): Rogers beats Gomez, Gordman & Goliath, Baba loses PWF Title, Flair Vs. KVE, Lawler Vs. Son, Undertaker Vs. Edge". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  12. ↑ Gerweck, Steve (2011-03-06). "Former WWE superstar wins the OVW championship". WrestleView]. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  13. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-05-05). "OVW TV report for the 5-7 show". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
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  17. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent. "OVW TV tapings report 7-6 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  18. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-10-28). "OVW TV taping 10-26 Louisville - Major heel turn by former WWE star". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  19. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-11-04). "OVW TV taping 11-2 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  20. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2012-05-13). "OVW Saturday Night Special report 5-12 TNA star wins OVW belt". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  21. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2012-09-14). "TNA takes over OVW title picture: live report from Wednesday's TV taping in Louisville". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  22. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2012-12-02). "OVW Saturday Night Special report 12-1 Louisville Big Robbie T vs. Crimson". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  23. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2013-02-01). "OVW TV report". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  24. 1 2 "OVW Heavyweight Championship". Ohio Valley Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2011-04-13.
  25. 1 2 "OVW Saturday Night Special « Event-Datenbank « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
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