OVW Heavyweight Championship

OVW Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Jamin Olivencia
Date won March 2, 2013
Promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling
Date established August 17, 1997
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 192 days, Rip Rogers's first 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 Jamin Olivencia who defeated Doug Williams for the championship on April 10, 2013. Overall, there have been 92 reigns shared between 50 wrestlers, with eight 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

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

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

Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Trailer Park Trash 1 01997-08-17August 17, 1997 700176000000000000076 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event Trailer Park Trash defeated Vic The Bruiser to become the inaugural champion.
— Vacated — 01997-11-01November 1, 1997 — — — [3]
2 Bill Dundee 1 01997-11-16November 16, 1997 70007000000000000007 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event Dundee won a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
3 Rip Rogers 1 01997-11-23November 23, 1997 7002192000000000000192 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
4 Nick Dinsmore 1 01998-06-03June 3, 1998 70007000000000000007 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
5 David C. 1 01998-06-10June 10, 1998 700125000000000000025 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event David C. won the title by forfeit.
6 Doug Basham 1 01998-07-05July 5, 1998 700170000000000000070 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
7 Rip Rogers 2 01998-09-13September 13, 1998 7002107000000000000107 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
8 Doug Basham 2 01998-12-29December 29, 1998 70005000000000000005 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
9 Rip Rogers 3 01999-01-03January 3, 1999 700130000000000000030 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
10 Rod Steele 1 01999-02-02February 2, 1999 700175000000000000075 Louisville, Kentucky Live event 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 2 01999-04-18April 18, 1999 700110000000000000010 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
12 Rob Conway 1 01999-04-28April 28, 1999 70009000000000000009 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
13 Nick Dinsmore 3 01999-05-07May 7, 1999 700132000000000000032 New Albany, Indiana Live event
14 Damaja 1 01999-06-08June 8, 1999 700170000000000000070 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
15 Rob Conway 2 01999-08-17August 17, 1999 700185000000000000085 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
16 Rico Constantino 1 01999-11-10November 10, 1999 700146000000000000046 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
17 Flash Flanagan 1 01999-12-26December 26, 1999 700142000000000000042 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
18 Rico Constantino 2 02000-02-06February 6, 2000 700111000000000000011 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
19 Flash Flanagan 2 02000-02-17February 17, 2000 700147000000000000047 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
20 Damaja 2 02000-04-04April 4, 2000 700150000000000000050 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
21 Nick Dinsmore 4 02000-05-24May 24, 2000 700145000000000000045 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
22 Flash Flanagan 3 02000-07-08July 8, 2000 700127000000000000027 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
23 Nick Dinsmore 5 02000-08-04August 4, 2000 700133000000000000033 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
24 Rob Conway 3 02000-09-06September 6, 2000 700149000000000000049 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
25 Nick Dinsmore 6 02000-10-25October 25, 2000 7002125000000000000125 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
26 Rico Constantino 3 02001-02-27February 27, 2001 700136000000000000036 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
27 Flash Flanagan 4 02001-04-04April 4, 2001 7002112000000000000112 Louisville, Kentucky Bluegrass
Brawl
28 Doug Basham 3 02001-07-25July 25, 2001 7002126000000000000126 Jeffersonville, Indiana OVW TV Tapings OVW breaks away from the NWA in October 2001. The championship is renamed the OVW Heavyweight Championship.
29 Leviathan 1 02001-11-28November 28, 2001 700184000000000000084 Jeffersonville, Indiana OVW TV Tapings
30 The Prototype 1 02002-02-20February 20, 2002 700184000000000000084 Jeffersonville, Indiana OVW TV Tapings
31 Nova 1 02002-05-15May 15, 2002 7002175000000000000175 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
32 Damaja 3 02002-11-06November 6, 2002 7002105000000000000105 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
33 Nick Dinsmore 7 02003-02-19February 19, 2003 700146000000000000046 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
34 Doug Basham 4 02003-04-06April 6, 2003 7002115000000000000115 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
35 Damaja 4 02003-07-30July 30, 2003 700114000000000000014 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
36 Rob Conway 4 02003-08-13August 13, 2003 50000000000000000000 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
37 Johnny Jeter 1 02003-08-13August 13, 2003 700163000000000000063 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
38 Mark Magnus 1 02003-10-15October 15, 2003 700156000000000000056 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
— Vacated — 02003-12-10December 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 8 02004-01-07January 7, 2004 700198000000000000098 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Dinsmore defeated Johnny Jeter to win the vacant championship.
40 Matt Morgan 1 02004-04-14April 14, 2004 7002182000000000000182 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
41 Chris Cage 1 02004-10-13October 13, 2004 700149000000000000049 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
42 Chad Toland 1 02004-12-01December 1, 2004 70007000000000000007 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
43 Elijah Burke 1 02004-12-08December 8, 2004 7002126000000000000126 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
44 Matt Morgan 2 02005-04-13April 13, 2005 700114000000000000014 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
45 Brent Albright 1 02005-04-27April 27, 2005 700198000000000000098 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
46 Johnny Jeter 2 02005-08-03August 3, 2005 700198000000000000098 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
47 Matt Cappotelli 1 02005-11-09November 9, 2005 700191000000000000091 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
— Vacated — 02006-02-08February 8, 2006 — Louisville, Kentucky Live event Cappotelli vacates the championship after announcing that he had a brain tumor.[2]
48 Brent Albright 2 02006-03-01March 1, 2006 700194000000000000094 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Albright defeated CM Punk in a tournament finals to become the new champion.[4]
49 CM Punk 1 02006-06-03June 3, 2006 700188000000000000088 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings [5]
50 Chet the Jett 1 02006-08-30August 30, 2006 700156000000000000056 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
51 Jacob Duncan 1 02006-10-25October 25, 2006 700149000000000000049 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
52 Chet the Jett 2 02006-12-13December 13, 2006 50000000000000000000 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
53 Paul Burchill 1 02006-12-13December 13, 2006 700166000000000000066 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
54 Cody Runnels 1 02007-02-17February 17, 2007 70001000000000000001 Elizabethtown, Kentucky Live event
55 Paul Burchill 2 02007-02-18February 18, 2007 700124000000000000024 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
56 Aaron Stevens 1 02007-03-14March 14, 2007 700156000000000000056 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
57 Paul Burchill 3 02007-05-09May 9, 2007 700114000000000000014 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
— Vacated — 02007-05-23May 23, 2007 — Louisville, Kentucky Live event The championship was vacated after a double pin in a contest between Burchill and Idol Stevens.
58 Jay Bradley 1 02007-06-01June 1, 2007 700126000000000000026 Louisville, Kentucky Live event Bradley defeated Burchill and Stevens in a three-way match to win the vacant championship.
59 Paul Burchill 4 02007-06-27June 27, 2007 700131000000000000031 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
60 Vladimir Kozlov 1 02007-07-28July 28, 2007 50000000000000000000 Elizabethtown, Kentucky Live event
61 Michael W. Kruel 1 02007-07-28July 28, 2007 7002130000000000000130 Elizabethtown, Kentucky Live event
62 Matt Sydal 1 02007-12-05December 5, 2007 700170000000000000070 Louisville, Kentucky Live event Sydal is the last OVW Heavyweight Champion while OVW is a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) developmental territory.
63 Jay Bradley 2 02008-02-13February 13, 2008 70007000000000000007 Louisville, Kentucky Live event Became the first OVW Heavyweight Champion since OVW and WWE parted ways.
64 Nick Dinsmore 9 02008-02-20February 20, 2008 7002126000000000000126 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
65 Anthony Bravado 1 02008-06-25June 25, 2008 7002115000000000000115 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
66 Ryback 1 02008-10-18October 18, 2008 700114000000000000014 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
67 Anthony Bravado 2 02008-11-01November 1, 2008 700128000000000000028 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
68 Aaron Stevens 2 02008-11-29November 29, 2008 700149000000000000049 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
69 Vaughn Lilas 1 02009-01-17January 17, 2009 700121000000000000021 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
70 Apoc 1 02009-02-07February 7, 2009 700177000000000000077 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
71 Vaughn Lilas 2 02009-04-25April 25, 2009 700122000000000000022 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
72 Apoc 2 02009-05-17May 17, 2009 700162000000000000062 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
73 Low Rider 1 02009-07-18July 18, 2009 7002172000000000000172 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
74 Moose 1 02010-01-06January 6, 2010 700152000000000000052 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
— Vacated — 02010-02-27February 27, 2010 — N/A N/A Moose was stripped of the championship due to attacking officials.
75 Beef Wellington 1 02010-02-27February 27, 2010 700191000000000000091 Louisville, Kentucky Live event Wellington won a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
76 Mike Mondo 1 02010-05-29May 29, 2010 700118000000000000018 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
77 James Thomas
(Formerly known as Moose)		 2 02010-06-16June 16, 2010 700145000000000000045 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
78 Low Rider 2 02010-07-31July 31, 2010 7002161000000000000161 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
79 Cliff Compton 1 02011-01-08January 8, 2011 700156000000000000056 Louisville, Kentucky Live event This was a three–way match, also involving Mike Mondo.
80 Mike Mondo 2 02011-03-05March 5, 2011 700160000000000000060 Louisville, Kentucky Live event This was a three–way ladder match, also involving Low Rider.[6]
— Vacated — 02011-05-04May 4, 2011 700110000000000000010 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings The championship was vacated after Mike Mondo attacked OVW president Danny Davis.[7]
81 Cliff Compton 2 02011-05-14May 14, 2011 700111000000000000011 Louisville, Kentucky Live event This was a brass knuckles on a pole match against Mike Mondo with special referee Danny Davis.[8]
82 Elvis Pridemoore 1 02011-05-25May 25, 2011 70007000000000000007 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings [9]
— Vacated — 02011-06-01June 1, 2011 — Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Pridemoore vacated the title after finding out that he had won it due to outside interference from Mike Mondo.[10]
83 Jason Wayne 1 02011-07-01July 1, 2011 7002117000000000000117 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Mike Mondo in a tournament final to win the vacant title.[11]
84 Nick Dinsmore 10 02011-10-26October 26, 2011 70007000000000000007 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings [12]
85 Rudy Switchblade 1 02011-11-02November 2, 2011 7002122000000000000122 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Nick Dinsmore, Jason Wayne, Adam Revolver, Ted McNaler, James Thomas, Rocco Bellagio and Mike Mondo in an Eight Man Melee.[13]
86 Johnny Spade 1 02012-03-03March 3, 2012 700170000000000000070 Louisville, Kentucky Saturday Night Special
87 Rob Terry 1 02012-05-12May 12, 2012 700146000000000000046 Louisville, Kentucky Saturday Night Special [14]
— Vacated — 02012-06-27June 27, 2012 — Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings OVW Board of Directors member Ken Wayne vacates all OVW championships.
88 Johnny Spade 2 02012-07-07July 7, 2012 700167000000000000067 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Saturday Night Special Defeated Rob Terry in the finals of a ten men gauntlet match to win the vacant title.
89 Crimson 1 02012-09-12September 12, 2012 700180000000000000080 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings [15]
90 Rob Terry 2 02012-12-01December 1, 2012 700160000000000000060 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Saturday Night Special [16]
91 Doug Williams 1 02013-01-30January 30, 2013 700170000000000000070 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings [17]
92 Jamin Olivencia 1 02013-03-02March 2, 2013 700184000000000000084+ Louisville, Kentucky OVW Saturday Night Special
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List of combined reigns

As of May 25, 2013

† 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 # of Reigns Combined Days
1 Nick Dinsmore 10 529
2 Low Rider 2 333
3 Rip Rogers 3 329
4 Doug Basham 4 316
5 Damaja 4 239
6 Flash Flanagan 4 228
7 Matt Morgan 2 196
8 Nova 1 175
9 Brent Albright 2 161
Johnny Jeter 2 161
11 Anthony Bravado 2 143
Rob Conway 4 143
13 APOC 2 139
14 Johnny Spade 2 137
15 Paul Burchill 4 135
16 Michael Washington Kruel 1 130
17 Elijah Burke 1 126
18 Rudy Switchblade 1 122
19 Jason Wayne 1 117
20 Rob Terry 2 106
21 Aaron Stevens 2 105
22 Moose/James Thomas 2 97
23 Rico Constantino 3 93
24 Beef Wellington 1 91
Matt Cappotelli 1 91
26 CM Punk 1 88
27 Jamin Olivencia† 1 84+
28 Leviathan 1 84
The Prototype 1 84
29 Crimson 1 80
30 Mike Mondo 2 78
31 Trailer Park Trash 1 76
32 Rod Steele 1 75
33 Doug Williams 1 70
34 Matt Sydal 1 70
35 Cliff Compton 2 67
36 Aaron Stevens 1 56
Chet the Jett 1 56
Mark Magnus 1 56
37 Chris Cage 1 49
Jacob Duncan 1 49
38 Vaughn Lilas 2 43
39 Jay Bradley 2 33
40 David C. 1 25
41 Ryback 1 14
42 Bill Dundee 1 7
Chad Toland 1 7
Elvis Pridemoore 1 7
43 Cody Runnels 1 1
44 Vladimir Kozlov 1 <1
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Footnotes

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See also

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References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "WWE to cease affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling". World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2010-01-23. 
  2. ^ a b 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 Lousville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-06-03. 
  4. ^ Sullivan, Steve (2006-06-03). "411's OVW TV Report 3.8.06". 411Mania.com. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
  5. ^ Sullivan, Steve (2006-08-04). "411's OVW TV Report 5.08.06". 411Mania.com. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
  6. ^ Gerweck, Steve (2011-03-06). "Former WWE superstar wins the OVW championship". WrestleView]. Retrieved 2011-03-06. 
  7. ^ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-05-05). "OVW TV report for the 5-7 show". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  8. ^ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-05-15). "OVW TV taping for Saturday night's show taped last night in Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  9. ^ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-05-26). "OVW TV taping report from last night for Saturday's show". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 
  10. ^ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-06-02). "OVW TV report 6-1 tapings in Lousville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-06-03. 
  11. ^ Van Drisse, Trent. "OVW TV tapings report 7-6 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-07-26. 
  12. ^ 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. 
  13. ^ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-11-04). "OVW TV taping 11-2 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
  14. ^ 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. 
  15. ^ 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. 
  16. ^ 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. 
  17. ^ Van Drisse, Trent (2013-02-01). "OVW TV report". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2013-02-02. 
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