OVW Heavyweight Championship

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OVW Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Johnny Spade
Date won March 3, 2012[1]
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.[2] 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. Johnny Spade is the current champion in his first reign, after defeating previous champion Rudy Switchblade at the March 3rd, 2012 Saturday Night Special. Overall, there have been 86 reigns shared between 44 wrestlers, with seven 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.[3]

Contents

[edit] 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

[edit] Names

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

[edit] Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Trailer Park Trash 1 01997-08-17 August 17, 1997 &1000000000000007600000076 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event Trailer Park Trash defeated Vic The Bruiser to become the inaugural champion.
— Vacated — 01997-11-01 November 1, 1997 — — — [4]
2 Bill Dundee 1 01997-11-16 November 16, 1997 &100000000000000070000007 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event Dundee won a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
3 Rip Rogers 1 01997-11-23 November 23, 1997 &10000000000000192000000192 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
4 Nick Dinsmore 1 01998-06-03 June 3, 1998 &100000000000000070000007 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
5 David C. 1 01998-06-10 June 10, 1998 &1000000000000002500000025 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event David C. won the title by forfeit.
6 Doug Basham 1 01998-07-05 July 5, 1998 &1000000000000007000000070 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
7 Rip Rogers 2 01998-09-13 September 13, 1998 &10000000000000107000000107 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
8 Doug Basham 2 01998-12-29 December 29, 1998 &100000000000000050000005 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
9 Rip Rogers 3 01999-01-03 January 3, 1999 &1000000000000003000000030 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
10 Rod Steele 1 01999-02-02 February 2, 1999 &1000000000000007500000075 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 01999-04-18 April 18, 1999 &1000000000000001000000010 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
12 Rob Conway 1 01999-04-28 April 28, 1999 &100000000000000090000009 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
13 Nick Dinsmore 3 01999-05-07 May 7, 1999 &1000000000000003200000032 New Albany, Indiana Live event
14 Damaja 1 01999-06-08 June 8, 1999 &1000000000000007000000070 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
15 Rob Conway 2 01999-08-17 August 17, 1999 &1000000000000008500000085 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
16 Rico Constantino 1 01999-11-10 November 10, 1999 &1000000000000004600000046 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
17 Flash Flanagan 1 01999-12-26 December 26, 1999 &1000000000000004200000042 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
18 Rico Constantino 2 02000-02-06 February 6, 2000 &1000000000000001100000011 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
19 Flash Flanagan 2 02000-02-17 February 17, 2000 &1000000000000004700000047 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
20 Damaja 2 02000-04-04 April 4, 2000 &1000000000000005000000050 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
21 Nick Dinsmore 4 02000-05-24 May 24, 2000 &1000000000000004500000045 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
22 Flash Flanagan 3 02000-07-08 July 8, 2000 &1000000000000002700000027 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
23 Nick Dinsmore 5 02000-08-04 August 4, 2000 &1000000000000003300000033 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
24 Rob Conway 3 02000-09-06 September 6, 2000 &1000000000000004900000049 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
25 Nick Dinsmore 6 02000-10-25 October 25, 2000 &10000000000000125000000125 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
26 Rico Constantino 3 02001-02-27 February 27, 2001 &1000000000000003600000036 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
27 Flash Flanagan 4 02001-04-04 April 4, 2001 &10000000000000112000000112 Louisville, Kentucky Bluegrass
Brawl
28 Doug Basham 3 02001-07-25 July 25, 2001 &10000000000000126000000126 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 02001-11-28 November 28, 2001 &1000000000000008400000084 Jeffersonville, Indiana OVW TV Tapings
30 The Prototype 1 02002-02-20 February 20, 2002 &1000000000000008400000084 Jeffersonville, Indiana OVW TV Tapings
31 Nova 1 02002-05-15 May 15, 2002 &10000000000000175000000175 Jeffersonville, Indiana Live event
32 Damaja 3 02002-11-06 November 6, 2002 &10000000000000105000000105 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
33 Nick Dinsmore 7 02003-02-19 February 19, 2003 &1000000000000004600000046 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
34 Doug Basham 4 02003-04-06 April 6, 2003 &10000000000000115000000115 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
35 Damaja 4 02003-07-30 July 30, 2003 &1000000000000001400000014 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
36 Rob Conway 4 02003-08-13 August 13, 2003 &100000000000000000000000 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
37 Johnny Jeter 1 02003-08-13 August 13, 2003 &1000000000000006300000063 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
38 Mark Magnus 1 02003-10-15 October 15, 2003 &1000000000000005600000056 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
— Vacated — 02003-12-10 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 8 02004-01-07 January 7, 2004 &1000000000000009800000098 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Dinsmore defeated Johnny Jeter to win the vacant championship.
40 Matt Morgan 1 02004-04-14 April 14, 2004 &10000000000000182000000182 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
41 Chris Cage 1 02004-10-13 October 13, 2004 &1000000000000004900000049 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
42 Chad Toland 1 02004-12-01 December 1, 2004 &100000000000000070000007 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
43 Elijah Burke 1 02004-12-08 December 8, 2004 &10000000000000126000000126 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
44 Matt Morgan 2 02005-04-13 April 13, 2005 &1000000000000001400000014 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
45 Brent Albright 1 02005-04-27 April 27, 2005 &1000000000000009800000098 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
46 Johnny Jeter 2 02005-08-03 August 3, 2005 &1000000000000009800000098 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
47 Matt Cappotelli 1 02005-11-09 November 9, 2005 &1000000000000009100000091 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
— Vacated — 02006-02-08 February 8, 2006 — Louisville, Kentucky Live event Cappotelli vacates the championship after announcing that he had a brain tumor.[3]
48 Brent Albright 2 02006-03-01 March 1, 2006 &1000000000000009400000094 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Albright defeated CM Punk in a tournament finals to become the new champion.[5]
49 CM Punk 1 02006-06-03 June 3, 2006 &1000000000000008800000088 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings [6]
50 Chet the Jett 1 02006-08-30 August 30, 2006 &1000000000000005600000056 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
51 Jacob Duncan 1 02006-10-25 October 25, 2006 &1000000000000004900000049 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
52 Chet the Jett 2 02006-12-13 December 13, 2006 &100000000000000000000000 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
53 Paul Burchill 1 02006-12-13 December 13, 2006 &1000000000000006600000066 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
54 Cody Runnels 1 02007-02-17 February 17, 2007 &100000000000000010000001 Elizabethtown, Kentucky Live event
55 Paul Burchill 2 02007-02-18 February 18, 2007 &1000000000000002400000024 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
56 Aaron Stevens 1 02007-03-14 March 14, 2007 &1000000000000005600000056 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
57 Paul Burchill 3 02007-05-09 May 9, 2007 &1000000000000001400000014 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
— Vacated — 02007-05-23 May 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 02007-06-01 June 1, 2007 &1000000000000002600000026 Louisville, Kentucky Live event Bradley defeated Burchill and Stevens in a three-way match to win the vacant championship.
59 Paul Burchill 4 02007-06-27 June 27, 2007 &1000000000000003100000031 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
60 Vladimir Kozlov 1 02007-07-28 July 28, 2007 &100000000000000000000000 Elizabethtown, Kentucky Live event
61 Michael W. Kruel 1 02007-07-28 July 28, 2007 &10000000000000130000000130 Elizabethtown, Kentucky Live event
62 Matt Sydal 1 02007-12-05 December 5, 2007 &1000000000000007000000070 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 02008-02-13 February 13, 2008 &100000000000000070000007 Louisville, Kentucky Live event Became the first OVW Heavyweight Champion since OVW and WWE parted ways.
64 Nick Dinsmore 9 02008-02-20 February 20, 2008 &10000000000000126000000126 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
65 Anthony Bravado 1 02008-06-25 June 25, 2008 &10000000000000115000000115 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
66 Ryback 1 02008-10-18 October 18, 2008 &1000000000000001400000014 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
67 Anthony Bravado 2 02008-11-01 November 1, 2008 &1000000000000002800000028 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
68 Aaron Stevens 2 02008-11-29 November 29, 2008 &1000000000000004900000049 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
69 Vaughn Lilas 1 02009-01-17 January 17, 2009 &1000000000000002100000021 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
70 Apoc 1 02009-02-07 February 7, 2009 &1000000000000007700000077 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
71 Vaughn Lilas 2 02009-04-25 April 25, 2009 &1000000000000002200000022 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
72 Apoc 2 02009-05-17 May 17, 2009 &1000000000000006200000062 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
73 Low Rider 1 02009-07-18 July 18, 2009 &10000000000000172000000172 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
74 Moose 1 02010-01-06 January 6, 2010 &1000000000000005200000052 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
— Vacated — 02010-02-27 February 27, 2010 — N/A N/A Moose was stripped of the championship due to attacking officials.
75 Beef Wellington 1 02010-02-27 February 27, 2010 &1000000000000009100000091 Louisville, Kentucky Live event Wellington won a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
76 Mike Mondo 1 02010-05-29 May 29, 2010 &1000000000000001800000018 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
77 James Thomas
(Formerly known as Moose)		 2 02010-06-16 June 16, 2010 &1000000000000004500000045 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings
78 Low Rider 2 02010-07-31 July 31, 2010 &10000000000000161000000161 Louisville, Kentucky Live event
79 Cliff Compton 1 02011-01-08 January 8, 2011 &1000000000000005600000056 Louisville, Kentucky Live event This was a three–way match, also involving Mike Mondo.
80 Mike Mondo 2 02011-03-05 March 5, 2011 &1000000000000006000000060 Louisville, Kentucky Live event This was a three–way ladder match, also involving Low Rider.[7]
— Vacated — 02011-05-04 May 4, 2011 &1000000000000001000000010 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings The championship was vacated after Mike Mondo attacked OVW president Danny Davis.[8]
81 Cliff Compton 2 02011-05-14 May 14, 2011 &1000000000000001100000011 Louisville, Kentucky Live event This was a Brass Knuckles On A Pole Match against Mike Mondo with special referee Danny Davis.[9]
82 Elvis Pridemoore 1 02011-05-25 May 25, 2011 &100000000000000070000007 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings [10]
— Vacated — 02011-06-01 June 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.[11]
83 Jason Wayne 1 02011-07-02 July 2, 2011 &10000000000000117000000117 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Mike Mondo in a tournament final to win the vacant title.[12]
84 Nick Dinsmore 10 02011-10-26 October 26, 2011 &100000000000000070000007 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings [13]
85 Rudy Switchblade 1 02011-11-02 November 2, 2011 &10000000000000122000000122 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.[1]
86 Johnny Spade 1 02012-03-02 March 2, 2012 &1000000000000001000000010+ Louisville, Kentucky Saturday Night Special [14]

[edit] List of combined reigns

As of March 13, 2012

† 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 Paul Burchill 4 135
15 Michael Washington Kruel 1 130
16 Elijah Burke 1 126
17 Rudy Switchblade 1 122
18 Jason Wayne 1 117
19 Aaron Stevens 2 105
20 Moose/James Thomas 2 97
21 Rico Constantino 3 93
22 Beef Wellington 1 91
Matt Cappotelli 1 91
24 CM Punk 1 88
25 Leviathan 1 84
The Prototype 1 84
27 Mike Mondo 2 78
28 Trailer Park Trash 1 76
29 Rod Steele 1 75
30 Matt Sydal 1 70
31 Cliff Compton 2 67
32 Mark Magnus 1 56
Aaron Stevens 1 56
Chet the Jett 1 56
35 Chris Cage 1 49
Jacob Duncan 1 49
37 Vaughn Lilas 2 43
38 Jay Bradley 2 33
39 Johnny Spade† 1 11+
40 Elvis Pridemoore 1 7
Chad Toland 1 7
Bill Dundee 1 7
43 Cody Runnels 1 1
44 Vladimir Kozlov 1 <1

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

General
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  1. ^ a b Vandrisse, Trent (2011-11-04). "OVW TV taping 11-2 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/22812-ovw-tv-tapings-11-2-louisville. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
  2. ^ "WWE to cease affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling". World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. 2008-02-07. http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2008/2008_02_07.jsp. Retrieved 2010-01-23. 
  3. ^ 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. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_16091.shtml. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 
  4. ^ Vandrisse, Trent (2011-06-02). "OVW TV report 6-1 tapings in Lousville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.ovwrestling.com/titles. Retrieved 2011-06-03. 
  5. ^ Sullivan, Steve (2006-06-03). "411's OVW TV Report 3.8.06". 411Mania.com. http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/tv_reports/38470/411//s-OVW-TV-Report-3.4.06.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
  6. ^ Sullivan, Steve (2006-08-04). "411's OVW TV Report 5.08.06". 411Mania.com. http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/tv_reports/40620/411//s-OVW-TV-Report-5.08.06.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
  7. ^ Gerweck, Steve (2011-03-06). "Former WWE superstar wins the OVW championship". WrestleView]. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1299389657. Retrieved 2011-03-06. 
  8. ^ Vandrisse, Trent (2011-05-05). "OVW TV report for the 5-7 show". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/20511-ovw-tv-report-for-the-5-7-show-. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  9. ^ Vandrisse, Trent (2011-05-15). "OVW TV taping for Saturday night's show taped last night in Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/component/content/article/20676/. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  10. ^ Vandrisse, Trent (2011-05-26). "OVW TV taping report from last night for Saturday's show". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/20764/. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 
  11. ^ Vandrisse, Trent (2011-06-02). "OVW TV report 6-1 tapings in Lousville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/20848-ovw-tv-report-6-1-tapings-in-lousville. Retrieved 2011-06-03. 
  12. ^ Vandrisse, Trent. "OVW TV tapings report 7-6 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/21280-ovw-tv-tapings-report-7-6-louisville. Retrieved 2011-07-26. 
  13. ^ Vandrisse, Trent (2011-10-28). "OVW TV taping 10-26 Louisville - Major heel turn by former WWE star". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/22715-ovw-tv-taping-10-26-louisville-major-heel-turn-by-former-wwe-star. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 
  14. ^ Vandrisse, Trent (2012-03-02). "OVW Saturday Night Special 3-3-12 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://members3.boardhost.com/Trent36/msg/1330883567.html. Retrieved 2012-03-02. 

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