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Ohio Valley Wrestling
AcronymOVW
Founded1998
StyleSports Entertainment
Professional wrestling
HeadquartersLouisville, Kentucky
Founder(s)Danny Davis
Owner(s)Danny Davis
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
ParentWorld Wrestling Entertainment
SisterFlorida Championship Wrestling
FormerlyNWA Ohio Valley Championship Wrestling

Ohio Valley Wrestling, LLC is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is mostly recognized for its up-and-coming wrestlers and serves as an official training ground for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and the organization was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (as NWA Ohio Valley Championship Wrestling) from 1998 until 2000, when OVW became part of the WWE developmental program. Jim Cornette was head booker of OVW for a period before being fired by WWE for slapping a student. He was replaced by Paul Heyman who booked OVW until being called up to be the booker of the ECW brand. Greg Gagne was supposed to be booker after Heyman, but his knowledge of OVW was limited so the booking was extended to also include Al Snow and Danny Davis. Gagne was later released from the company, leaving booking to Snow and Davis.

OVW wrestlers are often used as jobbers, or "enhancement talents", for WWE to make their stars look better, particularly when WWE runs shows within a few hours of the Louisville area. Sometimes OVW wrestlers are even used as plants for WWE shows. Of the prominent stars who have been called up from OVW to WWE, a number of them first established themselves as heels, and the majority of them (such as Randy Orton, Mr Kennedy, Carlito, John Morrison and Melina) adopted the personalities of egotistical heels. Also, many of them have become fan favorites such as Mickie James, Batista, CM Punk and John Cena.

Television

The OVW currently airs a one-hour television program Saturdays on WBKI-TV in Louisville at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on WKRC-TV's sister station, the CinCW in Cincinnati, Ohio at 4:00 p.m. on football game days and 1:00 p.m. on non-football days, and on WOBZ-LP in London, Kentucky at 9:00 p.m. The television shows originate from the Davis Arena in Louisville, and fans are invited to attend tapings on Wednesday nights free of charge. [1]

A new division called Derby City Wrestling, featuring members of OVW's training school airs at 10 p.m. on WYCS in Louisville, with TV tapings on Thursday nights. [2]

Current champions

Championship Current champion(s) Date won Won from
OVW Heavyweight Champion Michael W. Kruel July 28, 2007 Vladimir Kozlov
OVW Television Champion Ted McNaler September 19, 2007 Shawn Spears
OVW Southern Tag Team Champions VACANT October 6, 2007 James Boys Stripped By Al Snow
OVW Women's Champion Roucka September 19, 2007 ODB

Defunct championships

Ohio Valley Wrestling Triple Crown

The following is a list of individuals who have won the OVW Heavyweight Championship, OVW Television Championship, and OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, the three tiles which make up the OVW Triple Crown. The dates in bold are the last title won.

Name OVW Heavyweight Championship OVW Southern Tag Team Championship OVW Television Championship
Brent Albright April 25, 2005 March 31, 2004 (with Chris Masters) January 5, 2005
CM Punk May 3, 2006 July 28, 2006 (with Seth Skyfire) November 9, 2005
Idol Stevens March 14, 2007 October 10, 2003 (with Nova) January 4, 2006
Cody Runnels February 17, 2007 October 18, 2006 (with Shawn Spears) July 6, 2007

Potential Champions

The following active wrestlers in OVW and as of October 2007, all need one title in order to complete a triple crown.

  • Charles Evans and Shawn Spears both need an OVW Heavyweight Title reign.
  • Chet the Jett and Johnny Jeter need an OVW Television Title reign.
  • Michael W. Kruel needs an OVW Tag Title reign.

Roster

Main article: World Wrestling Entertainment roster

Alumni

This is a list of current superstars that joined either RAW, Friday Night SmackDown!, or Extreme Championship Wrestling after completing their training at OVW.

Monday Night Raw

Friday Night SmackDown!

ECW

See also

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