OVW Heavyweight Championship
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The OVW Heavyweight Championship is the main championship in Professional wrestling promotion, Ohio Valley Wrestling. It was first awarded to a wrestler by the name of Trailer Park Trash and is still defended today. It was also known as the NWA Ohio Valley Heavyweight Championship during OVW's membership in the National Wrestling Alliance from 1998 to 2001.
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Current champion
The current OVW Heavyweight Champion is APOC.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailer Park Trash | 1 | August 17 1997 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Vacated | ||||
| Bill Dundee | 1 | November 16 1997 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | Won a battle royal. |
| Rip Rogers | 1 | November 23 1997 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 1 | June 3 1998 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| David C. | 1 | June 11 1998 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | Won by forfeit. |
| Doug Basham | 1 | July 5 1998 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Rip Rogers | 2 | September 13 1998 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Doug Basham | 2 | December 29 1998 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Rip Rogers | 3 | January 3 1999 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Rod Steele | 1 | February 2 1999 | Louisville, Kentucky | Nick Dinsmore defeated Steele on February 7 1999 but gave the title back to Steele after learning of outside interference. |
| Nick Dinsmore | 2 | April 18 1999 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Rob Conway | 1 | April 28 1999 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 3 | May 7 1999 | New Albany, Indiana | |
| Damaja | 1 | June 8 1999 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Rob Conway | 2 | August 17 1999 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Rico Constantino | 1 | November 10 1999 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Flash Flanagan | 1 | December 26 1999 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Rico Constantino | 2 | February 16 2000 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Flash Flanagan | 2 | February 17 2000 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Damaja | 2 | April 4 2000 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 4 | May 24 2000 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Flash Flanagan | 3 | July 8 2000 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 5 | August 4 2000 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Rob Conway | 3 | September 6 2000 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 6 | October 25 2000 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Rico Constantino | 3 | February 27 2001 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Flash Flanagan | 4 | April 4 2001 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| The Machine (Doug Basham) | 3 | July 25 2001 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Leviathan | 1 | November 28 2001 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| The Prototype]] | 1 | February 20 2002 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Nova | 1 | May 15 2002 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Damaja | 3 | November 6 2002 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 7 | February 19 2003 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated Damaja and Doug Basham in a triple threat match. |
| Doug Basham | 4 | April 9 2003 | Louisville, Kentucky | This was a two out of three falls match. |
| Damaja | 4 | July 30 2003 | Louisville, Kentucky | This was a "Loser Leaves Town" match. |
| Rob Conway | 4 | August 13 2003 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Johnny Jeter | 1 | August 13 2003 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Mark Magnus | 1 | October 15 2003 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Title vacated on December 10 2003 when it was ruled that Magnus was no longer the champion due to his being pinned by both Nick Dinsmore and Johnny Jeter in a three-way match on December 3. | ||||
| Nick Dinsmore | 8 | January 7 2004 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated Johnny Jeter. |
| Matt Morgan | 1 | April 14 2004 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Chris Cage | 1 | October 13 2004 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Chad Toland | 1 | December 1 2004 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Elijah Burke | 1 | December 8 2004 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Matt Morgan | 2 | April 13 2005 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Brent Albright | 1 | April 27 2005 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Johnny Jeter | 2 | August 3 2005 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Matt Cappotelli | 1 | November 9 2005 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Title vacated on February 8 2006 in Louisville, Kentucky when Cappotelli forfeited the championship after announcing that he has a brain tumor. | ||||
| Brent Albright | 2 | March 1 2006 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated CM Punk in a tournament final. |
| CM Punk | 1 | May 3 2006 | Louisville, Kentucky | This was a strap match. |
| Chet the Jett | 1 | August 30 2006 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated Punk as a replacement for Seth Skyfire who was injured coming to the ring. |
| Jacob Duncan | 1 | October 25 2006 | Louisville, Kentucky | This was an unsanctioned match. |
| Chett the Jett | 2 | December 15 2006 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Paul Burchill | 1 | December 15 2006 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Cody Runnels | 1 | February 17 2007 | Elizabethtown, Kentucky | Won the title at a house show. |
| Paul Burchill | 2 | February 18 2007 | Louisville, Kentucky | Won the title at a house show. |
| Idol Stevens | 1 | March 14 2007 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Paul Burchill | 3 | May 9 2007 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Title held up on May 23 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky when Burchill and Idol Stevens pin each other and two referees count the three, with one declaring Burchill the winner, and the other declaring Stevens the winner. | ||||
| Jay Bradley | 1 | June 1 2007 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated Paul Burchill and Idol Stevens in a three-way match. |
| Paul Burchill | 4 | June 27 2007 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Vladimir Kozlov | 1 | July 28 2007 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Michael W. Kruel | 1 | July 28 2007 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Matt Sydal | 1 | December 5 2007 | Louisville, Kentucky | Last champion while OVW is a WWE developmental territory. |
| Jay Bradley | 2 | February 13 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky | WWE ended their relationship with OVW February 7 2008. |
| Nick Dinsmore | 9 | February 20 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Anthony Bravado | 1 | June 25 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Ryback | 1 | October 15 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Anthony Bravado | 2 | October 29 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Idol Stevens | 2 | November 26 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Vaughn Lilas | 1 | January 14 2009 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| APOC | 1 | February 4 2009 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
Trivia
- Nick Dinsmore holds the record for the most OVW Championship reigns (9).
- Prototype (now John Cena) and Leviathan (now Batista) are the only former OVW Heavyweight Champions who have gone on to win a world title in WWE.
- Paul Burchill is the first Englishman to hold the OVW Title.
- Rob Conway, Chet the Jett and Cody Runnels are the only three wrestlers to lose the title in under 24 hours.
