OVW Heavyweight Championship

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OVW Heavyweight Championship
OVW Heavyweight Championship belt.jpg
The current OVW Heavyweight Championship belt
(2012–present)
Details
Promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling
Date establishedAugust 17, 1997
Current champion(s)Tony Gunn
Date wonMarch 16, 2024
Other name(s)
  • NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship (1997–2001)
  • OVW Heavyweight Championship (2001–present)
Statistics
First champion(s)Trailer Park Trash
Most reigns Nick Dinsmore (10 reigns)
Longest reignRocco Bellagio (322 days)
Shortest reign Rob Conway, Chet the Jett and Vladimir Kozlov (<1 day)

The OVW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. The original championship was designed and created in 1997 by Reggie Parks. 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. The title has also went through almost 3 different versions in its current twenty-four year run. With The first being made by Reggie Parks in 1997, which was then retired and vacated in early 2012. The second version would then be made by Reggie Parks and Dave Millican for OVW. [2] The current version however was designed and created by Top Rope Belts, and ended up being used from 2012 to the present day. [3]

Contents

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 Tony Gunn; the previous champion was Jack Vaughn, who lost the championship on March 16, 2024. Overall, there have been 138 reigns shared between 74 wrestlers, with 13 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. [4]

Title history

Names

NameYears
NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship1997 – 2001
OVW Heavyweight Championship2001 – present

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
N/AUnknown information
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Trailer Park TrashAugust 17, 1997 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 176Trailer Park Trash defeated Vic the Bruiser to become the inaugural champion.
Vacated November 1, 1997 [5]
2 Bill Dundee November 16, 1997 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 17Dundee won a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
3 Rip Rogers November 23, 1997 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 1192
4 Nick Dinsmore June 3, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 17
5David C.June 10, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 125David C. won the championship by forfeit.
6 Doug Basham July 5, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 170
7 Rip Rogers September 13, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 2107
8 Doug Basham December 29, 1998 Live event Louisville, KY 25
9 Rip Rogers January 3, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 330
10Rod SteeleFebruary 2, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 175 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, IN 210
12 Rob Conway April 28, 1999 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 19
13 Nick Dinsmore May 7, 1999 Live event New Albany, IN 332 [6]
14 Damaja June 8, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 170
15 Rob Conway August 17, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 285
16 Rico Constantino November 10, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 146
17 Flash Flanagan December 26, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 142
18 Rico Constantino February 6, 2000 Live event Louisville, KY 211
19 Flash Flanagan February 17, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 247 [7]
20 Damaja April 4, 2000 Live event Louisville, KY 250
21 Nick Dinsmore May 24, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 445
22 Flash Flanagan July 8, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 327
23 Nick Dinsmore August 4, 2000 Live event Louisville, KY 533
24 Rob Conway September 6, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 349
25 Nick Dinsmore October 25, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 6125
26 Rico Constantino February 27, 2001 Live event Louisville, KY 336 [8]
27 Flash Flanagan April 4, 2001Bluegrass Brawl Louisville, KY 4112
28 Doug Basham July 25, 2001 OVW TV Tapings Jeffersonville, IN 3126OVW 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, IN 184
30 The Prototype February 20, 2002 OVW TV Tapings Jeffersonville, IN 184
31 Nova May 15, 2002 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 1175
32 Damaja November 6, 2002 Live event Louisville, KY 3105
33 Nick Dinsmore February 19, 2003 Live event Louisville, KY 746 [9]
34 Doug Basham April 6, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 4115
35 Damaja July 30, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 414
36 Rob Conway August 13, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 4<1
37 Johnny Jeter August 13, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 163
38 Mark Magnus October 15, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 156
Vacated December 10, 2003The championship was vacated due to Mark 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, KY 898Dinsmore defeated Johnny Jeter to win the vacant championship.
40 Matt Morgan April 14, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1182
41 Chris Cage October 13, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 149
42 Chad Toland December 1, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 17
43 Elijah Burke December 8, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1126
44 Matt Morgan April 13, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 214
45 Brent Albright April 27, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 198
46 Johnny Jeter August 3, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 298
47 Matt Cappotelli November 9, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 191
Vacated February 8, 2006 Live event Louisville, KY Matt Cappotelli vacated the championship after announcing that he had a brain tumor. [4]
48 Brent Albright March 1, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 263Albright defeated CM Punk in a tournament finals to become the new champion. [10]
49 CM Punk May 3, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1119 [11] [12]
50Chet the JettAugust 30, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 156
51 Jacob Duncan October 25, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 149
52Chet the JettDecember 13, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 2<1
53 Paul Burchill December 13, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 166
54 Cody Runnels February 17, 2007 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 11
55 Paul Burchill February 18, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 224
56 Aaron Stevens March 14, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 156
57 Paul Burchill May 9, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 314
Vacated May 23, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY The championship was vacated after a double pin in a contest between Paul Burchill and Idol Stevens.
58 Jay Bradley June 1, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 126Bradley defeated Paul Burchill and Aaron Stevens in a three-way match to win the vacant championship. [13]
59 Paul Burchill June 27, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 431
60 Vladimir Kozlov July 28, 2007 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 1<1
61Michael Washington KruelJuly 28, 2007 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 1130Pinned at backstage
62 Matt Sydal December 5, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 170Sydal 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, KY 27Bradley became the first OVW Heavyweight Champion since OVW and WWE parted ways.
64 Nick Dinsmore February 20, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 9126
65Anthony BravadoJune 25, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 1115
66 Ryback October 18, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 114
67Anthony BravadoNovember 1, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 228
68 Aaron Stevens November 29, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 249
69Vaughn LilasJanuary 17, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 121
70 Apoc February 7, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 177
71Vaughn LilasApril 25, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 222
72 Apoc May 17, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 262
73 Low Rider July 18, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 1172
74MooseJanuary 6, 2010 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 152
Vacated February 27, 2010Moose was stripped of the championship due to attacking officials.
75 Brent Wellington February 27, 2010 Live event Louisville, KY 191Wellington won a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
76 Mike Mondo May 29, 2010 Live event Louisville, KY 118
77James ThomasJune 16, 2010 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 245Thomas is formerly known as Moose.
78 Low Rider July 31, 2010 Live event Louisville, KY 2161
79 Cliff Compton January 8, 2011 Live event Louisville, KY 156This was a three-way match, also involving Mike Mondo.
80 Mike Mondo March 5, 2011 Live event Louisville, KY 260This was a three-way ladder match, also involving Low Rider. [14]
Vacated May 4, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY The championship was vacated after Mike Mondo attacked OVW president Danny Davis. [15]
81 Cliff Compton May 14, 2011 Live event Louisville, KY 211This was a brass knuckles on a pole match against Mike Mondo with Danny Davis served as the special guest referee. [16]
82Elvis PridemooreMay 25, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 17 [17]
Vacated June 1, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY Pridemoore vacated the championship after finding out that he had won it due to outside interference from Mike Mondo. [18]
83Jason WayneJuly 1, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1117Wayne defeated Mike Mondo in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [19]
84 Nick Dinsmore October 26, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 107 [20]
85Rudy SwitchbladeNovember 2, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1122Switchblade defeated Adam Revolver, James Thomas, Jason Wayne, Mike Mondo, Nick Dinsmore, Rocco Bellagio and Ted McNaler and in an Eight Man Melee. [21]
86Johnny SpadeMarch 3, 2012Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 170
87 Rob Terry May 12, 2012Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 146 [22]
Vacated June 27, 2012 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY OVW Board of Directors member Ken Wayne vacated all OVW championships.
88Johnny SpadeJuly 7, 2012OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 267Spade defeated Rob Terry in the finals of a ten men gauntlet match to win the vacant championship.
89 Crimson September 12, 2012 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 180 [23]
90 Rob Terry December 1, 2012OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 260 [24]
91 Doug Williams January 30, 2013 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 170 [25]
92 Jamin Olivencia April 10, 2013OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1238 [26]
Vacated December 4, 2013N/A Louisville, KY The championship was vacated by OVW owner Danny Davis over inappropriate actions on OVW TV.
93 Jamin Olivencia December 7, 2013OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 228Olivencia defeated Johnny Spade to win the vacant championship. [26]
94Marcus AnthonyJanuary 4, 2014OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1126 [27]
95 Jamin Olivencia May 10, 2014OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 356 [27]
96Marcus AnthonyJuly 5, 2014OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 228this was a Last Man Standing match. [28]
97Melvin MaximusAugust 2, 2014OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 163
98 Cliff Compton October 4, 2014OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 363This was a three-way match, also including Marcus Anthony.
99Adam RevolverDecember 6, 2014OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 163
100Mohamad Ali VaezFebruary 7, 2015OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 181
101Eddie DiamondApril 29, 2015 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 186
102Chris SilvioJuly 24, 2015OVW Friday Night Fights 2 Louisville, KY 1134
103Ryan HoweDecember 5, 2015OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 14
104 Rob Conway December 9, 2015 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 524
105Ryan HoweJanuary 2, 2016OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 277
106Devin DriscollMarch 19, 2016 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 128
Vacated April 16, 2016 Live event Elizabethtown, KY The championship was vacated by OVW founder Danny Davis.
107Big JonApril 16, 2016 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 128Jon defeated Rocco Bellagio to win the vacant championship.
108Rocco BellagioMay 14, 2016OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1322This was a No Holds Barred match.
109Big JonApril 1, 2017OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 291This was a steel cage match.
110Adam RevolverJuly 1, 2017OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 263Michael Hayes served as the special guest referee.
111Tyler MatrixSeptember 2, 2017OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 163
112Michael HayesNovember 4, 2017OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1102This was Hayes War Games cash in match.
113Randy RoyalFebruary 14, 2018 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 117
114Michael HayesMarch 3, 2018OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2126This was a three-way elimination match, also including Chris Silvio.
115AmonJuly 7, 2018OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 118This was a casket match.
116 Abyss July 25, 2018 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 17Abyss became champion after Amon gave him the championship.
Vacated August 1, 2018 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY The championship vacated by Dean Hill.
117 Abyss October 10, 2018 OVW 1000 Louisville, KY 2112Abyss defeated Justin Smooth in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
118Tony GunnJanuary 30, 2019 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 177
119DimesApril 17, 2019 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 17This was a gauntlet match also for the OVW Television Championship including Amon, Brandon Wolfe, Drew Hernandez and William Lutz.
120Justin SmoothApril 24, 2019 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 121This was a three-way match, also including Amon.
121Michael HayesMay 15, 2019 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 317The championship was awarded to Hayes by Dean Hill after Smooth got disqualified at the Saturday Night Special.
122Justin SmoothJune 1, 2019OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2245This was a No Disqualification match.
123Maximus KhanFebruary 1, 2020OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 135This was a 3-Way Dance, also including Ca$h Flo.
124Tony GunnMarch 7, 2020OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2273
125 Brian Pillman Jr. December 5, 2020OVW Christmas Chaos Louisville, KY 128This was a Steel Cage Match. [29]
Vacated January 2, 2021N/AN/A Pillman vacated the championship due to his AEW commitments. [30]
126Omar AmirJanuary 9, 2021OVW Nightmare Rumble 2021 Louisville, KY 1117Won the 2021 Nightmare Rumble to become the new OVW Heavyweight Champion. [31] [32]
127Ca$h FloMay 6, 2021OVW TV Taping Louisville, KY 151 [33]
128Omar AmirJune 26, 2021Saturday Night Special - Chained Carnage 2021 Louisville, KY 2103This was a Chained Carnage match. [34]
Vacated October 7, 2021N/AN/A
129Ryan HoweOctober 21, 2021 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 3224This was 20-man battle royal for the vacant championship. [35]
130Omar AmirJune 2, 2022 OVW TV: All Systems Go Louisville, KY 335 [36]
131Jack VaughnJuly 7, 2022 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 135 [37]
132Omar AmirAugust 11, 2022 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 416 [38]
133 James Storm August 27, 2022 OVW The Big One Louisville, KY 147 [39]
134Ca$h FloOctober 13, 2022 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 242This match was also for Storm's OVW National Heavyweight Championship. [40]
135 Mahabali Shera November 24, 2022 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1210 [41]
136Ca$h FloJune 22, 2023 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 335 [42]
137Jack VaughnJuly 27, 2023 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 2133 [43]
138Tony GunnDecember 7, 2023 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 349 nZo served as the special guest referee. [44]
139Jack VaughnJanuary 25, 2024 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 350 [45]
140Tony GunnMarch 16, 2024 OVW March Mayhem Louisville, KY 42+This was a Double Jeopardy Tag Match between the team of Gunn and Luke Curtis and the team of Vaughn and OVW National Heavyweight Champion EC3, where if either Vaughn or EC3 were pinned, the man who pinned them would win their respective title. Gunn pinned Vaughn. [46]

Combined reigns

Nick Dinsmore (pictured under his Eugene persona), is a record ten-time champion and holds the record for longest combined days as champion, with 529 Eugene.jpg
Nick Dinsmore (pictured under his Eugene persona), is a record ten-time champion and holds the record for longest combined days as champion, with 529
Indicates the current champion(s)
¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
<1Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 Nick Dinsmore 10529
2Tony Gunn4401+ [47]
3 Low Rider 2333
4 Rip Rogers 3329
5 Jamin Olivencia 3322
Rocco Bellagio1322
7 Doug Basham 4316
8Ryan Howe3305
9Omar Amir4271
10Justin Smooth2266
11Michael Hayes3245
12 Damaja 4239
13 Flash Flanagan 4228
14Jack Vaughn3218
15 Mahabali Shera 1210
16 Matt Morgan 2196
17 Nova 1175
18 Rob Conway 5167
19 Brent Albright 2161
Johnny Jeter 2161
21Marcus Anthony2154
22Anthony Bravado2143
23 Apoc 2139
24Johnny Spade2137
25 Paul Burchill 4135
26Chris Silvio1134
27 Cliff Compton 3130
Michael Washington Kruel1130
29Ca$h Flo3128
30Adam Revolver2126
Elijah Burke 1126
32Rudy Switchblade1122
33 Abyss 2119
Big Jon2119
CM Punk 1119
36Jason Wayne1117
37 Rob Terry 2106
38 Aaron Stevens 2105
39Moose/James Thomas297
40 Rico Constantino 393
41 Brent Wellington 191
Matt Cappotelli 191
43Eddie Diamond186
44 Leviathan 184
The Prototype 184
46Mohamad Ali Vaez181
47 Crimson 180
48 Mike Mondo 278
49Trailer Park Trash176
50Rod Steele175
51 Doug Williams 170
Matt Sydal 170
53Melvin Maximus163
Tyler Matrix163
55Chet the Jett156
Mark Magnus 156
57 Chris Cage 149
Jacob Duncan 149
59 James Storm 147
60Vaughn Lilas243
61Maximus Khan135
62 Jay Bradley 233
63 Brian Pillman Jr. 128
Devin Driscoll128
65David C.125
66Amon118
67Randy Royal117
68 Ryback 114
69 Bill Dundee 17
Chad Toland 17
Dimes17
Elvis Pridemoore17
73 Cody Runnels 11
74 Vladimir Kozlov 1<1

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