OVW National Heavyweight Championship [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Ohio Valley Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | August 20, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Jessie Godderz | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | January 7, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The OVW National Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship created and promoted by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. [2] There have been a total of four reigns shared between four different champions. The current title holder is Jessie Godderz who is in his second reign. [3]
As of November24, 2023.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Jessie Godderz | September 29, 2020 | OVW TV #1103 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 522 | This was a 21-man rumble match in which Godderz last eliminated Brian Pillman Jr. to become the inaugural champion. | [4] |
2 | Mahabali Shera | March 5, 2022 | OVW Saturday Night Special: March Mayhem 2022 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 124 | [5] | |
3 | James Storm | July 7, 2022 | OVW TV #1195 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 98 | [6] | |
4 | Ca$h Flo | October 13, 2022 | OVW TV #1209 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 61 | This match was also for Storm's OVW Heavyweight Championship. | [7] |
5 | Mahabali Shera | December 13, 2022 | OVW Christmas Chaos | Louisville, KY | 2 | 25 | [8] | |
6 | Jessie Godderz | January 7, 2023 | OVW Nightmare Rumble | Louisville, KY | 2 | 321+ | Won the Nightmare Rumble match to win the championship | [9] |
As of November24, 2023.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Jessie Godderz † | 2 | 843+ |
2 | Mahabali Shera | 2 | 149 |
3 | James Storm | 1 | 98 |
4 | Ca$h Flo | 1 | 61 |
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