OVW Rush Division Championship [1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Ohio Valley Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
Date established | November 20, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Manny Domingo | ||||||||||||||||
Date won | February 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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The OVW Rush Division Championship is a mid card title created and owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. It was announced on November 20, 2019, on OVW TV Tapings , replacing the Television title which was discarded by Tony Gunn. The RUSH Championship is sponsored by COLLARxELBOW and a brand new division was created for it. [3] The current champion is Manny Domingo, who is in his first reign.
As of April13, 2024, there have been eighteen reigns between eleven champions. AJ Daniels was the inaugural champion. Hy-Zaya has the most reigns at three. Dimes reign is the longest at 273 days, while Hy-Zaya's first reign is the shortest at 10 days.
Manny Domingo is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Kal Herro, Ragnar the Ruthless, Maximo Suave, ZDP, Will Austin, and Orion in a ladder match on February 10, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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 | AJ Daniels | December 10, 2019 | OVW TV: Christmas Chaos | Louisville, KY | 1 | 32 | Daniels defeated D'mone Solavino, KTD, Nigel, Sam Thompson and William Lutz in a steel cage six-way ladder match to become the inaugural champion. | [4] |
2 | Corey Storm | January 11, 2020 | OVW Saturday Night Special: Nightmare Rumble | Louisville, KY | 1 | 56 | This was a three-way match, also involving Hy-Zaya. | [5] |
3 | Dimes | March 7, 2020 | OVW Saturday Night Special | Louisville, KY | 1 | 273 | Made Corey Storm hand over the title due to Dimes winning the 3 Wishes ladder match. | [6] |
4 | William Lutz | December 5, 2020 | Christmas Chaos | Louisville, KY | 1 | 35 | This was a three-way match, also involving D'mone Solavino. | [7] |
5 | Hy-Zaya | January 9, 2021 | OVW Saturday Night Special: Nightmare Rumble | Louisville, KY | 1 | 10 | Defeats previous champion William Lutz, Ace Austin, AJ Daniels, JC Addams, Rohit Raju and Star Rider in a seven-way scramble match. | [8] |
6 | William Lutz | January 19, 2021 | OVW TV | Louisville, KY | 2 | 49 | [9] | |
7 | Hy-Zaya | March 9, 2021 | OVW TV: Dark Match | Louisville, KY | 2 | 46 | This was a five-way match, also involving Gustavo, Koda Jacobs and Star Rider. | [10] |
8 | Star Rider | April 24, 2021 | OVW Saturday Night Special: Retribution | Louisville, KY | 1 | 110 | This was a four-way match, also involving Atiba and Gustavo. | [11] |
9 | Gustavo | August 12, 2021 | OVW TV | Louisville, KY | 1 | 126 | This was a three-way match, also involving Blanco Loco. | [12] |
10 | Star Rider | December 16, 2021 | OVW TV: Christmas Chaos | Louisville, KY | 2 | 79 | [13] | |
11 | Gustavo | March 5, 2022 | Saturday Night Special - March Mayhem | Louisville, KY | 2 | 19 | This was a Scaffold match. | [14] |
12 | Hy-Zaya | March 24, 2022 | OVW TV | Louisville, KY | 3 | 93 | [15] | |
13 | "Certified" Luke Kurtis | June 25, 2022 | Saturday Night Special - Independence Rage | Louisville, KY | 1 | 252 | [16] | |
14 | Blanco Loco | March 4, 2023 | OVW SNS 03/04/2023 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 103 | [17] | |
15 | El Venganza | June 15, 2023 | OVW TV #1243 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 7 | Defeated Blanco Loco and Kal Herro in a three-way match. Unmasked after the match to reveal Luke Kurtis. | [18] |
— | Vacated | June 22, 2023 | OVW TV #1244 | Louisville, Kentucky | — | — | Al Snow announced the title was held up since technically El Venzanga was Rush Division champion, not Luke Kurtis. | [19] |
16 | "The Fannypack Kid" Kal Herro | July 6, 2023 | OVW TV #1246 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 107 | Defeated Luke Kurtis in a ladder match. | [20] |
17 | Adam Revolver | October 21, 2023 | OVW No Rest for the Wicked | Louisville, KY | 1 | 13 | ||
18 | "The Fannypack Kid" Kal Herro | November 3, 2023 | OVW at Manchester Music Hall | Lexington, KY | 2 | 99 | ||
19 | Manny Domingo | February 10, 2024 | OVW Tough Love | Louisville, KY | 1 | 63+ | Defeated Kal Herro, Ragnar the Ruthless, Maximo Suave, ZDP, Will Austin, and Orion in a ladder match. | [21] |
As of April13, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Dimes | 1 | 273 |
2 | Luke Kurtis | 1 | 252 |
3 | Kal Herro | 2 | 206 |
4 | Star Rider | 2 | 189 |
5 | Hy-Zaya | 3 | 149 |
6 | Gustavo | 2 | 145 |
7 | Blanco Loco | 1 | 103 |
8 | William Lutz | 2 | 84 |
9 | Manny Domingo † | 1 | 63+ |
10 | AJ Daniels | 1 | 32 |
11 | Adam Revolver | 1 | 13 |
12 | El Venganza | 1 | 7 |
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