OVW Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship
OVW Heavyweight Championship
The current OVW Heavyweight Championship belt
(2012–present)
Details
PromotionOhio 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 reignsNick Dinsmore (10 reigns)
Longest reignRocco Bellagio (322 days)
Shortest reignRob 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]

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

Name Years
NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship 1997 – 2001
OVW Heavyweight Championship 2001 – present

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Trailer Park Trash August 17, 1997 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 1 76 Trailer 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 1 7 Dundee won a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
3 Rip Rogers November 23, 1997 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 1 192
4 Nick Dinsmore June 3, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 1 7
5 David C. June 10, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 1 25 David C. won the championship by forfeit.
6 Doug Basham July 5, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 1 70
7 Rip Rogers September 13, 1998 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 2 107
8 Doug Basham December 29, 1998 Live event Louisville, KY 2 5
9 Rip Rogers January 3, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 3 30
10 Rod Steele February 2, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 1 75 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 2 10
12 Rob Conway April 28, 1999 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 1 9
13 Nick Dinsmore May 7, 1999 Live event New Albany, IN 3 32 [6]
14 Damaja June 8, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 1 70
15 Rob Conway August 17, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 2 85
16 Rico Constantino November 10, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 1 46
17 Flash Flanagan December 26, 1999 Live event Louisville, KY 1 42
18 Rico Constantino February 6, 2000 Live event Louisville, KY 2 11
19 Flash Flanagan February 17, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 2 47 [7]
20 Damaja April 4, 2000 Live event Louisville, KY 2 50
21 Nick Dinsmore May 24, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 4 45
22 Flash Flanagan July 8, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 3 27
23 Nick Dinsmore August 4, 2000 Live event Louisville, KY 5 33
24 Rob Conway September 6, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 3 49
25 Nick Dinsmore October 25, 2000 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 6 125
26 Rico Constantino February 27, 2001 Live event Louisville, KY 3 36 [8]
27 Flash Flanagan April 4, 2001 Bluegrass Brawl Louisville, KY 4 112
28 Doug Basham July 25, 2001 OVW TV Tapings Jeffersonville, IN 3 126 OVW 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 1 84
30 The Prototype February 20, 2002 OVW TV Tapings Jeffersonville, IN 1 84
31 Nova May 15, 2002 Live event Jeffersonville, IN 1 175
32 Damaja November 6, 2002 Live event Louisville, KY 3 105
33 Nick Dinsmore February 19, 2003 Live event Louisville, KY 7 46 [9]
34 Doug Basham April 6, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 4 115
35 Damaja July 30, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 4 14
36 Rob Conway August 13, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 4 <1
37 Johnny Jeter August 13, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 63
38 Mark Magnus October 15, 2003 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 56
— Vacated December 10, 2003 — — — — The 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 8 98 Dinsmore defeated Johnny Jeter to win the vacant championship.
40 Matt Morgan April 14, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 182
41 Chris Cage October 13, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 49
42 Chad Toland December 1, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 7
43 Elijah Burke December 8, 2004 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 126
44 Matt Morgan April 13, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 2 14
45 Brent Albright April 27, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 98
46 Johnny Jeter August 3, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 2 98
47 Matt Cappotelli November 9, 2005 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 91
— 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 2 63 Albright defeated CM Punk in a tournament finals to become the new champion. [10]
49 CM Punk May 3, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 119 [11][12]
50 Chet the Jett August 30, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 56
51 Jacob Duncan October 25, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 49
52 Chet the Jett December 13, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 2 <1
53 Paul Burchill December 13, 2006 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 66
54 Cody Runnels February 17, 2007 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 1 1
55 Paul Burchill February 18, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 2 24
56 Aaron Stevens March 14, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 1 56
57 Paul Burchill May 9, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 3 14
— 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 1 26 Bradley 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 4 31
60 Vladimir Kozlov July 28, 2007 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 1 <1
61 Michael Washington Kruel July 28, 2007 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 1 130 Pinned at backstage
62 Matt Sydal December 5, 2007 Live event Louisville, KY 1 70 Sydal 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 2 7 Bradley became the first OVW Heavyweight Champion since OVW and WWE parted ways.
64 Nick Dinsmore February 20, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 9 126
65 Anthony Bravado June 25, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 1 115
66 Ryback October 18, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 1 14
67 Anthony Bravado November 1, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 2 28
68 Aaron Stevens November 29, 2008 Live event Louisville, KY 2 49
69 Vaughn Lilas January 17, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 1 21
70 Apoc February 7, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 1 77
71 Vaughn Lilas April 25, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 2 22
72 Apoc May 17, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 2 62
73 Low Rider July 18, 2009 Live event Louisville, KY 1 172
74 Moose January 6, 2010 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 52
— Vacated February 27, 2010 — — — — Moose was stripped of the championship due to attacking officials.
75 Brent Wellington February 27, 2010 Live event Louisville, KY 1 91 Wellington won a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
76 Mike Mondo May 29, 2010 Live event Louisville, KY 1 18
77 James Thomas June 16, 2010 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 2 45 Thomas is formerly known as Moose.
78 Low Rider July 31, 2010 Live event Louisville, KY 2 161
79 Cliff Compton January 8, 2011 Live event Louisville, KY 1 56 This was a three-way match, also involving Mike Mondo.
80 Mike Mondo March 5, 2011 Live event Louisville, KY 2 60 This 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 2 11 This was a brass knuckles on a pole match against Mike Mondo with Danny Davis served as the special guest referee. [16]
82 Elvis Pridemoore May 25, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 7 [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]
83 Jason Wayne July 1, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 117 Wayne defeated Mike Mondo in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [19]
84 Nick Dinsmore October 26, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 10 7 [20]
85 Rudy Switchblade November 2, 2011 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 122 Switchblade defeated Adam Revolver, James Thomas, Jason Wayne, Mike Mondo, Nick Dinsmore, Rocco Bellagio and Ted McNaler and in an Eight Man Melee. [21]
86 Johnny Spade March 3, 2012 Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 70
87 Rob Terry May 12, 2012 Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 46 [22]
— Vacated June 27, 2012 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY — — OVW Board of Directors member Ken Wayne vacated all OVW championships.
88 Johnny Spade July 7, 2012 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 67 Spade 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 1 80 [23]
90 Rob Terry December 1, 2012 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 60 [24]
91 Doug Williams January 30, 2013 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 70 [25]
92 Jamin Olivencia April 10, 2013 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 238 [26]
— Vacated December 4, 2013 N/A Louisville, KY — — The championship was vacated by OVW owner Danny Davis over inappropriate actions on OVW TV.
93 Jamin Olivencia December 7, 2013 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 28 Olivencia defeated Johnny Spade to win the vacant championship. [26]
94 Marcus Anthony January 4, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 126 [27]
95 Jamin Olivencia May 10, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 3 56 [27]
96 Marcus Anthony July 5, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 28 this was a Last Man Standing match. [28]
97 Melvin Maximus August 2, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 63
98 Cliff Compton October 4, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 3 63 This was a three-way match, also including Marcus Anthony.
99 Adam Revolver December 6, 2014 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 63
100 Mohamad Ali Vaez February 7, 2015 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 81
101 Eddie Diamond April 29, 2015 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 86
102 Chris Silvio July 24, 2015 OVW Friday Night Fights 2 Louisville, KY 1 134
103 Ryan Howe December 5, 2015 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 4
104 Rob Conway December 9, 2015 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 5 24
105 Ryan Howe January 2, 2016 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 77
106 Devin Driscoll March 19, 2016 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 1 28
— Vacated April 16, 2016 Live event Elizabethtown, KY — — The championship was vacated by OVW founder Danny Davis.
107 Big Jon April 16, 2016 Live event Elizabethtown, KY 1 28 Jon defeated Rocco Bellagio to win the vacant championship.
108 Rocco Bellagio May 14, 2016 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 322 This was a No Holds Barred match.
109 Big Jon April 1, 2017 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 91 This was a steel cage match.
110 Adam Revolver July 1, 2017 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 63 Michael Hayes served as the special guest referee.
111 Tyler Matrix September 2, 2017 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 63
112 Michael Hayes November 4, 2017 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 102 This was Hayes War Games cash in match.
113 Randy Royal February 14, 2018 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 17
114 Michael Hayes March 3, 2018 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 126 This was a three-way elimination match, also including Chris Silvio.
115 Amon July 7, 2018 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 18 This was a casket match.
116 Abyss July 25, 2018 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 7 Abyss 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 2 112 Abyss defeated Justin Smooth in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
118 Tony Gunn January 30, 2019 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 77
119 Dimes April 17, 2019 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 7 This was a gauntlet match also for the OVW Television Championship including Amon, Brandon Wolfe, Drew Hernandez and William Lutz.
120 Justin Smooth April 24, 2019 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 21 This was a three-way match, also including Amon.
121 Michael Hayes May 15, 2019 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 3 17 The championship was awarded to Hayes by Dean Hill after Smooth got disqualified at the Saturday Night Special.
122 Justin Smooth June 1, 2019 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 245 This was a No Disqualification match.
123 Maximus Khan February 1, 2020 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 1 35 This was a 3-Way Dance, also including Ca$h Flo.
124 Tony Gunn March 7, 2020 OVW Saturday Night Special Louisville, KY 2 273
125 Brian Pillman Jr. December 5, 2020 OVW Christmas Chaos Louisville, KY 1 28 This was a Steel Cage Match. [29]
— Vacated January 2, 2021 N/A N/A — — Pillman vacated the championship due to his AEW commitments. [30]
126 Omar Amir January 9, 2021 OVW Nightmare Rumble 2021 Louisville, KY 1 117 Won the 2021 Nightmare Rumble to become the new OVW Heavyweight Champion. [31][32]
127 Ca$h Flo May 6, 2021 OVW TV Taping Louisville, KY 1 51 [33]
128 Omar Amir June 26, 2021 Saturday Night Special - Chained Carnage 2021 Louisville, KY 2 103 This was a Chained Carnage match. [34]
— Vacated October 7, 2021 N/A N/A — —
129 Ryan Howe October 21, 2021 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 3 224 This was 20-man battle royal for the vacant championship. [35]
130 Omar Amir June 2, 2022 OVW TV: All Systems Go Louisville, KY 3 35 [36]
131 Jack Vaughn July 7, 2022 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 35 [37]
132 Omar Amir August 11, 2022 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 4 16 [38]
133 James Storm August 27, 2022 OVW The Big One Louisville, KY 1 47 [39]
134 Ca$h Flo October 13, 2022 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 2 42 This match was also for Storm's OVW National Heavyweight Championship. [40]
135 Mahabali Shera November 24, 2022 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 1 210 [41]
136 Ca$h Flo June 22, 2023 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 3 35 [42]
137 Jack Vaughn July 27, 2023 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 2 133 [43]
138 Tony Gunn December 7, 2023 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 3 49 nZo served as the special guest referee. [44]
139 Jack Vaughn January 25, 2024 OVW TV Tapings Louisville, KY 3 50 [45]
140 Tony Gunn March 16, 2024 OVW March Mayhem Louisville, KY 4 33+ 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
† Indicates the current champion(s)
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
<1 Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 Nick Dinsmore 10 529
2 Tony Gunn † 4 432+[47]
3 Low Rider 2 333
4 Rip Rogers 3 329
5 Jamin Olivencia 3 322
Rocco Bellagio 1 322
7 Doug Basham 4 316
8 Ryan Howe 3 305
9 Omar Amir 4 271
10 Justin Smooth 2 266
11 Michael Hayes 3 245
12 Damaja 4 239
13 Flash Flanagan 4 228
14 Jack Vaughn 3 218
15 Mahabali Shera 1 210
16 Matt Morgan 2 196
17 Nova 1 175
18 Rob Conway 5 167
19 Brent Albright 2 161
Johnny Jeter 2 161
21 Marcus Anthony 2 154
22 Anthony Bravado 2 143
23 Apoc 2 139
24 Johnny Spade 2 137
25 Paul Burchill 4 135
26 Chris Silvio 1 134
27 Cliff Compton 3 130
Michael Washington Kruel 1 130
29 Ca$h Flo 3 128
30 Adam Revolver 2 126
Elijah Burke 1 126
32 Rudy Switchblade 1 122
33 Abyss 2 119
Big Jon 2 119
CM Punk 1 119
36 Jason Wayne 1 117
37 Rob Terry 2 106
38 Aaron Stevens 2 105
39 Moose/James Thomas 2 97
40 Rico Constantino 3 93
41 Brent Wellington 1 91
Matt Cappotelli 1 91
43 Eddie Diamond 1 86
44 Leviathan 1 84
The Prototype 1 84
46 Mohamad Ali Vaez 1 81
47 Crimson 1 80
48 Mike Mondo 2 78
49 Trailer Park Trash 1 76
50 Rod Steele 1 75
51 Doug Williams 1 70
Matt Sydal 1 70
53 Melvin Maximus 1 63
Tyler Matrix 1 63
55 Chet the Jett 1 56
Mark Magnus 1 56
57 Chris Cage 1 49
Jacob Duncan 1 49
59 James Storm 1 47
60 Vaughn Lilas 2 43
61 Maximus Khan 1 35
62 Jay Bradley 2 33
63 Brian Pillman Jr. 1 28
Devin Driscoll 1 28
65 David C. 1 25
66 Amon 1 18
67 Randy Royal 1 17
68 Ryback 1 14
69 Bill Dundee 1 7
Chad Toland 1 7
Dimes 1 7
Elvis Pridemoore 1 7
73 Cody Runnels 1 1
74 Vladimir Kozlov 1 <1

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External links

  • OVW Heavyweight Title History at Cagematch.net
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