OVW Heavyweight Championship
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| OVW Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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| Current champion(s) |
Nick Dinsmore | ||||||||
| Date won | February 20, 2008 (aired February 23, 2008) |
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| Promotion | Ohio Valley Wrestling | ||||||||
| Date created | August 17, 1997 | ||||||||
| Other name(s) | NWA Ohio Valley Heavyweight Championship (1998-2001) | ||||||||
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The OVW Heavyweight Championship is the major championship in 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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[edit] Current champion
The current OVW Heavyweight Champion is Nick Dinsmore, who defeated Jay Bradley for the title on February 20, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailer Park Trash | 1 | August 17, 1997 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | |
| Vacated in 1997. | ||||
| 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 | |
| Jay Bradley | 2 | February 13, 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 9 | February 20, 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
[edit] List of top individual reigns
[edit] List of top combined reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | # Of Reigns | Combined Days |
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| 1. | Nick Dinsmore | 9 | 512+ |
| 2. | Rip Rogers | 3 | 329 |
| 3. | Doug Basham | 4 | 313 |
| 4. | Damaja | 4 | 239 |
| 5. | Flash Flanagan | 4 | 238 |
| 6. | Matt Morgan | 2 | 196 |
| 7. | Nova | 1 | 175 |
| 8. | Johnny Jeter | 2 | 161 |
| 9. | Brent Albright | 2 | 161 |
| 10. | Rob Conway | 4 | 144 |
| 11. | Paul Burchill | 4 | 133 |
| 12. | Micheal W. Kruel | 1 | 130 |
| 13. | Elijah Burke | 1 | 126 |
| 14. | CM Punk | 1 | 119 |
