OVW Women's Championship

OVW Women's Championship

OVW Women's Championship belt
Details
Current champion(s) Lei'D Tapa
Date won April 6, 2014
Date established July 12, 2006
Promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling

The OVW Women's Championship (also known as OVW Ladies Championship) is a championship in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). The first holder of the title was ODB, who declared herself champion in August 2006. The belt was defended as any other championship in professional wrestling until Serena Deeb declared she would defend the belt under 24/7 rules in May 2008. These rules lasted until Melody won the belt in November 2008.

Josie/Lady JoJo hold the record for most reigns, with seven. At Template:356+ days, Lei'D Tapa third reign is the longest in the title's history. Reggie and The Baroness' first reigns holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at less than a day. The Bodyguy is the first and only male to hold the title. Lei'D Tapa is the current champion, and is in her third reign. She defeated Jessie Belle on April 6, 2014. Overall, there have been 44 reigns shared among 22 wrestlers, with two vacancies.

History

Its initial appearance was at OVW's July 12, 2006 television taping, when ODB appeared with a title belt, claiming she had won it in a tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (a nod to World Wrestling Entertainment kayfabe stating that the WWE Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship originated in tournaments in Rio de Janeiro). It was not recognized as an official OVW title originally, but after ODB began defending it on a regular basis it became an official title, and has since been won by other women.

On May 23, 2008, after winning the title for the second time, Serena Deeb proclaimed that she would defend the OVW Women's Championship at all times as long as a referee was present. This new "24/7 rule", which was a nod to the WWE Hardcore Championship, became an official part of the championship and was effectively utilized by several OVW Divas, including Deeb herself. The rule came to an end on November 12 after Melody won the title from Deeb during a fatal four–way match.

In mid–September 2014, OVW announced they don't have women in their roster to compete for the title but the title will still be active and Tapa's reign would continue.

Title history

Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes Ref.
1 ODB 1 July 12, 2006 63 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Unknown Appointed herself champion. [1][2]
2 Serena 1 September 13, 2006 21 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings This was a fatal four–way match also involving Beth Phoenix and Katie Lea. [2]
3 Beth Phoenix 1 October 4, 2006 28 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Lost the title to Victoria Crawford but won it back in an eight-woman elimination match. Neither reign is officially recognized. [2][3]
4 Katie Lea 1 November 1, 2006 212 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Katie Lea defeated Serena in the finals of an eight-woman gauntlet match. [2][4]
5 ODB 2 June 1, 2007 110 Louisville, KY OVW Six Flags Show [2]
6 Roucka 1 September 19, 2007 154 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings This was a six–way match also involving Josie, Katie Lea, Melody and Serena. [2]
7 Katie Lea 2 February 20, 2008 7 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings [2]
8 Josie 1 February 27, 2008 86 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Became the first OVW Women's Champion since OVW and WWE parted ways. [2]
9 Serena 2 May 23, 2008 40 Louisville, KY OVW Six Flags Show
10 Josie 2 July 2, 2008 0 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings
11 Serena 3 July 2, 2008 14 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings [2]
— Melody (1) and Josie (3) — July 16, 2008 0 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Both Melody and Josie attacked Serena to win the Women's Championship, however the title change is not recognized by OVW.
12 Reggie 1 July 16, 2008 0 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings This was a four–corners match, also involving Serena.
13 Serena 4 July 16, 2008 8 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Serena pinned Reggie immediately after she won the title to become the new champion.
14 The Baroness 1 July 24, 2008 0 Louisville, KY DCW TV Tapings This was a three–way match also involving Josie.
15 Serena 5 July 24, 2008 7 Louisville, KY DCW TV Tapings
16 Josie 3 July 31, 2008 7 Louisville, KY DCW TV Tapings
17 Serena 6 August 7, 2008 97 Louisville, KY DCW TV Tapings
18 Melody 1 November 12, 2008 273 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings This was a four–way match also involving Josie and Reggie.
19 Epiphany 1 August 12, 2009 56 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings
20 Hannah Blossom 1 October 7, 2009 52 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Holly Blossom made the roll up after switching with her twin sister Hannah without the referee looking. Only Hannah was recognized as the champion.
21 Josie 4 November 28, 2009 4 Louisville, KY OVW Thanksgiving Thunder
22 Hannah Blossom 2 December 2, 2009 14 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Title awarded back to Hannah Blossom after a review of match footage by the OVW board of directors showing that Josie pinned Holly Blossom who was not her legal opponent. [2]
23 Josie 5 December 16, 2009 101 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings [2]
24 C.J. Lane 1 March 27, 2010 91 Louisville, KY OVW Riot Act [2]
25 Taryn Shay 1 June 26, 2010 35 Louisville, KY OVW Trial by Fire Epiphany was the opponent for the match, but Taryn Shay replaced her as Epiphany wasn't medically cleared to wrestle. [2]
26 Holly Blossom 1 July 31, 2010 28 Louisville, KY OVW Futureshock 2 [2][5]
27 Lady JoJo 6 August 28, 2010 343 Louisville, KY OVW Summer Scorcher [2]
28 Izza Belle Smothers 1 August 6, 2011 18 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special [2][6]
29 Lady JoJo 7 August 24, 2011 80 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings [2][7]
30 Taeler Hendrix 1 November 12, 2011 203 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special Became the first OVW Women's Champion since OVW became the developmental territory to TNA Wrestling. [2]
31 Epiphany 2 June 2, 2012 28 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special [2][8]
— Vacated — June 27, 2012 — Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Title was vacated by OVW Board of Directors member Ken Wayne. [2]
32 Taeler Hendrix 2 July 7, 2012 70 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special Defeated Epiphany in an evening gown match to win the vacant title. With the win, Hendrix became the first TNA Knockout to win the championship. [2]
33 Heidi Lovelace 1 September 15, 2012 60 Elizabethtown, KY Live Event [2][9]
34 Taryn Terrell 1 November 14, 2012 17 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Taeler Hendrix served as the special guest referee. [2][10]
35 Taeler Hendrix 3 December 1, 2012 35 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special [11]
36 Jessie Belle 1 January 5, 2013 56 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special
37 Epiphany 3 March 2, 2013 46 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special
38 Trina Thompson 1 April 17, 2013 141 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings
— Vacated — September 5, 2013 — Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings Title vacated due injury. [2]
39 Hannah Blossom 3 September 18, 2013 17 Louisville, KY OVW TV Tapings This was a fatal four–way ladder match also involving Holly Blossom, Lei'D Tapa and Taeler Hendrix.
40 Lei'D Tapa 1 October 5, 2013 63 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special Became the first champion since OVW and TNA parted ways. [12]
41 The Bodyguy 1 December 7, 2013 28 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special Became the first male wrestler to hold the title. [13]
42 Lei'D Tapa 2 January 4, 2014 56 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special The Bodyguy was scheduled to face The Assassin but Lei'D Tapa replaced him for undisclosed reasons. [14]
43 Jessie Belle 2 March 1, 2014 36 Louisville, KY OVW Saturday Night Special [15]
44 Lei'D Tapa 3 April 6, 2014 389+ Louisville, KY OVW Sunday Night Special [16]

List of combined reigns

As of April 30, 2015.

Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion
<1 The reign is shorter than one day.
Rank Wrestler # of Reigns Combined Days
1 Josie/Lady JoJo 7 621
2 Lei'D Tapa† 3 508+
3 Taeler Hendrix 3 308
4 Melody 1 273
5 Katie Lea 2 219
6 Serena 6 187
7 ODB 2 173
8 Roucka 1 154
9 Trina Thompson 1 141
10 Epiphany 3 130
11 Jessie Belle 2 92
12 C.J. Lane 1 91
13 Hannah Blossom 3 83
14 Heidi Lovelace 1 60
15 Taryn Shay 1 35
16 Beth Phoenix 1 28
Holly Blossom 1 28
The Bodyguy 1 28
19 Izza Belle Smothers 1 18
20 Taryn Terrell 1 17
21 Reggie 1 <1
The Baroness 1 <1

See also

References

  1. ↑ 411mania.com
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 "Cagematch - OVW Women's Championship - Reigns". Cagematch.
  3. ↑ Westcott, Brian. "OVW Women's Championship history". Solie's title histories. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  4. ↑ "OVW results 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  5. ↑ "Holly Blossom wins OVW Women's Championship". Diva Dirt. 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  6. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-08-07). "OVW Saturday Night Special 8-6 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  7. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2011-08-25). "OVW TV tapings report 8-24 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  8. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2012-06-03). "OVW Saturday Night special report 6-2 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  9. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2012-09-21). "OVW TV report - Rob Terry turns face, Doug Williams wrestles". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  10. ↑ Cannon, Brian (November 15, 2012). "OVW TV taping live report: Taryn Terrell, Kid Kash and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  11. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2012-12-02). "OVW Saturday Night Special report 12-1 Louisville Big Robbie T vs. Crimson". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  12. ↑ Lynch, Erin (October 6, 2013). "OVW Saturday Night Special Results: Lei’D Tapa vs. Hannah Blossom for the Women’s Title". Diva Dirt. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  13. ↑ "OVW Saturday Night Special December 2013 Results". Cagematch.
  14. ↑ "OVW Saturday Night Special January 2014 Results". Cagematch.
  15. ↑ "OVW Saturday Night Special March 2014 Results". OVWMania.Blogspot.
  16. ↑ "OVW Saturday Night Special April 2014 Results". OVWMania.Blogspot.

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