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OVW Heavyweight Championship
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The OVW Heavyweight Championship is the major championship in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory, 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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The current OVW Heavyweight Champion is Idol Stevens, who defeated Paul Burchill on March 14, 2007.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailer Park Trash | 1 | August 17, 1997 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Vacated | ||||
| Bill Dundee | 1 | November 16, 1997 | Jeffersonville, IN | Won a battle royal to win the vacant title. |
| Rip Rogers | 1 | November 23, 1997 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 1 | June 3, 1998 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| David C. | 1 | June 11, 1998 | Jeffersonville, IN | Won the title by forfeit. |
| Doug Basham | 1 | July 5, 1998 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Rip Rogers | 2 | September 13, 1998 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Doug Basham | 2 | December 29, 1998 | Louisville, KY | |
| Rip Rogers | 3 | January 3, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| Rod Steele | 1 | February 2, 1999 | Louisville, KY | Nick Dinsmore defeated Rogers on February 7, 1999 but gave the title back to Rogers after learning of outside interference. |
| Nick Dinsmore | 2 | April 18, 1999 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Rob Conway | 1 | April 28, 1999 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 3 | May 7, 1999 | New Albany, IN | |
| Damaja | 1 | June 8, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| Rob Conway | 2 | August 17, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| Rico Constantino | 1 | November 10, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| Flash Flanagan | 1 | December 26, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| Rico Costantino | 2 | February 16, 2000 | Louisville, KY | |
| Flash Flanagan | 2 | February 17, 2000 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Damaja | 2 | April 4, 2000 | Louisville, KY | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 4 | May 24, 2000 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Flash Flanagan | 3 | July 8, 2000 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 5 | August 4, 2000 | Louisville, KY | |
| Rob Conway | 3 | September 6, 2000 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 6 | October 25, 2000 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Rico Constantino | 3 | February 27, 2001 | Louisville, KY | |
| Flash Flanagan | 4 | April 4, 2001 | Louisville, KY | |
| The Machine (Doug Basham) | 3 | July 25, 2001 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Leviathan | 1 | November 28, 2001 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| "The Prototype" John Cena | 1 | February 20, 2002 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Nova | 1 | May 15, 2002 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Damaja | 3 | November 6, 2002 | Louisville, IN | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 7 | February 19, 2003 | Louisville, KY | Defeated Damaja and Doug Basham in a triple threat match. |
| Doug Basham | 4 | April 9, 2003 | Louisville, KY | This was a two out of three falls match. |
| Damaja | 4 | July 30, 2003 | Louisville, KY | This was a "Loser Leaves Town" match. |
| Rob Conway | 4 | August 13, 2003 | Louisville, KY | |
| Johnny Jeter | 1 | August 13, 2003 | Louisville, KY | |
| Mark Magnus | 1 | October 15, 2003 | Louisville, KY | |
| Vacated | December 10, 2003 | Louisville, KY | Magnus was pinned by both Nick Dinsmore and Johnny Jeter in a three-way match the previous week. It was ruled that Magnus was not the champion because of his being pinned, and that there would be a match between Dinsmore and Jeter for the vacant title. | |
| Nick Dinsmore | 8 | January 7, 2004 | Louisville, KY | Defeated Johnny Jeter to win the vacant title. |
| Matt Morgan | 1 | April 14, 2004 | Louisville, KY | |
| Chris Cage | 1 | October 13, 2004 | Louisville, KY | |
| Chad Toland | 1 | December 1, 2004 | Louisville, KY | |
| Elijah Burke | 1 | December 8, 2004 | Louisville, KY | |
| Matt Morgan | 2 | April 13, 2005 | Louisville, KY | |
| Brent Albright | 1 | April 27, 2005 | Louisville, KY | |
| Johnny Jeter | 2 | August 3, 2005 | Louisville, KY | |
| Matt Cappotelli | 1 | November 9, 2005 | Louisville, KY | |
| Vacated | February 8, 2006 | Louisville, KY | Cappotelli forfeited the championship after announcing that he has a brain tumor. | |
| Brent Albright | 2 | March 1, 2006 | Louisville, KY | Defeated CM Punk in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| CM Punk | 1 | May 3, 2006 | Louisville, KY | This was a strap match. |
| Chet the Jett | 1 | August 30, 2006 | Louisville, KY | Defeated Punk as a replacement for Seth Skyfire who was injured coming to the ring. |
| Jacob Duncan | 1 | October 25, 2006 | Louisville, KY | This was an unsanctioned match. |
| Chet the Jett | 2 | December 15, 2006 | Louisville, KY | |
| Paul Burchill | 1 | December 15, 2006 | Louisville, KY | |
| Cody Runnels | 1 | February 17, 2007 | Elizabethtown, KY | Defeated Burchill for the title at a house show. |
| Paul Burchill | 2 | February 18, 2007 | Louisville, KY | Defeated Runnels for the title at a house show. |
| Idol Stevens | 1 | March 14, 2007 | Louisville, KY | |
- Nick Dinsmore holds the record for the most OVW Championship reigns (8).
- Prototype (now John Cena),Leviathan (now Batista) and Brock Lesnar are the only former OVW Heavyweight Champions who have gone on to win a world title in WWE.
- Paul Burchill is the first Englishman to hold the OVW Title.
- Rob Conway, Chet the Jett and Cody Runnels are the only three wrestlers to lose the title in under 24 hours.
Current WWE championships and accomplishments
| Promotion championships |
|---|
| RAW championships WWE | Intercontinental | World Tag Team | Women's |
| SmackDown! championships World Heavyweight | United States | WWE Tag Team | Cruiserweight |
| ECW championships ECW World |
| Developmental territories |
| Ohio Valley Wrestling championships OVW Heavyweight | OVW Television | OVW Southern Tag Team | OVW Women's |
| Deep South Wrestling championships DSW Heavyweight | DSW Tag Team |
| Other accomplishments |
| Royal Rumble | Money in the Bank | King of the Ring | Diva Search |