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.
Current champion
The current OVW Heavyweight Champion is CM Punk, who defeated Brent Albright on May 03, 2006 in a strap match.Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | 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 (Eugene) | 1 | June 3 1998 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| David C. | 1 | June 10 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 (Danny Basham) | 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 (Batista) | 1 | November 28 2001 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| The Prototype (John Cena) | 1 | February 20 2002 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Nova (Simon Dean) | 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 (Johnny) | 1 | August 13 2003 | Louisville, KY | |
| Mark Magnus (Muhammad Hassan) | 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 (Chad Dick) | 1 | December 1 2004 | Louisville, KY | |
| Elijah Burke | 1 | December 8 2004 | Louisville, KY | |
| Matt Morgan | 2 | April 13 2005 | Louisville, KY | |
| Brent Albright (Gunner Scott) | 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. |
References
| Current WWE championships and accomplishments |
|---|
| WWE RAW>RAW championshipsWWE | Intercontinental | World Tag Team | Women's |
| WWE Friday Night SmackDown!>SmackDown! championshipsWorld Heavyweight | United States | WWE Tag Team | Cruiserweight |
| Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)>ECW championshipsECW World Heavyweight |
| Developmental territories |
| Ohio Valley Wrestling championshipsOVW Heavyweight Championship>OVW Heavyweight | Television | OVW Southern Tag Team'' |
| Deep South Wrestling, LLC>Deep South Wrestling championshipsDSW Heavyweight | DSW Tag Team |
| Other accomplishments |
| Royal Rumble > Money in the Bank | King of the Ring (SD!) | Diva Search |
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