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.
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|
115
|
Amon
|
July 7, 2018
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OVW Saturday Night Special
|
Louisville, KY
|
1
|
18
|
This was a casket match.
|
|
116
|
Abyss
|
July 25, 2018
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OVW TV Tapings
|
Louisville, KY
|
1
|
7
|
Abyss became champion after Amon gave him the championship.
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|
—
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Vacated
|
August 1, 2018
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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
|
January 7, 2021
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
129
|
Ryan Howe
|
October 21, 2021
|
OVW TV Tapings
|
Louisville, KY
|
3
|
67+
|
This was a 20-man royal rumble for the vacant championship.
|
[35]
|