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The OVW Kentucky Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship created and promoted by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. It was created on September 30, 2020. Luscious Lawrence defeated Tony Bizo in the finals of a tournament to determine the inaugural champion. The final title holder was Kal Herro, who was in his first reign. The title was retired on February 15, 2024, at OVW #1279, after Mick Foley presented then-champion Kal Herro with the new OVW Media Championship.
Inaugural Championship Tournament bracket
| 1st Round | 2nd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Luscious Lawrence | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | William Lutz | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luscious Lawrence | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Star Rider | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Brandon Espinoza | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Star Rider | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luscious Lawrence | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ca$h Flo | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Jordan Kage | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Ca$h Flo | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ca$h Flo | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimes | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Ben Bishop | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Dimes | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ca$h Flo | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luscious Lawrence | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Big Rex | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shannon The Dude | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shannon The Dude | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mahabali Shera | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Mahabali Shera | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Brent Tate | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mahabali Shera | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Gunn | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Tony Gunn | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Shane Mercer | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Gunn | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kal Herro | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Jake Omen | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kal Herro | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luscious Lawrence | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Bizo | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Revereno Ronnie Roberts | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Tom Coffey | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revereno Ronnie Roberts | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Howe | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Ryan Howe | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Gustavo | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revereno Ronnie Roberts | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hy Zaya | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Atiba | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Hy Zaya | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hy Zaya | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dustin Jackson | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Facade | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Dustin Jackson | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revereno Ronnie Roberts | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Bizo | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Koda Jacobs | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Tony Evans | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Evans | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Bizo | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Chris Michaels | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Tony Bizo | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Bizo | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drew Hernandez | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Drew Hernandez | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | D'Mone Solavino | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drew Hernandez | Pin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brandon Tate | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Brandon Tate | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Heath Hatton | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Title history
As of July 13, 2024
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Luscious Lawrence | September 30, 2021 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 156 | Defeated Tony Bizo in a tournament final to become Inaugural champion. | [12] |
| 2 | Tony Bizo | March 5, 2022 | Saturday Night Special: March Mayhem | Louisville, KY | 1 | 19 | [13] | |
| 3 | Omar Amir | March 24, 2022 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 28 | [14] | |
| 4 | Jake Lawless | April 21, 2022 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 63 | [15] | |
| — | Vacated | June 25, 2022 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Dustin Jackson | June 25, 2022 | Saturday Night Special: Independence Rage | Louisville, KY | 1 | 32 | Defeated Jessie Godderz, Joe Mack, Matt Vine, Ryan Von Rocket and Tony Gunn in a six-man ladder match for the vacant title. | [16] |
| — | Vacated | July 27, 2022 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | Joe Mack | July 27, 2022 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 22 | Defeated Kal Herro for the vacant title. | [17] |
| 7 | Matt Vine | August 18, 2022 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 16 | [18] | |
| — | Vacated | September 2, 2022 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to injury. | [19] |
| 8 | Jack Vaughn | September 9, 2022 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 95 | Vaughn was awarded the title. | [20][21] |
| 9 | Ryan Von Rockit | December 13, 2022 | OVW Christmas Chaos | Louisville, KY | 1 | 91 | This was a three-way match also including Doug Basham. | [22] |
| — | Vacated | June 25, 2022 | — | — | — | — | Vacated the title to focus on the OVW National Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 10 | Crixus | May 26, 2023 | Live event | Louisville, KY | 1 | 48 | Defeated EC3 in the finals of a tournament to win vacated title. | [23] |
| 11 | Tony Evans | July 13, 2023 | N/A | Georgetown, KY | 1 | 29 | [24] | |
| 12 | Crixus | August 11, 2023 | OVW The Big One | Louisville, KY | 2 | 69 | [25] | |
| — | Vacated | October 19, 2023 | — | — | — | — | Al Snow announced Crixus was injured in a match against Jay Dinero and cannot defend the title at OVW No Rest For The Wicked. | [26] |
| 13 | Tony Evans | October 21, 2023 | OVW No Rest For The Wicked | Louisville, KY | 2 | 56 | Defeated Star Rider for the vacant title. | |
| 14 | Star Rider | December 16, 2023 | Christmas Chaos 2023 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 47 | [27] | |
| 15 | Tony Evans | February 1, 2024 | OVW #1277 | Louisville, KY | 3 | 7 | [28] | |
| 16 | Kal Herro | February 8, 2024 | OVW #1278 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 7 | [29] | |
| — | Deactivated | February 15, 2024 | — | — | — | — | Mick Foley awarded Herro the new OVW Media title, replacing the Kentucky Heavyweight title. | [30] |
Combined reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luscious Lawrence | 1 | 156 |
| 2 | Crixus | 2 | 117 |
| 3 | Jack Vaughn | 1 | 95 |
| 4 | Ryan Von Rockit | 1 | 91 |
| 5 | Tony Evans | 3 | 92 |
| 6 | Jake Lawless | 1 | 63 |
| 7 | Star Rider | 1 | 47 |
| 8 | Dustin Jackson | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Omar Amir | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Joe Mack | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Tony Bizo | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Matt Vine | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Kal Herro | 1 | 7 |
References
- ^ a b c d Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 22, 2021). "OVW Saturday Night Special - Defiance 2021 - Event @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 20, 2021). "OVW TV #1136 - TV-Show @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 3, 2021). "OVW TV #1138 - TV-Show @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 13, 2021). "OVW TV #1135 - TV-Show @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 27, 2021). "OVW TV #1137 - TV-Show @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
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- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 26, 2021). "OVW TV #1150 - TV-Show @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
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- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 5, 2022). "OVW Saturday Night Special - March Mayhem 2022 - Pay Per View @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
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- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 25, 2022). "OVW Saturday Night Special - Independence Rage". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 27, 2022). "OVW TV #1198". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 18, 2022). "OVW TV #1201". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
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- ^ "All you belt marks can refer to me as "Jackie Two Belts" again". Twitter. Jackie Vaughn.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 9, 2022). "OVW No Rest For The Wicked 2022". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 13, 2022). "OVW TV #1218 - Christmas Chaos 2022". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 13, 2022). "OVW Live Event". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 13, 2022). "OVW TV #1247". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 13, 2022). "OVW TV #1251". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 13, 2022). "OVW TV #1252". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ Black, Ethan (December 12, 2023). "OVW Christmas Chaos Results – December 16, 2023". PWMania. Archived from the original on December 25, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 1, 2024). "OVW TV #1277". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 1, 2024). "OVW TV #1278". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ "OVW Rise 2/15/24 Results: NWA World Champion EC3 vs. Luke Kurtis, Leila Grey Celebrates Her OVW Women's Title Victory, Mick Foley Introduces A New OVW Championship". The Wrestling Nutshell. February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
External links
- OVW Kentucky Heavyweight Title History at Cagematch.net
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