OVW Light Heavyweight Championship
OVW Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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Details | |||||||||||
Promotion | Ohio Valley Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | February 9, 1999 | ||||||||||
Date retired | September 30, 2005 | ||||||||||
Other name(s) | |||||||||||
NWA Ohio Valley Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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The NWA Ohio Valley Light Heavyweight Championship, also known as the OVW Light Heavyweight Championship was a title contested in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). The title was created on February 9, 1999, and was retired on September 30, 2005, in 2001 it became part of WWE (Then WWF) due to the company withdrawing its membership from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 2001 and becoming one of the first developmental territories for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The final champion was Josh Hardy, who defeated the former champion Ryan Mitchell at an OVW TV taping to win the title.
Title history[edit]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Jason Lee | February 9, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 36 | Lee defeated American Eagle and Chris Alexander in a three-way match to become the inaugural champion. | |
2 | Johnny Spade | March 17, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 6 | ||
3 | American Eagle | March 23, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 7 | ||
4 | Johnny Spade | March 30, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 2 | 14 | ||
5 | Chris Alexander | April 13, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 7 | ||
6 | Jason Lee | April 20, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 2 | 14 | ||
7 | American Eagle | May 4, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 2 | 1 | ||
8 | Jason Lee | May 5, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Jeffersonville, IN | 3 | 63 | ||
9 | Johnny Spade | July 7, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Jeffersonville, IN | 3 | 41 | ||
10 | Sean Casey | August 17, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 30 | ||
11 | Scotty Sabre | September 16, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 83 | ||
12 | Sean Casey | December 8, 1999 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 2 | 43 | ||
13 | Chris Michaels | January 20, 2000 | OVW TV Tapings | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 55 | ||
14 | Sean Casey | March 15, 2000 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 3 | 28 | ||
15 | Chris Michaels | April 12, 2000 | OVW TV Tapings | Jeffersonville, IN | 2 | 323 | ||
16 | Brian Kendrick | March 1, 2001 | OVW TV Tapings | Dayton, OH | 1 | 104 | ||
17 | Essa Rios | June 13, 2001 | OVW TV Tapings | Columbus, OH | 1 | 97 | Program was taped on the 10 but taped delay til 18 cause of 9/11. | |
18 | Samoa Joe | September 18, 2001 | OVW TV Tapings | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 96 | Program was taped delay til 18 cause of 9/11. | |
19 | Paul London | December 23, 2001 | OVW TV Tapings | Aurora, OH | 1 | 116 | ||
20 | Samoa Joe | April 18, 2002 | OVW TV Tapings | Louisville, KY | 2 | 126 | ||
21 | Ken Anderson | August 22, 2002 | OVW TV Tapings | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 88 | ||
22 | Brian Kendrick | November 18, 2002 | OVW TV Tapings | Sandusky, OH | 2 | 41 | ||
23 | Ken Anderson | December 29, 2002 | OVW TV Tapings | Memphis, TN | 2 | 87 | ||
24 | Joey Ryan | March 26, 2003 | OVW TV Tapings | Dayton, OH | 1 | 57 | ||
25 | Brian Danielson | May 22, 2003 | OVW TV Tapings | Columbus, OH | 1 | 221 | ||
26 | Ryan Mitchell | December 29, 2003 | OVW TV Tapings | McKeesport, PA | 1 | 237 | ||
27 | Josh Hardy | August 22, 2004 | OVW TV Tapings | Reading, PA | 1 | 553 | Final Champion belt deactivated | |
— | Deactivated | September 30, 2005 | — | — | — | — | The championship was declared retired. |
List of combined reigns[edit]
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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1 | Josh Hardy | 1 | 553 |
2 | Chris Michaels | 2 | 378 |
3 | Ryan Mitchell | 1 | 237 |
4 | Samoa Joe | 2 | 222 |
5 | Brian Danielson | 1 | 221 |
6 | Ken Anderson | 2 | 156 |
7 | Brian Kendrick | 2 | 145 |
8 | Paul London | 1 | 116 |
9 | Jason Lee | 3 | 113 |
10 | Sean Casey | 3 | 101 |
11 | Essa Rios | 1 | 97 |
12 | Scotty Sabre | 1 | 83 |
13 | Johnny Spade | 3 | 61 |
14 | Joey Ryan | 1 | 57 |
15 | American Eagle | 2 | 8 |
16 | Chris Alexander | 1 | 7 |