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OVW Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

OVW Heavyweight Championship
Summary

Professional wrestling championship

FieldValue
championshipnameOVW Heavyweight Championship
image[[File:OVW_Heavyweight_Championship_belt.jpg250px]]
captionThe current OVW Heavyweight Championship belt
(2012–present)
currentholderDustin Jackson
wonDecember 21, 2025
promotionOhio Valley Wrestling
createdAugust 17, 1997
mostreignsNick Dinsmore (10 reigns)
firstchampTrailer Park Trash
longestreignRocco Bellagio (322 days)
shortestreignRob Conway, Chet the Jett and Vladimir Kozlov (
pastnames*NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship (1997–2001)

(2012–present)

  • OVW Heavyweight Championship (2001–present) The OVW Heavyweight Championship is a [professional wrestling World heavyweight championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. The original championship was designed and created in 1997 by Reggie Parks. The title was introduced on August 17, 1997, at an OVW live event, then known as the NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship due to OVW's relationship with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. OVW eventually parted ways with the NWA in October 2001, and the title was renamed the OVW Heavyweight Championship. OVW later became a developmental territory for the World Wrestling Entertainment organization, but their partnership eventually ceased on February 7, 2008. The title has no known weight-limit, even though it is a heavyweight championship. The title has also went through almost 3 different versions in its current twenty-five year run. With The first being made by Reggie Parks in 1997, which was then retired and vacated in early 2012. The second version would then be made by Reggie Parks and Dave Millican for OVW. The current version however was designed and created by Top Rope Belts, and ended up being used from 2012 to the present day.

Title changes happen mostly at OVW-promoted events. The inaugural champion was a man known as Trailer Park Trash. His reign began on August 17, 1997, but ended in a vacancy for unknown reasons; it is also unknown how he became the first champion. Nick Dinsmore holds the record of most reigns, with ten. At 322 days, Rocco Bellagio's reign is the longest in the title's history. Rob Conway's fourth reign, Chet the Jett's second reign, and Vladimir Kozlov's only reign are all tied for the record of shortest reign in the title's history at less than one day each. Nick Dinsmore's combined ten reign lengths add up to 529 days—the most of any wrestler. The current champion is Dustin Jacson; he was given the title after then-champion Kal Herro attacked him, violating an agreement with OVW management. Overall, there have been 147 reigns shared between 80 wrestlers, with 15 vacancies. One of those vacancies was due to then-champion Matt Cappotelli being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, and thus he chose to vacate the championship.

Title history

Names

NameYears
NWA-OVW Heavyweight ChampionshipAugust 17, 1997 – 2001
OVW Heavyweight ChampionshipOctober 2001 – present

Reigns

Combined reigns

[[Nick Dinsmore]] (pictured under his Eugene persona), is a record ten-time champion and holds the record for longest combined days as champion, with 529
**Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reignsCombined
days123457891011121314151617181920212324252627282930323435383940424344464749505152535456586061636465676871727374757980
10529
4411
2333
3329
3322
1322
4316
3305
4271
2266
1252
3245
{{sortnameDamajaDaniel Hollie}}4239
4228
3218
1210
2196
{{sortnameNovaMike Bucci}}1175
1173
5167
2161
2161
2154
4149
2143
{{sortnameApocViktor (wrestler)}}2139
2137
4135
1134
3130
1130
2126
1126
1122
{{sortnameAbyssdab=wrestler}}2119
2119
1119
1117
2106
2105
1105
297
393
191
191
186
{{sortnameLeviathanDave Bautista}}184
184
181
{{sortnameCrimsondab=wrestler}}180
278
176
175
170
170
163
163
156
156
†1+
149
149
147
243
135
135
233
128
128
128
125
118
117
{{sortnameRybackRyback}}114
17
17
17
17
11
1

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