OVW Light Heavyweight Championship

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OVW Light Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionOhio Valley Wrestling
Date establishedFebruary 9, 1999
Date retiredSeptember 30, 2005
Other name(s)
NWA Ohio Valley Light Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Jason Lee
Most reignsJason Lee, Johnny Spade, Sean Casey
(3 times each)
Longest reignJosh Hardy (553 days)
Shortest reignAmerican Eagle (1 day)

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]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
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
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

External links[edit]

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