Ohio Valley Wrestling

Ohio Valley Wrestling
	Ohio Valley Wrestling logo
Acronym	OVW
Founded	1998
Style	Sports Entertainment; Professional wrestling
Headquarters	Louisville, Kentucky
Founder(s)	Danny Davis
Owner(s)	Danny Davis
Formerly	NWA Ohio Valley Championship Wrestling

Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and the organization was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (as NWA Ohio Valley Championship Wrestling) from 1998 until 2000, when OVW became part of the WWE developmental program, which it was a member of until February 7, 2008. Jim Cornette was head booker of OVW for a period before being fired by WWE for slapping a student, Anthony Carelli (who is currently in the WWE as Santino Marella). He was replaced by Paul Heyman who booked OVW until being called up to be the booker of the ECW brand. Greg Gagne was supposed to be booker after Heyman, but his knowledge of OVW was limited so the booking was extended to also include Al Snow and Danny Stead. Gagne was later released from the company, leaving booking to Snow and Davis.

On February 7 2008, WWE announced that they had ended their relationship with OVW as a developmental territory, moving all contracted talent to Florida Championship Wrestling. ^[1] However, on September 23, OVW announced that WWE Sr. VP John Laurinaitis visited and scouted OVW wrestlers and that the WWE will take "a much more active role in recruiting OVW developed talent."^[2]

OVW runs five live events on average per week. It is considered to be the last of the wrestling territories. No other independent wrestling company in the United States runs that many shows per week.

Television

OVW currently airs a one-hour television program Saturdays on WBKI-TV in Louisville at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on WKRC-TV's sister station, the CinCW in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday afternoons at 1:00 and Sundays at noon, on WOBZ-LP in London, Kentucky at 9:00 p.m, and on Lexington, Kentucky's CW affiliate WKYT at 11:00 p.m. The television shows originate from the Davis Arena in Louisville. [2]

Current champions

Championship	Current champion(s)	Date won	Won from
OVW Heavyweight Championship	Anthony Bravado	June 25 2008	Nick Dinsmore
OVW Television Championship	Rudy Switchblade	August 27 2008	J.D. Michaels
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship	APOC & Vaughn Lilas	September 10 2008	Darriel Kelly & Josh Lowry
OVW Women's Championship	Serena	August 9 2008	Josie

Defunct championships

Championship	Final champion	Date won	Won from	Notes
OVW Light Heavyweight Championship	Chris Michaels	April 12 2000	Sean Casey	Retired on March 1 2001.
OVW Hardcore Championship	Randy Orton	May 5 2001	Flash Flanagan	Retired in 2001.

Roster

Male wrestlers

Adam Revolver
Al Barone
Ali Akbar
Anthony Bravado
APOC
Ashley Stefan Streetman
Brett Wellington
Caden Matthews
Chris Cage (Chris Pavone)
Darriel Kelly
Dewey "Nine Fingers"
Dirty Money
Dre Blitz "the Soul Cat"
Gavin Garrison "the Professor" - Signed to a developmental deal with WWE.
Igotta Brewski
Jamin Olivencia
Johnny Punch
Josh Lowry
Lightfoot
Los Rojo 1
Los Rojo 2
Lumpy Magoo
Moose
Omar Akbar
Outlaw
Ramón
Ranger Milton
Raúl
Rob "Iron Man" Conway
Rudy Switchblade
Ryback
Scott Cardinal
Sergio
Shiloh
Supergloves
Ted "The Trailer" McNaler
The Buck
"Tubby" Tommy McNaler
Turcan Celik
Vaughn Lilas

Female wrestlers

Tag Teams/Stables

Chris Cage & Sergio
Darriel Kelly & Josh Lowry
The Insurgency (Ali & Omar Akbar, The Buck, Turcan Celik, & Bin Hamin)
Jamin Olivencia, APOC & Vaughn Lilas
Los Locos (Ramón & Raúl Loco)
Los Rojos (Los Rojo 1 & Los Rojo 2)
The Mobile Homers (Dewey, Ted "the Trailer" McNaler, "Tubby" Tommy McNaler, & Adam Revolver)
Scott Cardinal & Dirty Money
Theta Lambda Psi (Ashley Stefan Streetman, Brett Wellington, Gavin Garrison, & Pledge Moose)
The War Party (Lightfoot & Outlaw)

Other on-air talent

Kenny Bolin - Commentator
Bill Clark - Referee
Dean Hill - Commentator/Ring Announcer
Bin Hamin - Manager of the Insurgency
Karl "Twinkletoes" Martin - Commentator
Ruben Ramos - Referee
Ray Ramsey - Referee
Stephanie - Backstage interviewer
Sucio - Backstage interviewer/Announcer; Assistant to Josie
Joe Wheeler - Referee

Inactive talent

Timmy Baltimore - Commentator/Ring Announcer; Returning soon.
Sara Del Ray - Currently on the independent circuit.
Nick Dinsmore - OVW Troubleshooter; out of action due to a knee injury.
Joey Matthews (Adam Birch) - Currently on the independent circuit.
J.D. Michaels - Injured indefinitely.
Tank Toland - Wrestling in Ring Of Honor.

References

^ "WWE to cease affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling". World Wrestling Entertainment. February 7 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ JOHN LAURINAITIS VISITS OVW[1]

External links

[WWEleavesOVW-1] "WWE to cease affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling". World Wrestling Entertainment. February 7 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] JOHN LAURINAITIS VISITS OVW[1]

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