Ohio Valley Wrestling

Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is mostly recognized for its up-and-coming wrestlers and served as the official primary training ground for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) until 2008. Starting in November 2011, OVW served as the official developmental territory for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). OVW and TNA parted ways on November 2, 2013.
==History==
Jim Cornette was head booker of OVW for a period before being fired by WWE for slapping student, Anthony Carelli. 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 Davis. Gagne was later released from the company, leaving booking to Snow and Davis.
On February 7, 2008, WWE announced that it had ended its relationship with OVW as a developmental territory, moving all contracted talent to Florida Championship Wrestling. However, on September 23, 2009, OVW announced via a press release from WWE that Senior EVP John Laurinaitis visited and scouted OVW wrestlers and that WWE will take "a much more active role in recruiting OVW developed talent". OVW and WWE maintained a close relationship as throughout 2008 and 2009 WWE-contracted talent would make occasional appearances on OVW shows and OVW talent has remained a large part of WWE's recruiting classes with eight members of the roster being signed to the WWE since February 2008 and many more being used on WWE programming as extras or enhancement talent. On February 22 and 23, 2010 the WWE in conjunction with OVW held a two-day tryout camp for independent wrestlers. It was the first event of this nature held outside Florida Championship Wrestling since FCW became WWE's sole developmental territory.
On September 8, 2010, in what was dubbed the company's season premiere, Danny Davis, who himself was making his return for the first time in over a year, announced that Jim Cornette was returning to his role as head booker of the company. Cornette, who is also executive producer of Ring of Honors HD Net show, stated that Ring of Honor talent as well as talent from other companies were going to compete in OVW along with the current crop of stars and returning OVW stars in an effort to return the company to its previous reputation as the best independent wrestling company to get recruited from. A similar claim was made by Cornette during the announcement of Ring of Honor HDnet program moving its tapings to the OVW/Davis arena.
On November 7, 2011, it was announced that OVW and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) had reached an agreement for OVW to become TNA's official training and developmental territory.
On July 7, 2015, an announcement on OVW's website said that owner/founder Danny Davis was immediately stepping away from the company. The announcement also stated that the new majority owner would be introduced at the July 8th television taping.
In April 2018 Danny Davis sold OVW to Al Snow.
==Television==
OVW currently airs a 60-minute television program Saturdays on WOBZ-LP in London, Kentucky at 9:00 p.m., on Lexington, Kentucky's CW affiliate WKYT at 11:00 p.m., and in the Louisville area on WKYI at 12:00 p.m. OVW also has streaming video via their website ovwrestling.com, where new episodes are streamed every Thursday following the previous Wednesday's television taping. The television shows originate from the Davis Arena in Louisville.
==Championships==
===Active championships===
*OVW Heavyweight Championship
*OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
*OVW Women's Championship
*OVW Anarchy Championship
*OVW Rush Championship
===Defunct championships===
*OVW Hardcore Championship (2000-2001)
*OVW Light Heavyweight Championship - (1999-2000)
*OVW Television Championship - (2005-2019)
== Ohio Valley Wrestling Triple Crown==
Ohio Valley Wrestling has a hierarchy similar to WWE, with a Heavyweight, Television, and Tag Team titles. This is a less notable triple crown, because it is technically on the independent circuit, but is possible to make an impressive resume for a wrestler.
=== List of OVW Triple Crown Champions ===
The following is a list of individuals who have won the OVW Heavyweight, Television, and Tag Team titles.
Name 	OVW Heavyweight Championship	OVW Southern Tag Team Championship 	OVW Television Championship
Brent Albright 	April 25, 2005 	March 31, 2004 (with Chris Masters) 	January 5, 2005
CM Punk 	May 3, 2006 	July 28, 2006 (with Seth Skyfire) 	November 9, 2005
Idol Stevens 	March 14, 2007 	October 10, 2003 (with Nova) 	January 4, 2006
Cody Rhodes 	February 17, 2007 	October 10, 2006 (with Shawn Spears) 	July 6, 2007
James "Moose" Thomas 	January 6, 2010 	September 27, 2009 (with Tilo) 	September 9, 2009
Mike Mondo 	May 29, 2010 	November 11, 2009 (with Turcan Celik) 	February 4, 2009
Rudy Switchblade 	November 2, 2011 	February 22, 2012 (with Jessie Godderz & Rob Terry)	August 27, 2008
Cliff Compton 	January 8, 2011 	March 19, 2006 (with Deuce) 	October 17, 2012
Jason Wayne 	July 2, 2011 	January 17, 2013 (with Crimson) 	September 21, 2011
Jamin Olivencia 	April 10, 2013 	August 1, 2007 (with TJ Dalton) 	February 20, 2008
Flash Flanagan 	December 26, 1999 	March 30, 1999 (with Trailer Park Trash) 	August 3, 2013
Elijah Burke 	December 8, 2004 	June 6, 2010 (with Jeremy Prophet) 	September 11, 2013
Adam Revolver 	December 5, 2014 	March 24, 2010 (with Ted McNaler) 	September 14, 2011
Mohamad Ali Vaez 	February 7, 2015 	May 14, 2008 (with Omar Akbar) 	June 4, 2010
Chris Silvio 	July 24, 2015 	December 10, 2008 (with Kamikaze Kid) 	December 21, 2011
Rocco Bellagio 	May 14, 2016 	August 6, 2011 (with James Thomas) 	October 10, 2011
Devin Driscoll 	March 19, 2016 	January 25, 2017 (with Tony Gunn) 	October 11, 2006
Reverend Stuart Miles	July 7, 2018 	February 10, 2016 (with Adam Revolver) 	March 4, 2017
==See also==
*Alumni
*2012 List of Saturday Night Special results
*2013 List of Saturday Night Special results
==External links==
*Official website
*OVW Title Histories
* Profile
Category:American wrestling promotions
Category:Kentucky based wrestling promotions
Category:Ohio Valley Wrestling