OVW Heavyweight Championship

The OVW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). The championship 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.
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. 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.
==Past designs==
OVW Heavyweight Champion.jpg|OVW Championship (old)
File:OVW Championship 2nd design.png|OVW Championship (old) used from 2001 til roughly 2011/2012
File:OVW Championship 2nd design Red White and Blue Version.png|OVW Championship (old) Red, White and Blue version. Several people used this design including CM Punk, John Cena and Michael Kruel 
==See also==
*Ohio Valley Wrestling
*OVW Television Championship
*OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
*OVW Women's Championship
== External links ==
* Profile
Category:Heavyweight championships
Category:Ohio Valley Wrestling championships
Category:Singles championships