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.
OVW Light Heavyweight Championship Promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling Date established February 9, 1999 Date retired September 30, 2005
NWA Ohio Valley Light Heavyweight Championship
First champion(s) Jason Lee Most reigns Jason Lee, Johnny Spade, Sean Casey (3 times each) Longest reign Josh Hardy (553 days)Shortest reign American Eagle (1 day)
Title history
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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
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Deactivated
September 30, 2005
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The championship was declared retired.
List of combined reigns
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External links
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