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 serves as the official primary training ground for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). 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 2001, when OVW became part of the WWE developmental program. Jim Cornette was head booker of OVW for a period before being fired by WWE for slapping a student (although he is still part-owner of the company). 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.

OVW wrestlers are often used as jobbers, or "enhancement talents", for WWE to make their stars look better, particularly when WWE runs shows within a few hours of the Louisville area. Sometimes OVW wrestlers are even used as plants for WWE shows. Of the stars who have been called up from OVW to WWE, a number of them first established themselves as heels, and the majority of them (such as Ken Kennedy, Randy Orton, MNM, Chris Masters, Rob Conway and the Spirit Squad) adopted the personalities of egotistical heels.

Television
The OVW currently airs a one-hour television program Saturdays on WBKI-TV in Louisville at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio at 1:00 p.m., and on WOBZ-LP in London, Kentucky at 9:00 p.m. The television shows originate from the Davis Arena in Louisville, and fans are invited to attend tapings on Wednesday nights free of charge. 

Defunct Championships

 * OVW Hardcore Championship (2000 - 2001)
 * OVW Light Heavyweight Championship (1999-2001)

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.

Roster

 * Ohio Valley Wrestling roster

Alumni
This is a list of current superstars that joined either RAW, Friday Night SmackDown!, or Extreme Championship Wrestling after completing their training at OVW.

Monday Night Raw

 * Shelton Benjamin
 * Lance Cade
 * Carlito (Carlos Colón, Jr.)
 * John Cena
 * Kenny Dykstra (Ken Doane)
 * Armando Alejandro Estrada (Hazem Ali)
 * Eugene (Nick Dinsmore)
 * Charlie Haas
 * Mickie James
 * Nicky (Nick Nemeth)
 * JTG (Jayson Paul)
 * Maria Kanellis
 * Santino Marella (Anthony Carelli) - wrestled in OVW as Boris Alexiev
 * Chris Masters (Chris Mordetsky)
 * Robbie McAllister (Derek Graham-Couch)
 * Rory McAllister (Russell Murray)
 * Melina (Melina Perez)
 * Johnny Nitro (John Hennigan)
 * Randy Orton
 * Shad (Shad Gaspard)
 * Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon)

Friday Night SmackDown!

 * Batista (Dave Bautista)
 * The Boogeyman (Marty Wright)
 * Cherry (Kara Drew)
 * Deuce (James Reiher, Jr.)
 * Domino (Cliff Compton)
 * Jillian Hall
 * Mark Henry
 * Chris Kay - referee
 * Ken Kennedy (Ken Anderson)
 * Paul London
 * Michelle McCool
 * The Miz (Mike Mizanin)
 * Queen Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman)

ECW

 * Ariel (Shelly Martinez)
 * Elijah Burke
 * Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank)
 * Bobby Lashley (Franklin Roberto Lashley)
 * CM Punk (Phil Brooks)
 * Kevin Thorn (Kevin Fertig)
 * Snitsky (Eugene Snisky)
 * Trinity (Stephanie Finochio)