The following champion history features the OVW Heavyweight Championship.
Champion history[]
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | Trailer Park Trash | 1 | August 17, 1997
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | Trailer Park Trash defeated Vic The Bruiser to become the inaugural champion. |
— | Vacated | — | November 1, 1997
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— | — | |
2 | Bill Dundee | 1 | November 16, 1997
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | Dundee won a battle royal to win the vacant championship. |
3 | Rip Rogers | 1 | November 23, 1997
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
4 | Nick Dinsmore | 1 | June 3, 1998
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
5 | David C. | 1 | June 10, 1998
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | David C. won the title by forfeit. |
6 | Doug Basham | 1 | July 5, 1998
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
7 | Rip Rogers | 2 | September 13, 1998
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
8 | Doug Basham | 2 | December 29, 1998
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
9 | Rip Rogers | 3 | January 3, 1999
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
10 | Rod Steele | 1 | February 2, 1999
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | Nick Dinsmore defeated Steele on February 7, 1999 at a live event, but returned the title to Steele after learning of outside interference during their encounter. |
11 | Nick Dinsmore | 2 | April 18, 1999
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
12 | Rob Conway | 1 | April 28, 1999
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
13 | Nick Dinsmore | 3 | May 7, 1999
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New Albany, Indiana | Live event | |
14 | Damaja | 1 | June 8, 1999
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
15 | Rob Conway | 2 | August 17, 1999
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
16 | Rico Constantino | 1 | November 10, 1999
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
17 | Flash Flanagan | 1 | December 26, 1999
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
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[Rico Constantino |
2 | February 6, 2000
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | ||
19 | Flash Flanagan | 2 | February 17, 2000
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
20 | Damaja | 2 | April 4, 2000
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
21 | Nick Dinsmore | 4 | May 24, 2000
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
22 | Flash Flanagan | 3 | July 8, 2000
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
23 | Nick Dinsmore | 5 | August 4, 2000
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
24 | Rob Conway | 3 | September 6, 2000
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
25 | Nick Dinsmore | 6 | October 25, 2000
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
26 | Rico Constantino | 3 | February 27, 2001
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
27 | Flash Flanagan | 4 | April 4, 2001
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Louisville, Kentucky | Bluegrass Brawl |
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28 | Doug Basham | 3 | July 25, 2001
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | OVW TV Tapings]] | OVW breaks away from the NWA in October 2001. The championship is renamed the OVW Heavyweight Championship. |
29 | Leviathan | 1 | November 28, 2001
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | OVW TV Tapings | |
30 | The Prototype | 1 | February 20, 2002
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | OVW TV Tapings | |
31 | Nova | 1 | May 15, 2002
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Jeffersonville, Indiana | Live event | |
32 | Damaja | 3 | November 6, 2002
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
33 | Nick Dinsmore | 7 | February 19, 2003
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
34 | Doug Basham | 4 | April 6, 2003
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
35 | Damaja | 4 | July 30, 2003
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
36 | Rob Conway | 4 | August 13, 2003
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
37 | Johnny Jeter | 1 | August 13, 2003
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Louisville, Kentucky
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OVW TV Tapings | |
38 | Mark Magnus | 1 | October 15, 2003
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
— | Vacated | — | December 10, 2003
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— | — | The championship was vacated due to Magnus being pinned by both Nick Dinsmore and Johnny Jeter in a three-way match on December 3. |
39 | Nick Dinsmore | 8 | January 7, 2004
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | Dinsmore defeated Johnny Jeter to win the vacant championship. |
40 | Matt Morgan | 1 | April 14, 2004
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
41 | Chris Cage | 1 | October 13, 2004
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
42 | Chad Toland | 1 | December 1, 2004
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
43 | Elijah Burke | 1 | December 8, 2004
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
44 | Matt Morgan | 2 | April 13, 2005
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
45 | Brent Albright | 1 | April 27, 2005
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
46 | Johnny Jeter | 2 | August 3, 2005
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
47 | Matt Cappotelli | 1 | November 9, 2005
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
— | Vacated | — | February 8, 2006
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | Cappotelli vacates the championship after announcing that he had a brain tumor. |
48 | Brent Albright | 2 | March 1, 2006
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | Albright defeated CM Punk in a tournament finals to become the new champion. |
49 | CM Punk | 1 | June 3, 2006
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
50 | Chet the Jett | 1 | August 30, 2006
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
51 | Jacob Duncan | 1 | October 25, 2006
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
52 | Chet the Jett | 2 | December 13, 2006
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
53 | Paul Burchill | 1 | December 13, 2006
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
54 | Cody Runnels | 1 | February 17, 2007
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Elizabethtown, Kentucky | Live event | |
55 | Paul Burchill | 2 | February 18, 2007
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
56 | Aaron Stevens | 1 | March 14, 2007
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
57 | Paul Burchill | 3 | May 9, 2007
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
— | Vacated | — | May 23, 2007
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | The championship was vacated after a double pin in a contest between Burchill and Idol Stevens. |
58 | Jay Bradley | 1 | June 1, 2007
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | Bradley defeated Burchill and Stevens in a three-way match to win the vacant championship. |
59 | Paul Burchill | 4 | June 27, 2007
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
60 | Vladimir Kozlov | 1 | July 28, 2007
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Elizabethtown, Kentucky | Live event | |
61 | Michael W. Kruel | 1 | July 28, 2007
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Elizabethtown, Kentucky | Live event | |
62 | Matt Sydal | 1 | December 5, 2007
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | Sydal is the last OVW Heavyweight Champion while OVW is a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) developmental territory. |
63 | Jay Bradley | 2 | February 13, 2008
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | Became the first OVW Heavyweight Champion since OVW and WWE parted ways. |
64 | Nick Dinsmore | 9 | February 20, 2008
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
65 | Anthony Bravado | 1 | June 25, 2008
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
66 | Ryback | 1 | October 18, 2008
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
67 | Anthony Bravado | 2 | November 1, 2008
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
68 | Aaron Stevens | 2 | November 29, 2008
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
69 | Vaughn Lilas | 1 | January 17, 2009
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
70 | Apoc | 1 | February 7, 2009
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
71 | Vaughn Lilas | 2 | April 25, 2009
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
72 | Apoc | 2 | May 17, 2009
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
73 | Low Rider | 1 | July 18, 2009
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
74 | Moose | 1 | January 6, 2010
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
— | Vacated | — | February 27, 2010
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Moose was stripped of the championship due to attacking officials. | ||
75 | Beef Wellington | 1 | February 27, 2010
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | Wellington won a battle royal to win the vacant championship. |
76 | Mike Mondo | 1 | May 29, 2010
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
77 | James Thomas (Formerly known as Moose) |
2 | June 16, 2010
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
78 | Low Rider | 2 | July 31, 2010
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
79 | Cliff Compton | 1 | January 8, 2011
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | This was a three-way match, also involving Mike Mondo. |
80 | Mike Mondo | 2 | March 5, 2011
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | This was a three–way ladder match, also involving Low Rider. |
— | Vacated | — | May 4, 2011
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | The championship was vacated after Mike Mondo attacked OVW president Danny Davis. |
81 | Cliff Compton | 2 | May 14, 2011
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Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | This was a Brass Knuckles On A Pole Match against Mike Mondo with special referee Danny Davis. |
82 | Elvis Pridemoore | 1 | May 25, 2011
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
— | Vacated | — | June 1, 2011
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | Pridemoore vacated the title after finding out that he had won it due to outside interference from Mike Mondo. |
83 | Jason Wayne | 1 | July 2, 2011
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | Defeated Mike Mondo in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
84 | Nick Dinsmore | 10 | October 26, 2011
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
85 | Rudy Switchblade | 1 | November 2, 2011
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | Defeated Nick Dinsmore, Jason Wayne, Adam Revolver, Ted McNaler, James Thomas, Rocco Bellagio and Mike Mondo in an Eight Man Melee. |
86 | Johnny Spade | 1 | March 3, 2012
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | |
87 | Rob Terry | 1 | May 12, 2012
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
— | Vacated | — | June 27, 2012
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | OVW Board of Directors member Ken Wayne vacates all OVW championships. |
88 | Johnny Spade | 2 | July 7, 2012
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | Defeated Rob Terry in the finals of a ten men gauntlet match to win the vacant title. |
89 | Crimson | 1 | September 12, 2012
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
90 | Rob Terry | 2 | December 1, 2012
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | |
91 | Doug Williams | 1 | January 30, 2013
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV Tapings | |
92 | Jamin Olivencia | 1 | April 10, 2013
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | |
— | Vacated | — | December 4, 2013
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Louisville, Kentucky | — | Title vacated by OVW owner Danny Davis over inappropriate actions on OVW TV. |
93 | Jamin Olivencia | 2 | December 7, 2013
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | |
94 | Marcus Anthony | 1 | January 4, 2014
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | |
95 | Jamin Olivencia | 3 | May 10, 2014
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | |
96 | Marcus Anthony | 2 | July 5, 2014
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | It was a Last Man Standing match. |
97 | Melvin Maximus | 1 | August 2, 2014
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | |
98 | Cliff Compton | 3 | October 4, 2014
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | It was a Triple threat match also including Marcus Anthony. |
99 | Adam Revolver | 1 | December 6, 2014
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | |
100 | Mohamad Ali Vaez | 1 | February 7, 2015
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW Saturday Night Special | |
101 | Eddie Diamond | 1 | April 29, 2015
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV | |
102 | Chris Silvio | 1 | April 29, 2015
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV | |
103 | Ryan Howe | 1 | December 5, 2015
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV | |
104 | Rob Conway | 5 | December 16, 2015
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Louisville, Kentucky | OVW TV |