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OVW Women's Championship
Former one–time champion – Epiphany.Details Current champion(s) Taeler Hendrix Date won November 12, 2011 Promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling Date established July 12, 2006 Statistics Most reigns Josie/Lady JoJo
(7 reigns)First champion(s) ODB Longest reign Lady JoJo
(343 days)Shortest reign Josie, Reggie, and The Baroness
(<1 day)Oldest champion ODB
(29 years old)Youngest champion Serena
(20 years old)Heaviest champion Epiphany
(190 lbs)Lightest champion Roucka
(115 lbs)The OVW Women's Championship is a championship in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). The first holder of the title was ODB, who declared herself champion in August 2006. The belt was defended as any other championship in professional wrestling until Serena Deeb declared she would defend the belt under 24/7 rules in May 2008. These rules lasted until Melody won the belt in November 2008. There have been a total of twenty eight reigns, with Lady JoJo being the current champion, currently in her seventh title reign.
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History
Its initial appearance was at OVW's July 12, 2006 television taping, when ODB appeared with a title belt,[1] claiming she had won it in a tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (a nod to World Wrestling Entertainment kayfabe stating that the WWE Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship originated in tournaments in Rio de Janeiro). It was not recognized as an official OVW title originally, but after ODB began defending it on a regular basis it became an official title, and has since been won by other women.
On May 23, 2008, after winning the title for the second time, Serena Deeb proclaimed that she would defend the OVW Women's Championship at all times as long as a referee was present. This new "24/7 rule", which was a nod to the WWE Hardcore Championship, became an official part of the championship and was effectively utilized by several OVW Divas, including Deeb herself. The rule came to an end on November 12 after Melody won the title from Deeb.
Title history
# Wrestler Reign Date Days Held Location Event Notes 1 ODB 1 July 12, 2006 63 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Unknown Appointed herself champion. 2 Serena 1 September 13, 2006 21 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated ODB, Beth Phoenix and Katie Lea in a fatal four–way match. 3 Beth Phoenix 1 October 4, 2006 28 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Serena.[2] Lost the title to Victoria Crawford but won it back in an eight-woman elimination match. Neither reign is officially recognized. 4 Katie Lea 1 November 1, 2006 212 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Won a gauntlet match, with last eliminating Serena. 5 ODB 2 June 1, 2007 110 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Six Flags Show Defeated Katie Lea. 6 Roucka 1 September 19, 2007 154 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated ODB, Serena, Melody, Josie and Katie Lea in a six–way match. 7 Katie Lea 2 February 20, 2008 7 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Roucka. 8 Josie 1 February 27, 2008 86 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Katie Lea. Became the first OVW Women's Champion since OVW and WWE parted ways. 9 Serena 2 May 23, 2008 40 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Six Flags Show Defeated Josie. 10 Josie 2 July 2, 2008 0 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Serena. 11 Serena 3 July 2, 2008 14 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Josie. 12 Reggie 1 July 16, 2008 0 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Serena. 13 Serena 4 July 16, 2008 8 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Reggie. 14 The Baroness 1 July 24, 2008 0 Louisville, Kentucky DCW TV Tapings Defeated Serena & Josie in a three–way match. 15 Serena 5 July 24, 2008 7 Louisville, Kentucky DCW TV Tapings Defeated The Baroness. 16 Josie 3 July 31, 2008 7 Louisville, Kentucky DCW TV Tapings Defeated Serena. 17 Serena 6 August 7, 2008 97 Louisville, Kentucky DCW TV Tapings Defeated Josie. 18 Melody 1 November 15, 2008 273 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Serena, Reggie and Josie in a fatal four–way match. 19 Epiphany 1 August 12, 2009 56 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Melody. 20 Hannah Blossom/Holly Blossom 1 October 7, 2009 52 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Holly made the roll up after switching with her twin sister Hannah without the referee looking. It hasn't been determined which is recognized as the champion. 21 Josie 4 November 28, 2009 4 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Thanksgiving Thunder Defeated Hannah Blossom. 22 Hannah Blossom 2 December 2, 2009 14 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Title awarded back to Hannah Blossom after a review of match footage by the OVW board of directors showing that Josie pinned Holly Blossom who was not her legal opponent. 23 Josie 5 December 16, 2009 101 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Josie was able to get the title back officially defeating Hannah Blossom. 24 C.J. Lane 1 March 24, 2010 94 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Riot Act Defeated Josie. 25 Taryn Shay 1 June 26, 2010 35 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Trial by Fire 26 Holly Blossom 2 July 31, 2010 28 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Futureshock 2 Defeated Taryn Shay. 27 Lady JoJo 6 August 28, 2010 343 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Summer Scorcher Defeated Holly Blossom. 28 Izza Belle Smothers 1 August 6, 2011 18 Louisville, Kentucky OVW Saturday Night Special Defeated Lady JoJo.[3] 29 Lady JoJo 7 August 24, 2011 80 Louisville, Kentucky OVW TV Tapings Defeated Izza Belle Smothers, and became the first ever seven time Women's Champion.[4] 30 Taeler Hendrix 1 November 12, 2011 8+ Louisville, Kentucky OVW Saturday Night Special Defeated Lady JoJo. List of top combined reigns
As of November 20, 2011.
Symbol Meaning † Indicates the current champion <1 The reign is shorter than one day. Rank Wrestler # of Reigns Combined Days 1. Josie/Lady JoJo 7 621 2. Melody 1 273 3. Katie Lea 2 219 4. Serena 6 187 5. ODB 2 173 6. Roucka 1 154 7. C.J. Lane 1 94 8. Holly Blossom 2 80 9. Hannah Blossom 2 66 10. Epiphany 1 56 11. Taryn Shay 1 35 12. Beth Phoenix 1 28 13. Izza Belle Smothers 1 18 14. Taeler Hendrix† 1 8+ 15. Reggie 1 <1 16. The Baroness 1 <1 See also
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- OVW Heavyweight Championship
- OVW Television Championship
- OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
References
- ^ 411mania.com
- ^ Westcott, Brian. "OVW Women's Championship history". Solie's title histories. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ovwtnwa.html. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Vandrisse, Trent (2011-08-07). "OVW Saturday Night Special 8-6 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/3-news/21643-ovw-saturday-night-special-8-6-louisville. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ^ Vandrisse, Trent (2011-08-25). "OVW TV tapings report 8-24 Louisville". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/21885-ovw-tv-tapings-report-8-24-louisville. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
External links
Categories:- Ohio Valley Wrestling championships
- Women's professional wrestling championships
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