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Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American independent circuit professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is mostly recognized for its up-and-coming wrestlers and serves as the official 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 the WWE. He was replaced by Paul Heyman who booked OVW until being called up to be the booker of the ECW brand. Currently the booking work is being done by Greg Gagne, Al Snow and Danny Davis. Originally Gagne was going to book alone but reports have stated his knowledge of OVW is limited.
OVW wrestlers are often used as jobbers, or "enhancement talents", for the 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.
Current Champions
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Date won | Won from |
| OVW Heavyweight Champion | CM Punk | May 3, 2006 | Brent Albright |
| OVW Television Champion | Seth Skyfire | March 6, 2006 | Aaron "The Idol" Stevens |
| OVW Southern Tag Team Champions | Shad Gaspard and Neighborhoodie | May 27, 2006 | Roadkill and Kasey James |
Defunct Championships
- OVW Hardcore Championship (2000 - 2001)
- OVW Light Heavyweight Championship (1999-2001)
Current roster
See: World Wrestling Entertainment 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 (Carly Colon)
- John Cena
- Rob Conway
- Rene Dupree (René Goguen)
- Armando Alejandro Estrada (Hazem Ali)
- Eugene (Nick Dinsmore)
- Charlie Haas
- Mickie James
- Johnny (Johnny Jeter)
- Maria Kanellis
- Kenny (Ken Doane)
- Chris Masters (Chris Mordetsky)
- Robbie McAllister (Derek Graham-Couch)
- Rory McAllister (Russell Murray)
- Melina (Melina Perez)
- Mikey (Mike Brenley)
- Mitch (Nick Mitchell)
- Nicky (Nick Nemeth)
- Johnny Nitro (John Hennigan)
- Randy Orton
- Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Carolan)
- Snitsky (Eugene Snitsky)
- Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon)
Friday Night SmackDown!
- Batista (David Bautista)
- The Boogeyman (Marty Wright)
- Paul Burchill (Paul Burchall)
- Simon Dean (Mike Bucci)
- Jillian Hall
- Mark Henry
- Ken Kennedy (Ken Anderson)
- Bobby Lashley (Franklin Roberto Lashley)
- Paul London
- Joey Mercury (Adam Birch)
- Mike "The Miz" Mizanin
- Gunner Scott (Brent Albright)
- Sylvan (Sylvain Grenier)
Extreme Championship Wrestling
- Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank)
- Amish Road Kill (Michael Depoli)
- CM Punk (Phil Brooks)
- Shelly (Shelly Martinez)
- Trinity (Stephanie Finochio)
- Danny Basham (Danny Holly)
- Doug Basham
External links
Professional wrestling promotions
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