OVW National Heavyweight Championship

The OVW National Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship created and promoted by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion.^[2] There have been a total of seven reigns shared between five different champions. The last title holder is EC3 who is in his first reign.^[3]

OVW National Heavyweight Championship[1]
Official design of the title (2020–present)
Details
Promotion	Ohio Valley Wrestling
Date established	August 20, 2020
Current champion	Doug Basham
Date won	January 25, 2025
Statistics First champion Jessie Godderz Most reigns Mahabali Shera Jessie Godderz (2 reigns) Longest reign Jessie Godderz (522 days) Shortest reign Mahabali Shera (25 days) Oldest champion Doug Basham (53 years, 30 days) Youngest champion Mahabali Shera (31 years, 139 days) Heaviest champion (339 lbs) Lightest champion Jessie Godderz (220 lbs)

Title history

As of May 22, 2025.

Reigns

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
<1	Reign lasted less than a day
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
1	Jessie Godderz	September 29, 2020	OVW TV #1103	Louisville, KY	1	522	This was a 21-man rumble match in which Godderz last eliminated Brian Pillman Jr. to become the inaugural champion.	[4]
2	Mahabali Shera	March 5, 2022	OVW Saturday Night Special: March Mayhem 2022	Louisville, KY	1	124		[5]
3	James Storm	July 7, 2022	OVW TV #1195	Louisville, KY	1	98		[6]
4	Ca$h Flo	October 13, 2022	OVW TV #1209	Louisville, KY	1	61	This match was also for Storm's OVW Heavyweight Championship.	[7]
5	Mahabali Shera	December 13, 2022	OVW Christmas Chaos	Louisville, KY	2	25		[8]
6	Jessie Godderz	January 7, 2023	OVW Nightmare Rumble	Louisville, KY	2	318	Won the Nightmare Rumble match to win the championship.	[9]
7	EC3	November 21, 2023	Thanksgiving Thunder	Louisville, KY	1	548		[10]
8	Doug Basham	January 4, 2025	OVW Nightmare Rumble 2025	Louisville, KY	1	−255	defeated EC3 and Ca$h Flo in a triple threat at Nightmare Rumble 2025	[11]
9	Erik Surge	April 25, 2025	OVW TV #1341	Louisville, KY	1	28+

Combined reigns

As of May 22, 2025.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Jessie Godderz	2	840
2	EC3	1	418
3	Mahabali Shera	2	149
4	James Storm	1	98
5	Ca$h Flo	1	61
6	Doug Basham †	1	137