OVW Rush Division Championship
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The OVW Rush Division Championship is a mid card title created and owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. It was announced on November 20, 2019, on OVW TV Tapings, replacing the Television title which was discarded by Tony Gunn. The RUSH Championship is sponsored by COLLARxELBOW and a brand new division was created for it.[3] The title is currently held by Stephen Steel, in his first reign.
PromotionOhio Valley Wrestling
Date establishedNovember 20, 2019
Current championStephen Steel
Date wonOctober 17, 2025
| OVW Rush Division Championship[1] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | Ohio Valley Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | November 20, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Stephen Steel | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | October 17, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other names | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Title history
As of March 16, 2026, there have been twenty-six reigns between seventeen champions with three vacancies. AJ Daniels was the inaugural champion. Hy-Zaya, Kal Herro, and Star Rider are tied for the most reigns at three. Dimes' reign is the longest at 273 days, while El Venganza and Obsidian Angel's first reigns are tied for the shortest at 7 days.
| 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 | AJ Daniels | December 10, 2019 | OVW TV: Christmas Chaos |
Louisville, KY | 1 | 32 | Daniels defeated D'mone Solavino, KTD, Nigel, Sam Thompson and William Lutz in a steel cage six-way ladder match to become the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Corey Storm | January 11, 2020 | OVW Saturday Night Special: Nightmare Rumble |
Louisville, KY | 1 | 56 | This was a three-way match, also involving Hy-Zaya. | [4] |
| 3 | Dimes | March 7, 2020 | OVW Saturday Night Special | Louisville, KY | 1 | 273 | Made Corey Storm hand over the title due to Dimes winning the 3 Wishes ladder match. | [5] |
| 4 | William Lutz | December 5, 2020 | Christmas Chaos | Louisville, KY | 1 | 35 | This was a three-way match, also involving D'mone Solavino. | [6] |
| 5 | Hy-Zaya | January 9, 2021 | OVW Saturday Night Special: Nightmare Rumble |
Louisville, KY | 1 | 10 | Defeats previous champion William Lutz, Ace Austin, AJ Daniels, JC Addams, Rohit Raju and Star Rider in a seven-way scramble match. | [7] |
| 6 | William Lutz | January 19, 2021 | OVW TV | Louisville, KY | 2 | 49 | [8] | |
| 7 | Hy-Zaya | March 9, 2021 | OVW TV: Dark Match | Louisville, KY | 2 | 46 | This was a five-way match, also involving Gustavo, Koda Jacobs and Star Rider. | [9] |
| 8 | Star Rider | April 24, 2021 | OVW Saturday Night Special: Retribution |
Louisville, KY | 1 | 110 | This was a four-way match, also involving Atiba and Gustavo. | [10] |
| 9 | Gustavo | August 12, 2021 | OVW TV | Louisville, KY | 1 | 126 | This was a three-way match, also involving Blanco Loco. | [11] |
| 10 | Star Rider | December 16, 2021 | OVW TV: Christmas Chaos |
Louisville, KY | 2 | 79 | [12] | |
| 11 | Gustavo | March 5, 2022 | Saturday Night Special - March Mayhem | Louisville, KY | 2 | 19 | This was a Scaffold match. | [13] |
| 12 | Hy-Zaya | March 24, 2022 | OVW TV | Louisville, KY | 3 | 93 | [14] | |
| 13 | Luke Kurtis | June 25, 2022 | Saturday Night Special - Independence Rage | Louisville, KY | 1 | 252 | [15] | |
| 14 | Blanco Loco | March 4, 2023 | OVW SNS 03/04/2023 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 103 | [16] | |
| 15 | El Venganza | June 15, 2023 | OVW TV #1243 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 7 | Defeated Blanco Loco and Kal Herro in a three-way match. Unmasked after the match to reveal Luke Kurtis. | [17] |
| — | Vacated | June 22, 2023 | OVW TV #1244 | Louisville, Kentucky | — | — | Al Snow announced the title was held up since technically El Venzanga was Rush Division champion, not Luke Kurtis. | [18] |
| 16 | Kal Herro | July 6, 2023 | OVW TV #1246 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 107 | Defeated Luke Kurtis in a ladder match. | [19] |
| 17 | Adam Revolver | October 21, 2023 | OVW No Rest for the Wicked | Louisville, KY | 1 | 13 | [20] | |
| 18 | Kal Herro | November 3, 2023 | OVW at Manchester Music Hall | Lexington, KY | 2 | 99 | ||
| 19 | Manny Domingo/Jota Peso | February 10, 2024 | OVW Tough Love | Louisville, KY | 1 | 82 | Defeated Kal Herro, Ragnar the Ruthless, Maximo Suave, ZDP, Will Austin, and Orion in a ladder match. | [21] |
| — | Vacated | May 2, 2024 | OVW Double Crossed | Louisville, KY | — | — | [22] | |
| 20 | Will Austin | May 2, 2024 | OVW Double Crossed | Louisville, KY | 1 | 35 | Defeated Star Rider for the vacant title. | [22] |
| 21 | Buzz Backlund | June 6, 2024 | OVW TV #1295 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 23 | [23] | |
| 22 | Will Austin | June 29, 2024 | OVW Independence Rage | Louisville, KY | 2 | 63 | [24] | |
| 23 | Jamin Olivencia | June 29, 2024 | OVW Fight Night | Pikeville, KY | 1 | 19 | This was a ladder match. | [25] |
| 24 | Kal Herro | September 19, 2024 | OVW TV #1310 | Louisville, KY | 3 | 14 | This was a street fight. | [26] |
| 25 | Star Rider | October 3, 2024 | OVW TV #1312 | Louisville, KY | 3 | 93 | Tony Gunn was the guest referee. | [27] |
| 26 | Super Z | January 4, 2025 | OVW Nightmare Rumble 2025 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 131 | [28] | |
| 27 | Obsidian Angel | May 15, 2025 | OVW TV #134 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 7 | [29] | |
| — | Vacated | May 22, 2025 | OVW TV #1345 | Louisville, KY | — | — | Obsidian Angel attempted to award the title to Star Rider after defeating Super Z. Due to this, OVW executives declared the title vacant. | |
| 28 | Stephen Steel | June 14, 2025+ | OVW Hard Reset 2025 | Louisville, KY | 1 | −23 | [30] | |
Combined reigns
As of March 16, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Rider | 3 | 282 |
| 2 | Dimes | 1 | 273 |
| 3 | Luke Kurtis | 1 | 252 |
| 4 | Kal Herro | 2 | 220 |
| 5 | Hy-Zaya | 3 | 149 |
| 6 | Gustavo | 2 | 145 |
| 7 | Super Z | 1 | 131 |
| 8 | Blanco Loco | 1 | 103 |
| 9 | Will Austin | 2 | 98 |
| 10 | William Lutz | 2 | 84 |
| 11 | Manny Domingo | 1 | 82 |
| 12 | AJ Daniels | 1 | 32 |
| 13 | Buzz Backlund | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Jamin Olivencia | 1 | 19 |
| 15 | Adam Revolver | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | El Venganza | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Obsidian Angel | 1 | 7 |