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Ohio Valley Wrestling Tournaments
Ohio Valley Wrestling has held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that are a part of their roster. Queen of OVW / Miss OVW Contest The Queen of OVW / Miss OVW contest is a contest where a couple of female wrestlers in OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling) are chosen and compete in several competitions. In the finals of the contest, the fans vote for the winner. The inaugural winner was ODB who is also the first ever OVW Women's Champion. The latest winner is Lovely Lylah who defeated Jessie Belle, Ray Lynn and Taeler Hendrix in the finals of the 2013 contest. Nightmare Rumble Men's Women's Nightmare Cup Tag Team Tournament Nightmare Cup Tag Team Tournament (2012) OVW announced a tournament to determine the number one contenders to the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. Teams: *James "Moose" Thomas and Michael Hayes *The Best Team Ever (Jessie Godderz and Rudy Switchblade) *Bolin Services 2.0 (Jayson Wayne and Rocco Bellagio) *Bolin Serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American professional wrestling promotion and former developmental promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company is currently run by Al Snow and Matt Jones and Louisville mayor elect, Craig Greenberg. OVW was initially a member promotion of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from its inception in 1993 until 2000, when it became the primary developmental territory for the World Wrestling Federation, which is now known today as the WWE. It remained in this role from 2000 until February 7, 2008, when the promotion became Independent circuit, unaffiliated. In November 2011, OVW became the developmental territory for Impact Wrestling (then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling or TNA). This relationship initially ended on November 2, 2013, but on March 19, 2019, the two promotions re-established their developmental agreement. In 2020, OVW stopped becoming a developmental promotion and transformed into a full-fledged TV promotion featuri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tate Twins
The Tate Twins are a professional wrestling tag team made up of brothers Brandon and Brent Tate. They are currently signed with Ring of Honor, where they teamed with Dalton Castle as The Boys and are two-time former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. History Ohio Valley Wrestling (2012) On March 24, 2012, The Baronis Brothers made their Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in a dark match losing to the team of Raphael Constantine and Sean Casey. They continued to work various dark matches and televised matches until their final match with the promotion on June 7, 2012, in a dark match loss to the team of Jayce King and LMC. Ring of Honor (2014–2019) On July 19, 2014, edition of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' The Tate Twins made their ROH debut taking on War Machine in a losing effort. In 2015, The Tate Twins began going by the name The Boys joining Dalton Castle as a stable. On September 18, 2015, at All Star Extravaganza VII with the stipulations that if Castle lost, Silas Young woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Wrestling Tournament
On various occasions in professional wrestling, a single-elimination tournament of varying match types are held, often to determine a championship or number-one contendership therein. It has been known for promotions to use title tournament that are fictitious in nature (that is, the title may have been simply awarded under the pretext of winning a tournament elsewhere) - notable ones include the tournaments that established the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and the WWE United States Championship (the latter when it was the NWA United States Championship). In tournaments with a fixed bracket, a multiple-disqualification or a multiple-countout eliminates all parties involved, and those who are slated to face the winner of such a match simply partakes in a match with one less opponent (or simply does not wrestle, if no opponents remain). Tournaments, however, rarely have a final match where only one such finalist remain, with no others qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Michaels
William Pierce (born July 13, 1961) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Chris Michaels. He is best known for his appearances with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based professional wrestling promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 to 1993. He is to not be confused with Nebraska and Iowa wrestler, Chris Michaels (real name, not a ring name) who worked for the USWA with tag team partner Todd Morton. Professional wrestling career Early career (1989–1991) After training under Mark Tendler, Michaels made his debut on the independent circuit in 1989. In September 1990 he started to work for International World Class Championship Wrestling and he worked there until 1992. In January, 1991 Michaels started to work for Herb Abrams UWF. In the summer of 1991 he left the promotion. World Wrestling Federation (1991–1992) In July 1991, Michaels started to work under his real name as a preliminary wrestler in the WWF, jobbing to names such as Sgt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Gunn (wrestler)
Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby league footballer * Tony (footballer, born 1983), full name Tony Heleno da Costa Pinho, Brazilian football defensive midfielder * Tony (footballer, born 1986), full name Antônio de Moura Carvalho, Brazilian football attacking midfielder * Tony (footballer, born 1989), full name Tony Ewerton Ramos da Silva, Brazilian football right-back Film, theater and television * Tony Awards, a Broadway theatre honor * ''Tony'' (1982 film), a Kannada film * ''Tony'' (2009 film), a British horror film directed by Gerard Johnson * ''Tony'' (2013 film), an Indian Kannada thriller film * "Tony" (''Skins'' series 1), an episode of British comedy-drama ''Skins'' * "Tony" (''Skins'' series 2), an episode of ''Skins'' Music * Tony T., stage name of British s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahabali Shera
Amanpreet Singh Randhawa (born 2 May 1990) is an Indian professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling where he performs under the ring name Mahabali Shera or simply Shera. He also had a brief stint under contract with WWE in 2018. Professional wrestling career Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling Ring Ka King (2011–2012) In December 2011, under the ring name Mahabali Veera, he took part in the India project Ring Ka King, backed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He competed in the RKK World Heavyweight Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champion, and he defeated Dr. Nicholas Dinsmore in the quarterfinals of the tournament before being defeated by Scott Steiner in the semifinals. During the final week of tapings, on 21 April 2012, Veera defeated Sir Brutus Magnus to become the final RKK World Heavyweight Champion. The Revolution (2014–2015) On 22 September 2014, it was announced that he would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinn Bodhi
Nicholas Cvjetkovich (; born August 29, 1973) is a Serbo-Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his stint in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he worked on its SmackDown brand as Kizarny. He currently works the independents as Sinn Bodhi. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2000–2007) Cvjetkovich was trained as a wrestler by Rob Fuego and Ron Hutchison in Orangeville, Ontario and also trained for (and later earned) his black belt at Alex Atkinson's Black Belt Institute. His debut match was in 2000 against El Fuego during the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation's Iron Man Tournament at the Canadian National Exhibition. He remained with the AWF until February 2001. He also worked several dates for Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling promotion in Windsor, Ontario, using the name "Lucifer Love" (as AWF employees were not allowed to work for regional competitors, Cvjetkovich used a different ring name and gimmick so he would not be found out). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Bradley
Bradley Thomas Jay (born November 17, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in Impact Wrestling under the ring names of Jay Bradley and Aiden O'Shea, and WWE as Ryan Braddock. Professional wrestling career Early career (1999–2005) Bradley started his wrestling training at the Steel Domain Wrestling school in Chicago, where he trained with wrestlers including CM Punk and Colt Cabana. Bradley suffered several setbacks in his career as he suffered from an overactive thyroid. He worked for several independent promotions in the Mid-West, most notably for IWA Mid-South, before signing a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). World Wrestling Entertainment (2005 - 2009) Deep South Wrestling (2005–2007) He debuted in WWE's then-developmental territory Deep South Wrestling (DSW) as "The Monster of the Midway" Bradley Jay. During his time in DSW he won the Deep South Heavyweight Championship on three occasions. He also wrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legacy Of Brutality (professional Wrestling)
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare Danny Davis
Daniel Briley (born June 30, 1952), better known by the ring name "Nightmare" Danny Davis, is an American retired professional wrestler and referee. He is the founder and former owner of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Career Briley started wrestling in 1977 in the Tennessee territory, where he made a name for himself as "Nightmare" Danny Davis. He would also wrestle as one half of the masked Masters of Terror in the United States Wrestling Association. Davis had a frequent tag team with Ken Wayne in the 1980s. At one time, they wrestled under masks as The Nightmares. The duo also worked under masks as The Galaxians for WCW in the 1990s. Davis also had a brief stint during the latter days of the Central States/Kansas City territory as Tiger Mask, which occurred a few years after Satoru Sayama's tour of the WWF introduced American audiences to the gimmick. He also wrestled in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1992. He retired in 1997 and opened Ohio Valley Wrestling. In 2009, Davis opened Vy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamad Ali Vaez
Mohamad Ali Vaez (born April 5, 1979), is an American professional wrestler, who is best known for his time spent in Ohio Valley Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Global Force Wrestling (2015) On July 24, 2015, Vaez made his Global Force Wrestling (GFW) debut under the ring name Ali Akbar as part of the GFW Tag Team Championship Tournament during the '' GFW Amped'' tapings as part of the tag team The Akbars with Omar Akbar losing to The Bollywood Boyz in the quarterfinals. On August 14, 2015, Akbar teamed with Cliff Compton and Jason Kincaid in a losing effort against Brad Attitude, Peter Kaasa and Vordell Walker during the ''GFW Grand Slam Tour'' in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. On August 21, 2015, The Akbars teamed with P. J. Black during the '' GFW Amped'' tapings defeating the team of Sonjay Dutt and Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre) On August 28 and 29, 2015 during the ''GFW Grand Slam Tour'' in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Richmond, Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Howe (wrestler)
Ryan Howe (born August 23, 1987) is an American professional wrestler who wrestles for the Ohio Valley Wrestling where he is the former OVW Heavyweight Champion with three reigns. Professional wrestling career WWE (2011) In 2011, Howe was a contestant on Season 5 of WWE Tough Enough. Howe was eliminated on Episode 5, finishing ninth out of 14 contestants. Ohio Valley Wrestling (2011–present) Howe made his Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) debut on May 11, 2011, defeating Elvis Pridemoore in a dark match. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2013) On the June 27, 2013, episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Howe took part in a TNA Gut Check match losing to Adam Ohriner. On the July 4, episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Howe returned and was chosen for a second chance based on his performance and later faced the judges for a chance to earn a TNA contract and two judges voted no while one judge voted yes unsuccessfully earning a contract. Championships and accomplishments *Covey Promotions **CP Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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