Ohio Versus Everything (OVE, stylized as oVe) was an American

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that consisted primarily of

Sami Callihan Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, currently signed with Impact Wrestling and is a former Impact World Champion. He also wrestled for Luch ...

Dave Crist The Crist Brothers were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers David Crist Jr. and John Crist, who are best known by their ring names Dave Crist and Jake Crist, they are best known for their time with Impact Wrestling ...

Jake Crist The Crist Brothers were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers David Crist Jr. and John Crist, who are best known by their ring names Dave Crist and Jake Crist, they are best known for their time with Impact Wrestling ...

, and

Madman Fulton Jacob Southwick (born April 2, 1990) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Madman Fulton, where he was a former member of OVE (Ohio Versus Everything). He also wrestled in WWE on their N ...

. The group's name is based on all four members hailing from the state of

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- the Crist Brothers are from New Carlisle (billed from nearby

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), Callihan is from Bellefontaine (West Central Ohio), and Fulton is from Toledo. On the

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, Callihan and the Crist Brothers worked together under the name Ohio Is For Killers (OI4K), which is a play on the song

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Professional wrestling career

Combat Zone Wrestling (2011–2012; 2014–2018)

On April 9, 2011, Jake Crist was invited to compete in Combat Zone Wrestling's "Best Of The Best X" representing Insanity Pro Wrestling. Jake Crist would go on to lose in the first round losing against

in a triple threat match that also involved

A. R. Fox Thomas James "T. J." Ballester (born September 5, 1987), better known by his ring name A. R. Fox, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling. He is also known for his work in promotions like Combat Zone Wrestlin ...

. The next night on April 10, 2011 at CZW's "International Incident" Jake Crist would go on to wrestle

Jon Moxley Jonathan David Good (born December 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jon Moxley. He also makes appearances for New Japan Pro-Wr ...

in Moxley's final match in CZW in another losing effort. After the match Jake would be attacked by both Moxley and

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until Devon Moore made the save. Jake Crist returned to CZW on May 14, 2011 in a losing effort against

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however fans chanted Please Come Back after the match. On June 11, 2011 at CZW "Prelude To Violence" Jake Crist was told by CZW Owner

D. J. Hyde David John Markland (born March 1, 1978) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known as D. J. Hyde. Professional wrestling D. J. Hyde is the owner of Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). Hyde purchased the promotion from its original ...

that if Crist wanted a CZW Contract then he would have to go and defeat Sami Callihan. Callihan would go on to defeat Jake Crist again. After the match both men showed respect by shaking hands.

Adam Cole Austin Kirk Jenkins (born July 5, 1989) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Adam Cole. He is also known for his tenures with WWE and Ring of Honor (ROH). Col ...

and

Mia Yim Stephanie Hym Lee (née Bell; born April 16, 1989) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name "Michin" Mia Yim. She is a member of The O.C.. She is also known for her tim ...

would come down to mock Callihan. During the verbal confrontation D. J. Hyde would come out and lariat Callihan. Jake Crist would try to save Callihan but wound up attacked by D. J. Hyde. On July 9, 2011 at CZW "New Heights" A. R. Fox would offer a

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title match to Jake Crist. Jake Crist would go on to gain his first win in CZW by defeating A. R. Fox to become the new CZW Wired TV Champion. Jake's Brother, Dave Crist would also make his CZW debut celebrating with his brother on title win. On September 10, 2011, Jake Crist was originally supposed to defend his newly won title against Chrisjen Hayme. However, Hayme would withdraw from the match and be replaced by Dustin Rayz. Jake Crist would go on to retain against Dustin Rayz. Dave Crist though, would show more concern about his brothers TV title than in Jake Crists well being. After the show Dustin Rayz would confront the Irish Airborne about Dave getting involved in his match against Jake. Rayz would then challenge Dave Crist at CZW "Cerebral". Dave would go one to win that match. Jake Crist successfully defended his Wired TV title against Latin Dragon earlier that night. On April 14, 2012, Dave defeated Jake with a low blow to win the CZW Wired TV Championship. Upon entering CZW, the Irish Airborne formed the Ohio is 4 Killers stable with Nevaeh and

. On September 27, 2014, at Deja Vu, OI4K defeated the Juicy Product to win the

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. On July 11, 2015, at New Heights, OI4K lost the CZW World Tag Team Championship to Team Tremendous. In Infinity Pro Wrestling, the Crist Brothers defeated Donnie and Jacob Hollows.

Impact Wrestling (2017–2020)

Dave and Jake Crist made their

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debut on August 17, 2017 at

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, under the name Ohio Versus Everything (oVe), defeating Jason Cade and

Zachary Wentz Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand under the ring name Nash Carter and in Impact Wrestling under the ring name Zachary Wentz (or simp ...

. On August 20, at Victory Road, they defeated

The Latin American Xchange The Latin American Xchange (LAX) is a professional wrestling stable that has wrestled in various incarnations primarily for Total Nonstop Action / Impact Wrestling and currently in Major League Wrestling (MLW). The group achieved initial succes ...

(Ortiz and Santana) to win the

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. During their reign, the championship was renamed as the Impact World Tag Team Championship. On the October 12 episode of ''

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'', LAX invoked their rematch clause by challenging oVe to a 5150 Street Fight at Bound for Glory. At Bound for Glory on November 5,

would debut as well as establish his alliance with The Crist Brothers by helping them defeat LAX, with Jake Crist low blowing Ortiz before Callihan delivered a piledriver through a table for the win. They proceeded to attack LAX after the match, resulting in a double turn, turning

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in the process. On the January 4, 2018 episode of ''Impact'', they lost the title to The Latin American Xchange, ending their reign at 164 days. The Crist Brothers and Callihan then formed a faction, which

would later join in March 2019. On the July 19 tapings of ''Impact'', Jake Crist defeated

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to win the

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. Crist would hold the title until October 20, when at Bound For Glory,

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won it in a five-way

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. On October 25, Callihan would defeat

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button

in a

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during the ''Impact'' tapings to win the

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. Callihan held the title until January 12, 2020, when he was defeated by

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. On the April 21, 2020 episode of

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Callihan had a match against

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. During the match the other members of o.V.e interfered and attacked Shamrock. Callihan than attacked them thus leaving the group. On the May 19, 2020 episode of Impact, when Dave Crist was defeated by

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, Madman Fulton attacked Dave Crist and Jake Crist and announced he quit OVE. Dave was released from his contract on June 26, 2020, following sexual harassment and assault allegations surfaced as part of the

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. Dave Crist has never denied the allegations against him and numerous other female wrestling personalities have come forward with more sexual and physical assault allegations. Since these allegations Dave Crist has been absent from the wrestling business.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 3 times) – Callihan **

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( 4 times) – Dave and Jake *Alpha-1 Wrestling ** A1 Tag Team Championship (1 time) *Absolute Intense Wrestling **AIW Tag Team Championship (1 time) *American Pro Wrestling Alliance **APWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

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( 1 time) **

(

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) – Jake (1), Dave (1) **Best of the Best 16 – Dave *Destination One Wrestling **D1W Tag Team Championship (1 time) **Harvest Cup (2014) – Dave *

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(2 times) – Jake **

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(6 times) **

HWA Television Championship The HWA Television Championship was a title contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association. It was introduced on January 6, 2004 when the HWA Cruiserweight Championship was renamed. Quinten Lee was made the HWA Television Championship as he ...

(2 times) – Lotus (Dave) (1), Crazy J (Jake) (1) **HWA Heartland Cup (2011) – Jake *

( 1 time) – Callihan **

( 1 time) – Jake **

Impact World Tag Team Championship The Impact World Tag Team Championship (formally known as the TNA World Tag Team Championship) is a professional wrestling world tag team championship which is owned by the Impact Wrestling promotion. The current champions are The Motor City Mac ...

( 1 time) – Dave and Jake ** Mashup Tournament (2019) – Callihan and

** Moment of the Year (2018) – Callihan destroys Eddie Edwards' face with a baseball batImpact Best of 2018 Fans' Choice Awards Reveal with Anthony Carelli and Alicia Atout! Behind the Lights Episode 34
retrieved December 20, 2018 ** Wrestler of the Year (2018) – Callihan *Infinity Pro Reign **Infinity Pro Duos Championship (1 time) *Insanity Pro Wrestling **IPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Jake **IPW Tag Team Championship (2 times) **IPW Junior Heavyweight Championship (5 times) – Dave (2), Jake (3) **IPW Super Junior Heavyweight Tournament – Dave (2004, 2006), Jake (2005) *IWA East Coast **IWA East Coast Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

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(2 times) – Dave (1), Jake (1) *International Wrestling Cartel **IWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

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(5 times) *Northwest Ohio Wrestling **NOW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Dave **Glass City Tournament (2016) – Dave *

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**PWI ranked Jake #135 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2018 **PWI ranked Dave #140 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

in 2018 *Rockstar Pro Wrestling **Cicero Cup (2014) – Jake **Rockstar Pro Championship (3 times) – Jake (2), Dave (1) **Rockstar Pro American Luchacore Championship (1 time) – Dave **Rockstar Pro Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Jake and Aaron Williams (1), Jake and Ron Mathis (1) **Rockstar Pro Trios Championship (1 time) – Dave and

with

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**Style Battle #1 – Dave *Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling **XICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Dave, Aaron Williams,

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, Kyle Maverick,

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and Zachary Wentz

References

External links

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