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 WWE. He was replaced by Paul Heyman who booked OVW until being called up to be the booker of the ECW brand. Greg Gagne was supposed to be booker after Heyman but his knowledge of OVW was limited so the booking was extended to also include Al Snow and Danny Davis. Gagne was later released from the company leaving booking to Snow and Davis.
OVW wrestlers are often used as jobbers, or "enhancement talents", for 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 | Chet the Jett | August 30th, 2006 | CM Punk |
| OVW Television Champion | Devon Driscoll | October 9th, 2006 | Charles Evans |
| OVW Southern Tag Team Champion | The Untouchables (Deuce Shade & Dice Domino) |
August 2nd, 2006 | CM Punk and Seth Skyfire |
| OVW Women's Champion | Beth Phoenix | October 4th, 2006 | Serena |
Defunct Championships
- OVW Hardcore Championship (2000 - 2001)
- OVW Light Heavyweight Championship (1999-2001)
Current 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
- Armando Alejandro Estrada (Hazem Ali)
- Eugene (Nick Dinsmore)
- Charlie Haas
- Mickie James
- Johnny (Johnny Jeter)
- JTG (Jayson Paul)
- Maria Kanellis
- Kenny (Ken Doane)
- Chris Masters (Chris Mordetsky)
- Robbie McAllister (Derek Graham-Couch)
- Rory McAllister (Russell Murray)
- Melina Perez
- Mikey (Mike Brenley)
- Mitch (Nick Mitchell)
- Nicky (Nick Nemeth)
- Johnny Nitro (John Hennigan)
- Randy Orton
- Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Carolan)
- Shad (Shad Gaspard)
- Snitsky (Eugene Snitsky)
- Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon)
Friday Night SmackDown!
- Batista (David Bautista)
- Elijah Burke
- Simon Dean (Mike Bucci)
- Jillian Hall
- Mark Henry
- KC James (Kurt Sellers)
- Chris Kay referee
- Ken Kennedy (Ken Anderson)
- Bobby Lashley (Franklin Roberto Lashley)
- Paul London
- Michelle McCool (Michelle McCool-Alexander)
- Joey Mercury (Adam Birch)
- Mike "The Miz" Mizanin
- Queen Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman)
- Idol Stevens (Aaron Stevens)
- Sylvan (Sylvain Grenier)