1998 11/17 _ _
1999 7/20 8/17 11/10
2000 6/23 8/4 10/13
2001 1/31 4/4 6/27





November 17, 1998 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing 1,625
  1. Terek the Great pinned Jason Lee (9:41).

  2. Jebediah Blackhawk & Cousin Otter beat David C and Juan Hurtado (8:40) when Otter pinned C.

  3. Erin O' Grady pinned Chad Collyer (4:12).

  4. Kousin Krazy pinned Rasputin (2:35).

  5. Flash Flanagan & Trailer Park Trash beat Rod Steel & Scott Sandlin (9:12) when Trash pinned Sandlin.

  6. Doug Basham beat OVW Champ Rip Rogers via DQ.

  7. Sean Stasiak pinned Matt Bloom (7:10).

  8. Nick Dinsmore & Rob Conway beat OVW Tag Champs Vito & Guido Andretti (9:20) via DQ.

  9. Trailer Park Trash won a "30-man battle royal."
Note: This was the first OVW show at the Gardens. The company ran the building weekly for several months. Starting with the July 2000 event (the first one after it became an official WWE training promotion), all OVW shows at the Gardens will be listed.

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July 20, 1999 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing ???
  1. Vito Andretti pinned Juan Hurtado.

  2. Kousin Krazy pinned Todd Rave.

  3. OVW Light Heavyweight Champ Johhny Spade beat Rasputin.

  4. Jebediah Blackhawk pinned Jack Black in a "retirement" match.

  5. Rico Constantino beat Guido Andretti.

  6. Chris Alexander pinned American Eagle.

  7. Rip Rogers & Jason Lee beat Flash Flanagan & Trailer Park Trash to win the OVW Tag Title.

  8. WWF Hardcore Champ Al Snow pinned Prince Albert.

  9. OVW Champ The Damaja beat Nick Dinsmore and Rob Conway in a "three way" match.
    • Dinsmore was pinned.
    • Damaja pinned Conway.
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August 17, 1999 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing ???
  1. Juan Hurtado & American Eagle beat Guido & Vito Andretti when Hurtado pinned Guido.

  2. Sean Casey pinned Johnny Spade to win the OVW Light Heavyweight Title.

  3. Bull Buchanan beat Jebediah.

  4. Rico Constantino beat Flash Flanagan via DQ.

  5. Nick Dinsmore beat Chris Candido.

  6. OVW Tag Champs Rip Rogers & Jason Lee beat The Rock-n-Roll Express via DQ.

  7. Rob Conway pinned The Damaja to win the OVW Title.
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November 10, 1999 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing ???
  1. Chris Alexander vs. Randy Royal.

  2. Lowrider & BJ Payne vs. Vito & Guido Andretti.

  3. Jebediah vs. Nick Dinsmore.

  4. Mr. Black vs. Trailer Park Trash.

  5. Flash Flanagan vs. Tracy Smothers.

  6. Bull Buchanan vs. The Damaja.

  7. Sean Casey vs. Scotty Sabre & Danaka in a "handicap" match.

  8. OVW Tag Champs Rip Rogers & Jason Lee vs. Matt & Jeff Hardy in a "ladder" match.

  9. Rico Constantino beat Rob Conway in a "coalminer's glove" match to win the OVW Title.
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OVW Rockin' Rumble


"30th Anniversary of Wrestling at the Gardens"
June 23, 2000 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing 3,000 ($26,000)
  1. Jerome Crony won a "battle royal." Also in the match were: Guido & Vito Andretti, Shelton Benjamin, Sean Casey, Kidd Kwik, Chris Michaels, Randy Orton, Randy Royal, Johnny Spade, and Alan Steele.

  2. Slash (Wolfie D) & Damian beat Scotty Sabre & BJ Payne to win the OVW Tag Team Title when Payne was pinned.

  3. Robbie D & Tony Vannetti beat Rico Constantino & Charlie Steele when Vannetti pinned Steele.

  4. Kurt Angle beat The Collector (6:00) via submission.

  5. The Fabulous Ones (with Jackie Fargo) beat Derrick King & Jason Lee (14:22) when Lane pinned King.

  6. Russ McCullough & Bull Buchanan beat Mr. Black & Mark Henry (9:11) when McCullough pinned Black.

  7. Trailer Park Trash pinned Flash Flannagan (16:30) to win the first OVW Hardcore Title. Dutch Mantel was the guest referee.

  8. OVW Title Nick Dinsmore pinned Al Snow (21:05).

  9. Kane & The Damaja beat D-Lo & Rob Conway (12:27) when Damaja pinned Conway and Kane pinned Brown. Mick Foley was the guest referee.
Hardcore Title Tournament bracketing

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Summer Blast


August 4, 2000 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing ???
  1. The Disciples of Synn (Damien & Slash) beat BJ Payne & Scotty Sabre to win the OVW Tag Title.

  2. Nick Disnmore beat Flash to win the OVW Title.
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Night of the Demon


October 13, 2000 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing ???
  1. Randy Orton beat Johnny Spade.

  2. Chris Michaels & Sean Casey beat Jason Lee & Derrick King.

  3. Brock Lesnar beat The Collector via DQ in a "shoot fight" match.

  4. Mark Henry pinned David Nelson.

  5. Russ McCullough beat Kenny Bolin, Thurstin Throckmorton, & Jerome Kronie in a "handicap" match.

  6. NWA Tag Champs Rick Michaels & David Young beat Chris Michaels & Sean Casey.

  7. The Damaja beat Robbie D in an "I quit" match.

  8. Mr. Black beat Trailer Park Trash to win the OVW Hardcore Title in a "loser leaves town" match.

  9. OVW Champ Rob Conway beat Nick Dinsmore.

  10. BJ Payne & Flash beat The Disciples of Synn (Slash & Damien).

  11. Leviathan pinned The Big Show.
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Christmas Chaos


January 31, 2001 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing 5,010 ($72,166)
  1. Shelton Benjamin & Brock Lesnar beat Johnny Spade & Sly Skraper when Lesnar made the pin.

  2. Randy Orton pinned Robbie D.

  3. Rob Conway beat Ron Waterman via submission.

  4. Rip Rogers, Jason Lee, & Derrick King beat Sean Casey, Chris Michaels, & Buddy Landel. As a result, Phil Phair had to kiss the winners' butts.

  5. Russ McCullough beat The Damaja in a "last man standing" match.

  6. Flash Flannagan & Trailer Park Trash beat Rico Constantino & Mr. Black in a "hardcore" match when Trash pinned Black.

  7. The Big Show pinned Mark Henry.

  8. Matt & Jeff Hardy & Lita beat The Disciples of Synn.

  9. Chris Benoit beat OVW Champ Nick Dinsmore via DQ.

  10. Kane pinned Leviathan.
Note: This show was originally scheduled for December 13th, but was postponed due to poor weather.

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Bluegrass Brawl


April 4, 2001 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing 150 ($1,800)
  1. Brian Keck beat Derrick King.

  2. Sly Scraper & Johnny Spade beat Sean Casey & Chris Michaels.

  3. Randy Orton beat Rob Conway.

  4. Ron Waterman & Eric Angle beat Mr. Black & Jerome Kronie.

  5. The Damaja beat a mystery man via DQ.

  6. Leviathan pinned Bull Buchanan.

  7. Trailer Park Trash beat Mark Henry in a "coward waves the flag" match.

  8. Shelton Benjamin, Brock Lesnar, & Robert Brisco beat The Disciples of Synn (Payne, Damien, & Synn).

  9. Flash beat Rico Constantino and Nick Dinsmore in a "three way" match to win the OVW Title.
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The Last Dance


June 27, 2001 in Louisville, KY
Louisville Gardens drawing 3,000
  1. Derrick King, Jason Lee, & Brian Keck beat Chris Alexander, Chris Michaels, & Sean Casey (6:39) when Keck pinned Casey.

  2. Damaja & Rob Conway beat Mike Hard & Sly Scraper (6:34) when Damaja pinned Hard.

  3. Donna Derring pinned Tony Vannetti (3:44).

  4. OVW Southern Tag Champs Brock Lesner & Brian Keck (subbing for Shelton Benjamin) beat Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko (9:01) when Lesner pinned Saturn.

  5. Randy Orton pinned Rico Constantino (10:09).

  6. The Big Show & Mark Henry beat Mr. Black & Prototype (13:09) when Henry pinned Black.

  7. Nick Dinsmore pinned The Machine (17:02) in a "retirement vs. mask" match.

  8. Ron Waterman & Bobby Eaton beat The Disciples of Synn (Payne & Damien) (11:17) when Eaton pinned Payne.

  9. OVW Champ Flash pinned Chris Jericho (17:13).

  10. The Undertaker & Kane beat Leviathan & Diamond Dallas Page (13:41) via DQ.
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