| Brandon Silvestry | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Kwik Kick Quick Kick Low-Key Loki Lo Ki Low-Ki Low Ki Senshi |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1. 73 m) |
| Billed weight | 180 lb (82 kg/13 st) |
| Born | September 6, 1979 Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York City, USA |
| Billed from | Brooklyn, New York |
| Trained by | Homicide Jim Kettner |
| Debut | October 10, 1998 |
Brandon Silvestry (born September 6, 1979), better known by his ring name, Low Ki, is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Fort Hamilton is a neighborhood in the far southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The City of New York Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Nelson Erazo (born March 20 1977) is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent better known by his ring Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) A ring name is a Stage name used by a professional wrestler, or in some cases a Martial artist or boxer. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff Puerto Ricans in the United States (also referred to as the "Puerto Rican Diaspora," " Nuyorican " "Stateside Puerto Ricans" "mainland He is sometimes considered a mixed martial arts fighter. Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and A trained martial artist, Low Ki is known for his stiff style kicks and his seriousness towards the sport. To be stiff in Professional wrestling is to hit an opponent with force He is performing in the American independent circuit, most notably for Jersey All Pro Wrestling and IWA Mid-South. In Professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW is an independent wrestling promotion based in New Jersey. Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (also known as IWA Mid-South IWA-MS and IWA Mid South Wrestling is an independent Professional wrestling promotion [1]. Low Ki recently returned to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG) is a Professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers He is also known for his work in TNA Wrestling, where he competed under the name Senshi. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA) is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett
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Silvestry admits that the name "Low Ki", originally spelled Low-Key, came from the lyrics of the BLACKstreet song, No Diggity. BLACKstreet is an American R&B group founded in 1992 by Teddy Riley, the inventor of New Jack Swing known for his work as a member of Guy. " No Diggity " is a 1996 song by American R&B group BLACKstreet featuring Dr [2]. In 2000 on an episode of WWF Metal he wrestled the then WWE Hardcore Champion Crash. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Hardcore Championship was a Hardcore wrestling championship defended in World Wrestling Entertainment, (formerly the World Michael John Lockwood (August 25 1971 - November 6 2003 At No Mercy, they defeated the New Age Outlaws ( Mr [3] Silvestry is considered one of the top independent talents and athletes in the world and is known for his use of various brutal strikes. Because of this, many people assumed that he legitimately knocked out opponent Dan Maff early in their main event match at ROH's Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies in 2003 with his Tidal Wave springboard enzuigiri, causing the match to be stopped. Dan Lopez is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Dan "Danny" Maff. Attacking maneuvers are offensive moves in Professional wrestling, used to set up an opponent for a submission hold or for a throw. He is also known for his intensity, focus, and serious approach to wrestling, which he calls his "art. " Ki is also known for keeping up his character, even outside of the wrestling ring, as well as pumping himself up before matches by kicking walls.
Low Ki's attitude and conduct has come under scrutiny on several occasions; he was involved in a confrontation with Tammy Lynn Sytch in 2002 after he allegedly "took her chair"[4][5]. Tammy Lynn Sytch (born December 7, 1972) is a Professional wrestling manager and personality Later the same year, at a New Age Wrestling Federation event in Connecticut, Low-Ki tried to inflict damage on his opponent, John Brooks. When Brooks retaliated a real fight broke out and sources say they also had a shoot fight in the parking lot[6]. In 2004 The Blue Meanie claimed that Low Ki became belligerent and punched a door, damaging it in the process, during a pay dispute. Brian Heffron (born May 18 1973 is a professional wrestler better known as The Blue Meanie. [6]
Low-Ki made his debut in Ring of Honor in its first show The Era of Honor Begins. Ring of Honor (ROH is an American Professional wrestling promotion. In that show's main event he defeated "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson and "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. Bryan Danielson (born May 22 1981) is a American independent professional wrestler, also known as the "American Dragon" Daniel Christopher Covell (born December 24, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name On July 27, 2002, at Crowning a Champion, Low-Ki became the first ever Ring Of Honor Champion by defeating Christopher Daniels, Spanky and Doug Williams in a Four Way Ironman match. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Brian David Kendrick Together they also held the World Tag Team Championship for a brief period Douglas Clayton Durdle (born September 1, 1972 in Reading Berkshire) is an English professional wrestler best known by his on August 28, 2002, Low Ki successfully defended his title against AJ Styles in a very sporting contest. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Alan Jones (born June 2 1978 (TNA where he is a three-time TNA Triple Crown Champion. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively On September 21, 2002, at Unscripted, he would lose the title to Xavier, who, after winning the title, became a member of Christopher Daniels stable The Prophecy. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. John Jirus (born in Queens New York New York) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Ring of Honor The Prophecy was a heel stable in Ring of Honor, led by Christopher Daniels, who's goal was to break down Ring of Honor and rebuild in their [7] Low Ki then faced Samoa Joe (Joe's debut) in a "Fight Without Honor". Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17 1979 Before becoming a wrestler Seanoa worked as a Mortgage broker. In what resembled more of an MMA fight, Low Ki won the competitive bout and they shook hands after the match. Low-Ki left the promotion in 2004 due to the infamous Feinstein incident in ROH. Robert Feinstein is the owner and operator of RF Video (a professional wrestling video tape & DVD distribution company who were best known as the videographers of Extreme Championship He returned to Ring of Honor in 2004 during the match, where Samoa Joe with the Briscoe Brothers fought against The Rottweilers (Homicide & the Havana Pitbulls). Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17 1979 Before becoming a wrestler Seanoa worked as a Mortgage broker. The Rottweilers were a Professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor led by Homicide. Nelson Erazo (born March 20 1977) is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent better known by his ring The Havana Pitbulls were a Professional wrestling Tag team, consisting of Rocky Romero and Ricky Reyes. It looked like Low-Ki would save Samoa Joe from the beatdown by The Rottweilers, but instead he spat on the ROH World Championship, which was then held by Samoa Joe, and joined the heel stable. The Ring of Honor (ROH World Championship, originally named the "ROH Title" is the top championship title competed for in the independent Professional [7]
At Weekend of Thunder Night 2 on November 6, 2004 he started a feud with Bryan Danielson, who was Low-Ki's partner in a match against Samoa Joe and Jushin "Thunder" Liger. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with better known as and later is a Japanese professional wrestler who invented the Shooting Star Press. Ki & Danielson lost the match and Low-Ki blamed his partner for that, so The Rottweilers started a beatdown on Danielson. On December 4, 2004, at All Star Extravaganza II, Bryan Danielson defeated Homicide of The Rottweilers. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. In that same event Low-Ki wrestled Austin Aries in a #1 Contender's match to Samoa Joe's ROH World Championship. Dan Solwold He wrestled in the midwest for several years before his east coast wrestling career was jumpstarted after he progressed to the finals of the 2004 The match ended in a draw. ROH Officials extended the match, but Low-Ki refused to wrestle, so the winner of the match became Austin Aries. Instead of facing Samoa Joe at Final Battle 2004, Low-Ki wrestled Bryan Danielson, but Low Ki got himself disqualified and then attacked the referee. This was enough, for ROH officials to suspend him indefinitely as a result. [7]
Low-Ki returned in 2005 and immediately attacked Jay Lethal at Manhattan Mayhem with his fellow Rottweiler, Homicide. Jamar Shipman was born April 21, 1985 in Elizabeth New Jersey. The impromptu tag team match was made: The Rottweilers vs Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal. Low-Ki & Homicide won the match and injured Lethal with a Ghetto Stomp/Da Cop Killa combination. The feud continued at Death Before Dishonor 3, where Low-Ki and Lethal faced each other in a singles match, but it ended in a no contest. They had a rematch at Redemption, but the ending was the same and Rottweilers beat Lethal down after the match. Finally, at Glory By Honor IV, a match between the two ended with Low-Ki getting a pinfall victory over Jay. It looked like the feud was over, but when Samoa Joe went on to save Colt Cabana from a beatdown by The Rottweilers, Jay Lethal came out to even the odds and said that he wanted yet another rematch with Low-Ki, which Lethal won this time, ending the feud. Scott Colton (born May 6 1980) better known by his Ring name Colt Cabana, is a Professional wrestler currently wrestling Later in the year, Low-Ki helped Homicide in his feud against Colt Cabana. On December 17, 2005, at Final Battle 2005, he challenged KENTA for his GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, but came up short. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila also known by his Ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler and one of the last two trainees of the All Japan Pro Wrestling The Global Honored Crown (GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship is a Professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH Low-Ki left ROH once again in January 2006. He won his last match against Jack Evans. Jack Edward Miller (born April 2, 1982 in Parkland Washington) better known by his ring name Jack Evans, is a Professional wrestler ROH covered his leaving by having the ROH commissioner Jim Cornette ban Low-Ki from Ring of Honor for life after it was discovered that he was the one who knocked Cornette's tooth out at Tag Wars 2006. James Mark "Jim" Cornette (born September 17 1961 is an American Professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter [7]
Low Ki's first trip to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was for its debut show in a six-man tag match alongside AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn against the Flying Elvises. In NWA TNA 2, on June 26, 2002, he attempted (in a losing effort) to become the first NWA-TNA X Division Champion. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. He would though, eventually go on to win the title from A.J. Styles on August 2 at NWA TNA #8, but lost it two weeks later to Jerry Lynn. Alan Jones (born June 2 1978 (TNA where he is a three-time TNA Triple Crown Champion. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Jeremy "Jerry" Lynn (born June 12 1963) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme He would later form the Triple X stable with Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper as part of the Sports Entertainment Xtreme superstable later that year, and would hold the NWA World Tag Team Championships twice, once each with Daniels and Skipper. Triple X was a wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Daniel Christopher Covell (born December 24, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name Elix Skipper (born December 15, 1977 in Long Island, New York) is an American professional wrestler as well as former Sports Entertainment Xtreme ( SEX) was a heel Professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, once led by The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Tag Team Championship is the premier Tag team title within the NWA framework When Daniels's greed for the X Division Title initially forced Low Ki out of Triple X, Ki would go on to battle Daniels in Ultimate X 2, but Low Ki's pursuit was unsuccessful. The Ultimate X match is a type of Professional wrestling match created by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA mainly used in their X Division Low Ki would leave TNA in July 2003 to recover from a shoulder injury suffered in Ultimate X2 as well as to focus on his independent bookings.
At TNA Lockdown 2006, Christopher Daniels's mystery opponent was revealed to be the returning Low-Ki, who wrestled under the name of Senshi (Japanese for "warrior"). Lockdown (2006 was the second annual Lockdown Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Daniel Christopher Covell (born December 24, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name Low-Ki didn't want to sign away the rights to his ring name Low Ki to TNA, so he was renamed. A ring name is a Stage name used by a professional wrestler, or in some cases a Martial artist or boxer. He signed a long-term contract with TNA later under the name Senshi.
Following Lockdown, Senshi was not seen in action for several weeks, completely missing the Sacrifice pay per view in the process. Sacrifice is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of May Instead, he was built up with a series of vignettes hyping his martial arts background, his intense training, and his desire to dominate the X Division once more, hinting at the possibility of challenging the incumbent X Division Champion, the undefeated Samoa Joe. The X Division is a high-flying high-risk style of Professional wrestling seen originally in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and since then in various NWA member promotions Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17 1979 Before becoming a wrestler Seanoa worked as a Mortgage broker. Senshi eventually made his TNA iMPACT! debut on May 25, 2006, defeating Jay Lethal, Alex Shelley, and Shark Boy in a four way match. TNA Impact! (official typeset " TNA iMPACT! " is a Professional wrestling Television program produced by Total Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Jamar Shipman was born April 21, 1985 in Elizabeth New Jersey. Patrick Martin (born May 23 1983 better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total Dean Roll (born January 28, 1975) He debuted on May 3 1997 in Thatcher's Heartland Wrestling Association, wrestling as the masked [7]
Senshi defeated Sonjay Dutt, Alex Shelley, Shark Boy, Petey Williams and Jay Lethal at TNA Slammiversary 2006 to become the #1 contender to the X Division championship. Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982 in Washington DC) better known by his Ring name, Sonjay Dutt, is an Indian American Patrick Martin (born May 23 1983 better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total Dean Roll (born January 28, 1975) He debuted on May 3 1997 in Thatcher's Heartland Wrestling Association, wrestling as the masked Peter "Petey" Williams III (born August 26, 1981 in Windsor Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional wrestler Jamar Shipman was born April 21, 1985 in Elizabeth New Jersey. Slammiversary 2006 was the second annual Slammiversary Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Senshi went on to become champion on the June 22, 2006 episode of TNA iMPACT! defeating Samoa Joe and Sonjay Dutt after he pinned Dutt. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17 1979 Before becoming a wrestler Seanoa worked as a Mortgage broker. Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982 in Washington DC) better known by his Ring name, Sonjay Dutt, is an Indian American He defended the title on several occasions against various opponents until, 3 months later, he lost the title to Chris Sabin at Bound for Glory. Joshua Harter (born February 4 1982) better known by his ring name Chris Sabin, is an American professional wrestler, currently working Bound for Glory 2006 was the second annual Bound for Glory Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling [7]
Senshi would go on to be involved in the first Paparazzi Championship Series during late 2006 and into 2007.
He later feuded with Austin Starr and in result faced him at the Destination X pay-per-view, where they fought in a Crossface Chickenwing match. Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by competitors to immobilize their opponents or lead to a Submission. Their feud would continue until TNA Lockdown in a six sides of steel match, which he won. At Slammiversary, he teamed with Rhino to defeat the Latin American Exchange. Slammiversary (2007 was the third annual Slammiversary Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Terry Gerin (born October 7 1975 Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999-2001 Gerin debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1999 as Rhino, the [7] At Victory Road 2007 Senshi would go on to compete in a 10 man Ultimate X match which he would go on to lose. Victory Road is a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The Ultimate X match is a type of Professional wrestling match created by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA mainly used in their X Division However after the match the stable Triple X was reformed with Senshi, "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels and the returning "Primetime" Elix Skipper. Triple X was a wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Daniel Christopher Covell (born December 24, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name Elix Skipper (born December 15, 1977 in Long Island, New York) is an American professional wrestler as well as former They would go on to win their reunion match on the July 19 edition of Impact against Serotonin. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. TNA Impact! (official typeset " TNA iMPACT! " is a Professional wrestling Television program produced by Total Raven's Nest was a Professional wrestling stable led by Raven that was present in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1997
Triple X went on to face Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt and The Motor City Machine Guns at Hard Justice with a losing effort to Lethal and Dutt. The Motor City Machine Guns are a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. Elix Skipper and Senshi also went on to face LAX at Bound for Glory in Ultimate X, ultimately losing when Hernandez grabbed the X. Shawn Hernandez (born February 11 1973) is an American professional wrestler of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent better known by his
During TNA's annual Turning Point Pay-Per-View, Senshi participated in the Feast or Fired batte royal. Turning Point is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of December Senshi would grab one of the briefcases and land on the floor, winning him a chance at a TNA championship match or to be fired. However he lost the briefcase in a match against Christopher Daniels on the following episode of iMPACT!. This would turn out to be beneficial for Senshi, as Daniels lost his job when the briefcase he won from Senshi turned out to be the one which resulted in the owner losing his job. During the month of December 2007, it was reported that Senshi has submitted his notice to TNA. On January 29th 2008, TNA officially removed Senshi's profile from their website.
Low Ki won the PWG World Championship on January 5, 2008, defeating Bryan Danielson. The PWG World Championship is the top singles title in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Professional wrestling promotion, which was established in Bryan Danielson (born May 22 1981) is a American independent professional wrestler, also known as the "American Dragon" Low Ki recently forfeited the PWG World Championship due to injury, and a tournament to crown a new champion was held on February 24, 2008, which was won by Human Tornado. Craig Williams (born May 1, 1983) better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is an American Professional wrestler
Low Ki first made his trip to Japan with the Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE promotion. "ZERO-ONE" redirects here ZERO-ONE is also the name of the vehicle in Pokémon Snap. It was in ZERO-ONE that Ki won his first singles title, the ZERO-ONE Light Heavyweight Title, which he held until late 2003. Ki left ZERO-ONE in mid-2004 to join Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he was instantly given a title shot against GHC Jr. Pro-Wrestling NOAH is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa Heavyweight champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (金丸義信 Kanemaru Yoshinobu) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he holds [7]
Since leaving TNA, Low Ki has signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling and joined Shinsuke Nakamura's Stable RISE, replacing injuried Milano Collection AT. is a major Professional wrestling federation in Japan and is a member of the National Wrestling Alliance, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972 Shinsuke Nakamura is not to be confused with Shunsuke Nakamura, the Japanese football player In his first match back he was injured.