Brandon Silvestry

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Brandon Silvestry Flag of the United States
An image of 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)
Born September 6, 1979 (1979-09-06) (age 28)
Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York City Flag of New York
Billed from Brooklyn, New York
Trained by Homicide
Jim Kettner
Debut October 10, 1998

Brandon Silvestry (born September 6, 1979), best known by the ring name, Low Ki, is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.[1] He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as "The Warrior" Senshi.[2] He is also performing in the American independent circuit, most notably for Jersey All Pro Wrestling and IWA Mid-South.[3]

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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.[4] In 2002 on an episode of WWF Metal he wrestled the then WWE European Champion Christian.[5] 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. 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"[6][7], also that year at a New Age Wrestling Federation event in Connecticut, Low-Ki was trying 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[8], and in 2004 The Blue Meanie claimed that he became belligerent and punched a door, damaging it in the process, during a pay dispute.[8]

Low-Ki made his debut in Ring of Honor in its first show The Era of Honor Begins. In that show's main event he defeated "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson and "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. 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. 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.[9] Low-Ki left the promotion in 2004 due to the infamous Feinstein incident in ROH. He returned to Ring of Honor in 2004 during the match, where Samoa Joe with Jay & Mark Briscoes fought against The Rottweilers (Homicide & the Havana Pitbulls). 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.[9]

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. 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. In that same event Low-Ki wrestled Austin Aries in a #1 Contender's match to Samoa Joe's ROH World Championship. 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.[9]

Low-Ki returned in 2005 and immediately attacked Jay Lethal at Manhattan Mayhem with his fellow Rottweiler, Homicide. 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. 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. Low-Ki left ROH once again in January 2006. He won his last match against Jack Evans. 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.[9]

Low Ki's first trip to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was for its debut show. In NWA TNA 2, on June 26, 2002, he attempted (in a losing effort) to become the first NWA-TNA X Division Champion. 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. 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. 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. 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"). Low-Ki didn't want to sign away the rights to his ring name Low Ki to TNA, so he was renamed. 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. 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. Senshi eventually made his TNA iMPACT! debut on May 25, 2006, defeating Jay Lethal, Alex Shelley, and Shark Boy in a four way match.[9]

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. 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. 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.[9]

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. 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.[9] At Victory Road 2007 Senshi would go on to compete in a 10 man Ultimate X match which he would go on to lose. However after the match the stable Triple X was reformed with Senshi, "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels and the returning "Primetime" Elix Skipper. They would go on to win their reunion match on the July 19th edition of Impact against Serotonin.

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. Elix Skipper and Senshi also went on to face LAX at Bound for Glory in Ultimate X, ultimately losing when Hernandez grabbed the X.

During TNA's annual Turning Point Pay-Per-View, Senshi participated in the Feast or Fired batte royal. 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!. The day after Turning Point, Pwtorch reported that there was an all-talent meeting held before that night's iMPACT! tapings where anybody who was unhappy and wanted to leave TNA would be granted an unconditional release. Silvestry and Ron Killings were the only ones to take them up on the offer.[1].

Low Ki first made his trip to Japan with the Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE promotion. 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. Heavyweight champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru.[9]

  • Future Wrestling Alliance
    • FWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Impact Championship Wrestling
    • ICW Championship (1 time)
  • International Wrestling Cartel
    • IWC Super Indies Championship (1 time)
  • Jersey Championship Wrestling
    • JCW Championship (1 time)
    • JCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
  • Long Island Wrestling Federation
    • LIWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Midwest Championship Wrestling
    • MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Airborne
  • Premiere Wrestling Federation
    • PWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Pro Wrestling WORLD-1
    • PWW1 Openweight Championship (1 time)
  • USA Pro Wrestling
    • USA Pro Tag Team Championship (with Xavier)
  • world Xtreme wrestling
    • wXw World Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

  • Let the Gates of Hell Open: The Best of The Rottweilers – ROH DVD

  1. ^ Bebo.com: Brandon Silvestry Profile. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  2. ^ Total Nonstop Action: Senshi Bio. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  3. ^ Super Sports Center: Low-Ki. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  4. ^ 10 Questions with Low-Ki. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  5. ^ Brandon Silvestry: IMDb. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  6. ^ Wrestle News: Low-Ki Altercation with Tammy Lynn-Sytch. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  7. ^ Official Women of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  8. ^ a b Wrestlings Greatest: Senshi. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h Accelerator: Low-Ki Biography. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.

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