Alex Silva Alexandre Freitas ( January 23 , 1990 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Alex Silva . He is best known for his time in Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Professional wrestling career . Independent circuit ( 2004 – 2011 ) . Silva made his debut for the Awesome Wrestling Entertainment promotion on February 5 , 2011 in a losing effort to Jimmy Wang Yang . He returned to the promotion on October 15 , at the " Night of Legends " pay per - view , defeating Dave Finlay . On August 1 , Silva was defeated by Brodus Clay in a dark match at WWE ' s Raw . On August 2 , Silva used the name " " Pat Silva " " ' in a match for WWE Superstars again in a losing effort to Brodus Clay . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2010 – 2013 ) . Silva made his debut in Ohio Valley Wrestling on November 17 , at the OVW TV Tapings in a loss to Cliff Compton . On November 24 , Silva defeated Omar Akbar . On December 1 , Silva teamed up with Ryan Nemeth in a lossing effort to Adam Revolver and Ted McNaler " ( The Elite ) " . On December 11 , at OVW ' s " Saturday Night Special " , Alex Silva defeated Mohamad Ali Vaez and won the OVW Television Championship , becoming the youngest OVW Television champion in history at only 19 years old . Silva made his first title defense against Vaez on December 15 , at the OVW TV Tapings winning via disqualification . Alex Silva then defeated Mike Mondo , in a house show , and Jimbo Onno at the OVW TV Tapings . He lost the OVW Television Championship back to Mohamed Ali Vaez on January 26 , at OVW ' s " Saturday Night Special " . On February 9 , and February 16 , he was defeated by James Thomas and Mike Mondo . Since then Silva took some time of off OVW . He made his return on July 6 , at the OVW TV Tapings , with a victory over Randy Terrez . On July 13 , he defeated Lennox Noris ; on July 27 , Chase King ; on August 24 , Mysterie . In September , Silva started a feud with James Onno after he turned on him during a tag team match . This led to a match between the two at OVW ' s " Saturday Night Special " on September 11 , in which Silva won . On October 12 , at the OVW TV Tapings , he defeated Lennox Noris ; on October 19 , Raul LaMotta ; on November 2 , Ace Hawkins . On November 9 , at the OVW TV Tapings , Alex Silva defeated Rocco Bellagio to win the OVW Television Championship for second time , becoming the first OVW Television Champion since becoming the developmental territory to Impact Wrestling . He successfully defended the belt over Belagio at OVW ' s " Saturday Night Special " on November 12 . After losing the Television Title , he began teaming with newcomer Sam Shaw . They began to feud with various tag teams in the coming weeks . On December 1 , Silva and Shaw defeated Jessie Godderz and Rudy Switchblade for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship . They lost the title to Crimson and Jason Wayne on January 16 , 2013 . But defeated them on February 27 , 2013 to regain the titles and have a second reign . However , they lost the titles to The Coalition on April 3 , 2013 and it was revealed afterward on his Twitter account that Silva had suffered a Grade 3 Concussion . On June 5 , 2013 Alex Silva was released from OVW due to release from TNA . Ring of Honor ( 2010 – 2011 ) . On December 9 , 2010 , Alex Silva made his debut for the Ring of Honor promotion at the Ring of Honor TV tapings in a lossing effort to Michael Elgin . On December 10 , he teamed up with Chrisjen Hayme in a lossing effort to Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong . On October 1 , 2011 , he lost to Tommaso Ciampa . On November 5 , he competed in a losing effort to Mike Mondo . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2011 - 2013 ) . On November 15 , 2011 , Silva wrestled a dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , losing to the TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries . On the April 26 , 2012 , episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Silva made his televised TNA debut in a losing effort to Robbie E as part of the TNA Gut Check . On the following week ' s episode , Al Snow , Bruce Prichard and Ric Flair voted to give Silva a TNA contract after he cut a promo and he became part of the official roster . As a winner of TNA Gut Check , Silva was signed to a developmental contract with the promotion and assigned back to OVW . Silva returned to " Impact Wrestling " on November 22 , losing to fellow Gut Check winner Sam Shaw . On January 12 , 2013 , Silva took part in the taping of X - Travaganza , competing in a seven - man Xscape match ( aired on April 5 , 2013 ) , which was won by Christian York . On January 12 , 2013 , Silva took part in the taping of Joker ' s Wild ( airing on May 3 , 2013 ) , teaming with Hernandez in a loss to the Aces & Eights team of Devon & DOC . On June 5 , 2013 , Silva ' s profile was removed from TNA roster page Return to the independent circuit ( 2013 - Present ) . In December 2013 , Silva made his debut for TOW Wrestling , an independent promotion based in Montreal , Quebec . He wrestled twice , defeating Volkano , and " Surfer " Mitch Thompson . Both matches are set to air on Réseau des Sports in January 2014 .