Low-Ki

**Brandon Silvestry** (born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler of Italian and Puerto Rican descent, better known by the ring name **Low Ki**. He is best known for his work with Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor and other independent wrestling promotions. He is also known for his short stint in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as **Kaval**.

He is a one-time PWG World Champion, the inaugural ROH World Champion, the current MLW World Heavyweight Champion and a three-time NWA World Tag Team Champion, and has won a number of tournaments and other championships on the independent circuit, and was the winner of the second season of *NXT* in 2010. Silvestry has also worked extensively in Japan, most notably for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, and Pro Wrestling Zero-One, where he was a one-time Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight and NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Dragon Clutch* (Grounded dragon sleeper)
	+ *Ghetto Stomp* / *Warrior's Way*  (Diving double foot stomp)
	+ *Ki Krusher* / *Ki Krusher '99* (Fisherman driver, sometimes from the second or top rope)
	+ *Warrior's Wrath* (Diving double foot stomp to a tree of woe hung opponent)

* **Signature moves**
	+ *Bite of the Dragon*
	+ *Dragon Wing* (Double underhook suplex floated over into a double underhook submission hold)
	+ *Final Four* (Elevated cloverleaf)
	+ Headbutt
	+ *Ki Krusher '00* / *Krush Rush* (Lifting leg hook front facelock slammed into the turnbuckles before dropping down into a fisherman driver)
	+ *Iron Octopus* (Headscissors armbar)
	+ Knife-edged chop
	+ Matrix
	+ Mongolian chop
	+ Multiple kick variations
		- *Black Magic* (Feint shining wizard transitioned into a reverse roundhouse) - Innovated
		- Drop
		- *Krush Kombo* (Two shoot to the opponent's chest followed by a roundhouse to the head of a kneeling opponent)
		- Rolling wheel
		- Shoot
		- Springboard jumping high
		- *Tidal Crush* (Cartwheel jumping high to a cornered opponent)
		- *Tidal Wave* (Springboard roundhouse)
	+ Phoenix splash
	+ *Powerdrive Elbow* (Twisting elbow drop)
	+ Rope-hung crucifix armbar
	+ *Scorpion Fire* (Rope-hung figure four necklock)

* **Managers**
	+ Julius Smokes
	+ Hector Guerrero
	+ LayCool
	+ **Salina de la Renta**

* **Nicknames**
	+ "The Warrior"
	+ **"The World Warrior"**
	+ "The Voice Of God"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **Independent circuit**
		- **"Born in China"** by The Immortals
		- "Electrok" by Wesley Design
	+ **Ring of Honor**
		- "Born in China" by The Immortals
		- "The Realist Killaz" (Instrumental) by 2Pac Feat. 50 Cent (used as a member of The Rottweilers)
	+ **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
		- "Born in China" by The Immortals
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
		- "Omori" by Dale Oliver
		- "Sex Sells" by Dale Oliver (used as a member of Sports Entertainment Xtreme)
		- "XXX Gonna Give It" by Dale Oliver (used as a member of Triple X)
		- "Low Ki/Senshi Theme" by Dale Oliver
		- "The Anthem" by Jess Jamez & MVP (used as a member of The Beat Down Clan)
		- "LAX" by Dale Oliver & Serg Salinas (used as a member of the Latin American X-change)
	+ **World Wrestling Entertainment**
		- "Not Enough for Me" by Jim Johnson
		- "Exploding Helmets" by Jim Johnson

## Championships and accomplishments

* **East Coast Wrestling Association**
	+ ECWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with American Dragon (1) and Xavier (1)
	+ ECWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2007)
	+ Super 8 Tournament (2001)
* **Florida Championship Wrestling**
	+ FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Michael McGillicutty
* **Future of Wrestling**
	+ FOW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Future Wrestling Alliance**
	+ FWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Impact Championship Wrestling**
	+ ICW Championship (1 time)
* **Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South**
	+ Ted Petty Invitational (2006)
* **International Wrestling Cartel**
	+ IWC Super Indies Championship (1 time)
* **Jersey All Pro Wrestling**
	+ JAPW Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
	+ JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ JAPW Hall of Fame (2016)
* **Jersey Championship Wrestling**
	+ JCW Championship (1 time)
	+ JCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mafia
* **Long Island Wrestling Federation**
	+ LIWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Major League Wrestling**
	+ MLW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
* **Midwest Championship Wrestling**
	+ MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Airborne
* **Millennium Wrestling Federation**
	+ MWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
* **Pro Wrestling Zero-One**
	+ NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Leonardo Spanky
	+ NWA/UPW/Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Premiere Wrestling Federation**
	+ PWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Pro Wrestling Guerrilla**
	+ PWG World Championship (1 time)
	+ Battle of Los Angeles (2008)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ PWI ranked him #**26** of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2003
* **Pro Wrestling World-1**
	+ World-1 Openweight Championship (1 time)
* **Ring of Honor**
	+ ROH World Championship (1 time)
	+ ROH Championship Tournament (2002)
* **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper
	+ TNA / IMPACT X Division Championship (5 times)
	+ Feast or Fired (2007 – Pink Slip)
* **USA Pro Wrestling**
	+ USA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Xavier
* **World Wrestling Entertainment**
	+ *NXT* (Season 2)
* **World Xtreme Wrestling**
	+ WXW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
* **Wrecking Ball Wrestling**
	+ Match of the Year (2011) vs. Charlie Haas
	+ Superstar of the Year (2011)
* **Wrestling Observer Newsletter**
	+ Most Underrated Wrestler (2010)
	+ Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) TNA Reverse Battle Royal on TNA Impact!