History Wrestling / LowKi

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* JackOfAllStats: He's a really well rounded wrestler. He primarily uses a variety of chops and kicks, ''a lot of chops and kicks'', and his finishing move is a diving stomp, but he also has a bevy of suplexes, he also has a fantastic Phoenix Splash (corkscrew 450) and has won several matches by submission.

Low Ki (real name Brandon Silvestry, born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler who has worked primarily in the indies, most notably Wrestling/RingOfHonor, though his first break came from the Long Island Wrestling Federation when he won their Light Heavyweight title. He has also had turns in England's Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Wrestling/ImpactWrestling[[note]]as [[GratuitousJapanese Senshi]] in his 2006-08 run[[/note]], and Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Kaval. He has wrestled extensively in Japan, most notably Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling where he is a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Low Ki (real name Brandon Silvestry, born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler who has worked primarily in the indies, most notably Wrestling/RingOfHonor, though his first break came from the Long Island Wrestling Federation when he won their Light Heavyweight title. He has also had turns in England's Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Wrestling/ImpactWrestling (as [[GratuitousJapanese Senshi]] in his 2006-08 run), and Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Kaval. He has wrestled extensively in Japan, most notably Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling where he is a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

** Only reigned as the Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla World Champion for a month due to an injury

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sometimes billed as Loki, such as in American Combat Wrestling. He was Kawal in FCW but then became Kaval.

* HisOwnWorstEnemy: While he's incredibly talented and has had a successful career, he's known to be very difficult to work with. This has resulted in him burning bridges with several promotions he's competed in and not being a lot more successful than he already is. Wrestling/JeffJarrett has even stated in an interview that he's exactly this.

** Wrestled the January 4th, 2013 Tokyo Dome show dressed as [[VideoGame/{{Hitman}} Agent 47]].

* RedBaron: "[[Videogame/StreetFighter The World Warrior]]" in JAPW. He now goes by "The Lone Wolf of Brooklyn" and "The Professional".

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The Strong Style Thugs stealing the JAPW Tag Team titles was dick move and normally would be treated as such, but given that the champions were The Hitsquad, who had become complacent and cowardly to boot, very few people cared.

* {{Bookends}}: His first and last match on {{SmackDown}} was against Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre.

** This was seemingly supposed to make him the bad guy in Zero 1 but maybe not, since it had the opposite effect. ESPECIALLY the case during NXT as he had Wrestling/{{LayCool}} as his "pro/s". His main interaction with them was standing there, silent, holding both copies of the WWE Women's title belts, while Wrestling/MichelleMcCool and Wrestling/{{Layla}} cranked up the [[TheDitz bubbly airhead]] factor.

** He survived five minutes against Wrestling/BigShow to earn a spot on Team [=SmackDown=] at ''Bragging Rights'', only for Tyler Reks[[note]] Now [[{{Transgender}} Gabbi Tuft]] [[/note]] to come out to challenge him and defeat him to take his spot.

** He survived five minutes against Wrestling/BigShow to earn a spot on Team [=SmackDown=] at ''Bragging Rights'', only for Tyler Reks to come out to challenge him and defeat him to take his spot.

Low Ki (real name Brandon Silvestry, born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler that's worked primarily in the indies, most notably Wrestling/RingOfHonor, though his first break came from the Long Island Wrestling Federation when he won their Light Heavyweight title. He has also had turns in England's Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Wrestling/ImpactWrestling (as [[GratuitousJapanese Senshi]] in his 2006-08 run), and Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Kaval. He has wrestled extensively in Japan, most notably Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling where he is a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

* BadassBaritone: Low Ki is famous for his deep, resonant voice. [[VocalDissonance He is a little smaller than most men with similar tones of voice.]]

Some of Low Ki's standout championship title runs are as the World Xtreme Wrestling Cruiserweight Champion, Jersey All Pro Wrestling light heavyweight champion, victor of the Super Indy Championship in the International Wrestling Cartel, the heavyweight champion of Future Wrestling Alliance, Jersey Championship Wrestling, Future Of Wrestling, JAPW and Impact Championship Wrestling and concerning the X-Division Championship which he held twice, he was TNA's second ever title holder. Low Ki has been a part of several tag team title runs with Mafia, Xavier, Wrestling/ElixSkipper, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Spanky]], [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson American Dragon]] and [[Wrestling/CurtisAxel Michael McGillicutty]].

** The Rottweilers with Ricky Reyes, Rocky Romero and Homicide. The other three campaigned to get Low Ki reinstated in ring of honor after Jim Cornette banned him for knocking out one of his teeth. He was also part of "RISE" with Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, [[Wrestling/MattBloom Giant Bernard]], Travis Tomko, and, Hirooki Goto, Minoru, and Prince Devitt in New Japan.
** He would later betray RISE for "Great Bash Heel" with Giant Bernard, Rick Fuller, Black Tiger, Wrestling/KarlAnderson, MVP (Togi Makabe [[TagTeam and]] Toru Yano) and Wrestling/ValVenis. He later joined Great Bash Heel's spiritual successor "Chaos" with Gedo, Jado and Rocky Romero.

** In Japan, specifically claiming the wrestlers of Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 did not respect him because of his [[TheNapoleon smaller than average size]] and lashed out at them for this perceived offense (he's actually about average, just small for a wrestler). However, Wrestling/AJStyles out did Low Ki in this area.

* PunchParry: A kick version when Low Ki and Xavier's kicks have collided unintentionally. As a result, Ring of Honor newcomer Wrestling/AJStyles thought he could beat Low Ki at kicks and challenged him so he could prove it. Eventually in the flurry they accidentally knocked ankles, [[AgonyOfTheFeet putting a quick stop that little exchange.]]

** He and Seiya Sanada tease Jessie Godderz in Japanese, to the Broman's confusion.

** In Japan, specifically claiming the wrestlers of Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 did not respect him because of his [[TheNapoleon smaller than average size]] and lashed out at them for this perceived offense (he's actually about average, just small for a wrestler). However, AJ Styles out did Low Ki in this area.

* HumanLadder: Low Ki has both the agility and balance to leap on stand on another man's shoulders, assuming they do not collapse under his weight, at which point he will either give them a front dropkick or just jump off and kick the back of their heads. (ask [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt Husky Harris ]] and MVP, they know)
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Low Ki is from the same generation of indy talent as Wrestling/CMPunk, Wrestling/BryanDanielson, Wrestling/AJStyles, and Wrestling/SamoaJoe, and is widely regarded to be just as talented as they are -- he was even the first ROH World Champion, a championship one of them (AJ) never won. Yet, while he had a relatively successful career, it pales in comparison to the success they have all had, due to him being notoriously difficult to work with which has gotten him banned from several top indy feds and major promotions such as Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. While Low Ki has found success again in MLW, one can't help but wonder how much more successful he could've been if he hadn't gotten in his own way.

** The Rottweilers with Ricky Reyes, Rocky Romero and Homicide. The other three campaigned to get Low Ki reinstated in ring of honor after Jim Cornette banned him for knocking out one of his teeth. He was also part of "RISE" with Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, Giant Bernard, Travis Tomko, and, Hirooki Goto, Minoru, and Prince Devitt in New Japan.
** He would later betray RISE for "Great Bash Heel" with Giant Bernard, Rick fuller, Black Tiger, Karl Anderson, MVP (Togi Makabe [[TagTeam and]] Toru Yano) and Val Venis. He later joined Great Bash Heel's spiritual successor "Chaos" with Gedo, Jado and Rocky Romero.
** Was somewhere in Vince Russo's gigantic "Sports Entertainment Xtreme" TNA stable. Later joined with Wrestling/{{M|ontelVontaviousPorter}}VP, Kenny King and Samoa Joe to form the Beat Down Clan and even joined LAX for a brief time during his latest run with the company.

* PowerTrio: Triple X in TNA with Christopher Daniels and Prime Time Elix Skipper. Also would attend [=LayCool=] during his time on NXT, even off of the show proper as a bystander.

** An AccidentalPun but Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels of the Ring of Honor prophecy stable declared he would never again wrestle Low Ki unless it was for the Ring of Honor Championship belt. After he badmouthed Ring of Honor to declare his permanent allegiance to TNA however, Daniels found himself scheduled to wrestle Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger, who decided to drop out and have Daniels face his substitute, ''Senshi''.

* TheScapegoat: After winning the second season of NXT due to public vote, Vince [=McMahon=] was furious that the audience voted for Kaval over his chosen winner, Alex Riley. He subsequently told the rest of the NXT 2 rookies to go out there and beat him down in what has become one of the worst moments in modern WWE history due to poor booking (the pros were given no direction, so were left questioning if they were supposed to run down & help) and an atrocious promo by Michael [=McGillicutty=]. Kaval was booked as a jobber for several months, before he asked for his release from the company.

* RealMenWearPink: During his stay in Florida, Kaval could be frequently seen in a pink polo shirt. Less dignified, his "Property of [=LayCool=]" shirt.

** He survived five minutes against Wrestling/BigShow to qualify for Team [=SmackDown=] at ''Bragging Rights'', only for Tyler Reks to come out to challenge him and defeat him to take his spot.

Some of Low Ki's standout championship title runs are as the World Xtreme Wrestling Cruiserweight Champion, Jersey All Pro Wrestling light heavyweight champion, victor of the Super Indy Championship in the International Wrestling Cartel, the heavyweight champion of Future Wrestling Alliance, Jersey Championship Wrestling, Future Of Wrestling, JAPW and Impact Championship Wrestling and concerning the X-Division Championship, he was TNA's second ever title holder. Low Ki has been a part of several tag team title runs with Mafia, Xavier, Wrestling/ElixSkipper, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Spanky]], [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson American Dragon]] and [[Wrestling/CurtisAxel Michael McGillicutty]].

** His TNA (second run) and WWE ring names, "Senshi" and "Kaval", are Japanese and Tagalog for "Soldier", respectively.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Several years before joining the WWE as Kaval, Low Ki was in a number of meaningless matches on WWE's C-show ''Shotgun''.
* EasyComeEasyGo: He beat Billy Fives for the Future Of Wrestling Title belt and then lost it back to Billy Fives a day later.

* ForeignWrestlingHeel

* FriendlyEnemy: To ICW Heavyweight Champion Ricky Reyes while Low Ki was TNA X Division Champion.

* GamebreakingInjury

* IHaveManyNames: Besides Low Ki, Senshi and Kaval, he was known as Kwick Kick (based on Wrestling/AkiraMaeda's old ring name) in the X Wrestling Federation

* HumanLadder: Low Ki has both the agility and balance to leap on stand on another man's shoulders, assuming they do not collapse under his weight, at which point he will just jump off and kick the back of their heads. (ask MVP, he knows)

* TheScapegoat:
** After winning the second season of NXT due to public vote, Vince [=McMahon=] was furious that the audience voted for Kaval over his chosen winner, Alex Riley. He subsequently told the rest of the NXT 2 rookies to go out there and beat him down in what has become one of the worst moments in modern WWE history due to poor booking (the pros were given no direction, so were left questioning if they were supposed to run down & help) and an atrocious promo by Michael [=McGillicutty=]. Kaval was booked as a jobber for several months, before he asked for his release from the company.

Low Ki (real name Brandon Silvestry, born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler that's worked primarily in the indies, most notably Wrestling/RingOfHonor, though his first break came from the Long Island Wrestling Federation when he won their Light Heavyweight title. He has also had turns in England's Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Wrestling/ImpactWrestling (as [[GratuitousJapanese Senshi]] in his 2006-08 run), and Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Kaval. He has wrestled extensively in Japan, most notably Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling where he is a three time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Besides the X Division the above, some of Low Ki's standout championship title runs are as the World Xtreme Wrestling Cruiserweight Champion, Jersey All Pro Wrestling light heavyweight champion, victor of the Super Indy Championship in the International Wrestling Cartel, the heavyweight champion of Future Wrestling Alliance, Jersey Championship Wrestling, Future Of Wrestling, JAPW and Impact Championship Wrestling and concerning the X-Division Championship, he was TNA's second ever title holder. Low Ki has been a part of several tag team title runs with Mafia, Xavier, Wrestling/ElixSkipper, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Spanky]], [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson American Dragon]] and [[Wrestling/CurtisAxel Michael McGillicutty]].

Low Ki (real name Brandon Silvestry, born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler that's worked primarily in the indies, most notably Wrestling/RingOfHonor, though his first break came from the Long Island Wrestling Federation when he won their Light Heavyweight title. He has also had turns in England's Frontier Wrestling Alliance and Wrestling/{{TNA}} as Low Ki, later [[GratuitousJapanese Senshi]] and Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Kaval. His last major run was working in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, where he is a three time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. In June 2013, he stopped wrestling full time to pursue a career in voice acting due to an injury, though he eventually returned to the ring on a somewhat regular basis and regained TNA's X Division Championship belt in 2014.

Besides the X Division the above, some of Low Ki's standout championship title runs are as the World Xtreme Wrestling Cruiserweight Champion, Jersey All Pro Wrestling light heavyweight champion, victor of the Super Indy Championship in the International Wrestling Cartel, the heavyweight champion of Future Wrestling Alliance, Jersey Championship Wrestling, Future Of Wrestling, JAPW and Impact Championship Wrestling and concerning the X Division, he was TNA's second ever title holder. Low Ki has been a part of several tag team title runs with Mafia, Xavier, Wrestling/ElixSkipper, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Spanky]], [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson American Dragon]] and [[Wrestling/CurtisAxel Michael McGillicutty]].

* FriendlyEnemy: To ICW Heavyweight Champion Ricky Reyes while Low Ki was TNA X Division Champion

* ICouldaBeenAContender: Low Ki is from the same generation of indy talent as Wrestling/CMPunk, Wrestling/BryanDanielson, Wrestling/AJStyles, and Wrestling/SamoaJoe, and is widely regarded to be just as talented as they are -- he was even the first ROH World Champion, a championship one of them (AJ) never won. Yet, while's he had a relatively successful career, it pales in comparison to the success they have all had, due to him being notoriously difficult to work with which has gotten him banned from several top indy feds and major promotions such as Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. While Low Ki has found success again in MLW, one can't help but wonder how much more successful he could've been if he hadn't gotten in his own way.