Contra Unit is a villainous professional wrestling stable , currently performing for Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Southern Honor Wrestling (SHW). It consists of leader Mads Krule Krügger , Ikuro Kwon , Janai Kai , Minoru Suzuki and the Sentai Death Squad. In SHW, the group also consists of Brooklyn Creed, Joe Black and Romeo Quevedok.
102-481: The stable was formed at the SuperFight event on February 2, 2019 when Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael made their MLW debut and formed their alliance with Simon Gotch by attacking his opponent Ace Romero . The group made its televised debut at Intimidation Games and dominated MLW roster throughout the year, becoming the top villainous group of the company. The group cemented its dominance over MLW when Fatu won
204-605: A No Holds Barred match on the February 1 episode of Fusion and Fatu retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Brian Pillman Jr. on the February 8 episode of Fusion . On the May 10 episode of Fusion , Contra attacked several MLW wrestlers in the backstage area and took over MLW's headquarters, thus taking over the promotion and "shutting it down" ( storyline explanation for MLW's hiatus due to
306-615: A six-man tag team match . Suzuki and Kwon would then defeat CozyMax to win the MLW World Tag Team Championships at Summer of the Beasts on August 29. SuperFight (2019) SuperFight (2019) was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It took place on February 2, 2019, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The event aired live on television as
408-410: A six-man tag team match . The feud between Lawlor and Contra Unit intensified, which set up a match between Fatu and Lawlor for the World Heavyweight Championship at Kings of Colosseum on July 6, which Fatu won, thus capturing the title and cementing Contra Unit's dominance over MLW. The rivalry continued between Contra Unit and the team of Lawlor and Von Erichs, leading up to a War Chamber match at
510-659: A "disagreement in business arrangements". He won his last match on January 28 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 that show. He was also used as a focus point (in name only) in the Cornette/Homicide feud in the summer of 2006, with Cornette refusing to reinstate Low Ki as Homicide's "third wish." Low Ki's first stint with NWA Total Nonstop Action (NWA TNA)
612-516: A 4-on-3 Handicap match, forcing The Rising to dissolve. On June 25, 2015, Low Ki announced that he had parted ways with the company. On the April 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , Low Ki made his return, debuting a Hitman / Agent 47 inspired gimmick. He defeated Trevor Lee , Andrew Everett , Sonjay Dutt , Dezmond Xavier and Suicide in a six-way match to win his fifth Impact Wrestling X Division Championship . As champion, he would make appearances in
714-576: A Baklei bottle. At War Chamber on March 29, 2024, Ikuro Kwon returned to MLW and assisted Contra Unit in attacking The Second Gear Crew ( Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders) and CozyMax ( Shigeo Okumura and Satoshi Kojima ). Jacob Fatu and The Almighty Sheik were previously a part of a stable called the "Warbeast" with Brody King and Kevin Sullivan and competed on the independent circuit winning many tag team titles in various promotions. In January 2019, Warbeast members Fatu and Sheik signed
816-532: A Baklei bottle. At War Chamber on March 29, 2024, Ikuro Kwon returned to MLW and assisted Contra Unit in attacking The Second Gear Crew ( Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders) and CozyMax ( Shigeo Okumura and Satoshi Kojima ). On May 18, 2024, at Fury Road , Janai Kai was revealed to have joined Contra Unit. On June 1, 2024, at Battle Riot VI , Suzuki joined the Contra Unit teaming with Krügger and Kwon to defeat Satoshi Kojima , Matt Riddle , and Akira in
918-462: A Four-Way match to win the vacant X Division Championship, becoming a three-time champion. Then, he started a storyline with Austin Aries. On January 7, 2015, episode of Impact Wrestling Ki lost the title against Aries, turned heel and joining the newly formed, villainous stable led by MVP known as The Beat Down Clan . On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Low Ki defeated Austin Aries in
1020-444: A contract with Major League Wrestling and MLW announced on its website that Jacob Fatu would make his MLW debut at SuperFight . Sheik was repackaged as Josef Samael and he and Fatu made their MLW debut in a non-televised match by defeating local wrestlers Chico Adams and Kwame Nas at SuperFight. Later at the event, the duo allied themselves with Simon Gotch by attacking his opponent Ace Romero , during which Gotch proclaimed that
1122-502: A contract with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ). Initially, he wrestled under the name Kawal – "soldier" in the Tagalog language – in FCW, WWE's development territory , but later changed it to Kaval. In January 2009, he took a hiatus from FCW due to a leg injury, which would keep him sidelined until late October. On November 24, Kaval defeated Paul Burchill in a dark match prior to
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#17327825908801224-485: A match to avenge the attack on Kotto Brazil in May, setting up a match between Gotch and Oliver at Kings of Colosseum on January 6, 2021. However, Gotch faked injury and the match was cancelled. However, later at the event, Contra attacked Injustice after Myron Reed lost the World Middleweight Championship to Lio Rush . The debuting Daivari would get involved in the attack thus becoming
1326-500: A new program, MLW Fusion , which debuted on April 20, 2018. On October 8, MLW announced that it would be holding an event titled SuperFight on February 2. On November 9, MLW announced that the event would be held at the famous. 2300 Arena in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The card consisted of matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains , heroes , or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in
1428-604: A nightclub in Miami and was consequently hospitalized. Promociones Dorado member Ricky Martinez was later revealed to be the assailant and the MLW management suspended him on the December 28 episode of Fusion . Shortly after Brazil recovered from his injury, a match was made between Brazil and Martinez at SuperFight. The first match that opened the live broadcast featured The Lucha Brothers ( Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix ) defending
1530-545: A rematch on November 23, where Ki ripped out a piece of Strickland's hair before pinning him. He would hold the title 205 days, losing it to Tom Lawlor at SuperFight on February 2, 2019. Low Ki was announced as part of the MLW roster that would be present at the company's relaunch following their hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Low Ki has also made an appearance in the TNA Impact video game, where he also did
1632-566: A rematch on the November 4 episode of WWE Superstars . On the November 11 episode of Superstars , Kaval lost to Drew McIntyre. Kaval won his first match on the November 19 episode of SmackDown , by defeating the Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler in a non-title match. Following his victory, Kaval announced that he would be using his guaranteed title opportunity that he earned by winning NXT at
1734-519: A rematch to reclaim the X Division title, with help from interference of The Beat Down Clan. On the March 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , Low Ki lost the title to Rockstar Spud . In April, The Beat Down Clan started a feud with The Rising ( Drew Galloway , Eli Drake and Micah ) culminating in a match between both stables on the July 1 episode of Impact Wrestling , The Beat Down Clan defeated The Rising in
1836-510: A rivalry against Samoa Joe over the X Division Championship. On the August 7 episode of Impact Wrestling , Low Ki was defeated by Samoa Joe in the finals of a tournament for the vacant title, which also included Sanada . Ki would face Joe again at Hardcore Justice in a losing effort. However, on September 19, Joe vacated the title due medical issues. On the November 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , Low Ki defeated Tigre Uno , Manik and DJ Z in
1938-582: A six-man tag team match on the January 1, 2020 episode of Fusion , in which Fatu, Kwon and Gotch defeated Strong Hearts ( Cima , El Lindaman and Shigehiro Irie ). The feud with the Strong Hearts would conclude with Fatu retaining the World Heavyweight Championship against Cima on the March 7 episode of Fusion . Hart Foundation would begin feuding with Contra to avenge Contra's attack on Teddy Hart, which led to Davey Boy Smith, Jr. defeating Gotch in
2040-422: A two-hour special episode of Fusion on beIN Sports , and it was the first event under the SuperFight chronology. Fourteen matches were contested at the event, with nine matches being taped for future episodes of Fusion while three matches were broadcast live on SuperFight. The live broadcast notably featured two title changes as Tom Lawlor cashed in his Battle Riot opportunity to defeat Low Ki to win
2142-731: A wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by MLW's writers. Storylines were played out on MLW's television program Fusion . Tom Lawlor won the first-ever Battle Riot match at the namesake event on July 19, 2018, thus earning the right to challenge for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship at any place and any time of his choosing within six months. On the October 19 episode of Fusion , Lawlor defeated former champion Shane Strickland to cement his status as MLW's franchise player and then announced that he would challenge Low Ki for
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#17327825908802244-480: Is a one-time PWG World Champion , the inaugural ROH World Champion , one-time 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
2346-590: The 2012 Super Jr. Tag Tournament as "Chaos World Wrestling Warriors". However, the team was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi). On November 11 at Power Struggle , Low Ki lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to Prince Devitt in his first title defense. On January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome , Low Ki unsuccessfully challenged Devitt for
2448-528: The Asylum Arena . Afterwards, it was announced that Low Ki had joined both Evolve and Dragon Gate USA full-time. Low Ki made his debut for Dragon Gate USA on January 27, when he defeated BxB Hulk in a singles match. Among speculations regarding his retirement from wrestling, Low Ki worked for Right Coast Pro's July 13, 2013, "Festivus" event, defeating Billy Bax in a singles match. On March 30, 2014, Pro Wrestling Syndicate (PWS) announced that Low Ki
2550-436: The COVID-19 pandemic ). Injustice member Kotto Brazil was one of the wrestlers injured in the assault which ended his MLW career as an explanation for his legitimate departure from the promotion. Contra was ousted from power in October and MLW resumed events on the November 18 episode of Fusion , where Fatu retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Davey Boy Smith, Jr. Alexander Hammerstone confronted Fatu after
2652-609: The International Junior Heavyweight Championship from him. He held the championship until August 31, 2003, when he lost it to Wataru Sakata . During 2003, Low Ki also made several appearances for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). Low Ki left Zero-One in mid-2004 to join Pro Wrestling Noah , where he was instantly given a title shot against Global Honored Crown (GHC) Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru , which he
2754-555: The International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP) Junior Heavyweight Championship from Tiger Mask on September 21, 2008, on NJPW's Circuit 2008 New Japan Generation tour. He subsequently lost it back to Tiger Mask on NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom III show in Tokyo on January 4, 2009. After losing the championship, Low Ki made several appearances for Hustle . At Lockdown , Christopher Daniels's mystery opponent
2856-738: The NWA World Tag Team Championship three times under the " Freebird Rule ". Low Ki wrestled beside Skipper when Triple X defeated America's Most Wanted ( Chris Harris and James Storm ) for the title on January 22, 2003. When Daniels's greed for the X Division Championship initially forced Low Ki out of Triple X, Low Ki would go on to battle Daniels in Ultimate X , but his pursuit was unsuccessful. He left NWA TNA in July 2004 and made his return to ROH. Low Ki made his first trip to Japan with Pro Wrestling Zero-One in 2002. On September 16, he defeated Leonardo Spanky for
2958-786: The PWG World Championship after defeating Bryan Danielson in an unannounced match. He had one successful title defense against El Generico , before a knee injury forced him to forfeit the championship just a month later. Low Ki returned to PWG at All Star Weekend 7 – Night One on August 30, 2008, where he was a part of a four-way match for the World Championship; the bout also featured Eddie Kingston , Necro Butcher , and defending champion Chris Hero , who retained by pinning Kingston. On November 1 and 2 in Burbank, California , Low Ki defeated Roderick Strong in
3060-647: The Survivor Series pay-per-view against Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship . At the pay-per-view, Kaval was unsuccessful in his attempt to win the Intercontinental Championship. On the December 3 episode of Smackdown , Kaval and MVP lost to Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. He and MVP were attacked by Kane On the December 10 episode of Smackdown , Kaval lost to Jack Swagger by submission. On
3162-595: The World Heavyweight Championship and The Hart Foundation ( Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Teddy Hart ) defeated The Lucha Brothers ( Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix ) to win the World Tag Team Championship . In July 2017, Major League Wrestling resumed promoting events for the first time since the promotion's original closure in 2004. The success of these events lead MLW to secure a television deal with beIN Sports for
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3264-412: The World Tag Team Championship against The Hart Foundation ( Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Teddy Hart ). Smith ripped off Pentagon's mask, allowing Smith and Hart to nail a Canadian Destroyer to Fenix to win the titles. Next, Kotto Brazil made his return to MLW against Ricky Martinez. Brazil had applied a submission hold on Martinez making him tap out but Martinez' valet Salina de la Renta distracted
3366-534: The World Wrestling Federation on their programs Metal and Jakked , where he competed against the likes of Raven , Crash Holly , Christian and Essa Ríos . The following year he made it through to the finals of All Pro Wrestling 's King of the Indies tournament, losing the crown to American Dragon . It was also during 2001 that he defeated Nick Berk and Homicide in separate matches on
3468-507: The namesake event . Contra Unit introduced a fourth member Ikuro Kwon on the August 3 episode of Fusion , who spit mist into Marshall Von Erich's eyes. Low Ki would soon join Lawlor and Von Erichs in the feud by helping them fend off an attack by Contra Unit after Fatu successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Lawlor in a rematch on the August 31 episode of Fusion . Contra Unit would lose to Low Ki, Lawlor and Von Erichs in
3570-472: The titular match at the Battle Riot II on April 5, where Contra poured gas on various participants, which led to them being disqualified from the match. Later that night, Contra attacked Tom Lawlor again during a post-event press conference. Contra Unit planned a hostile takeover of MLW, continuing its dominance and rise as Fatu ended Barrington Hughes' undefeated streak in MLW in a quick match on
3672-738: The Briscoe Brothers fought against The Rottweilers ( Homicide and the Havana Pitbulls ). It looked like Low Ki would save Samoa Joe from a beatdown by The Rottweilers, but instead he spat on the ROH Championship, which was then held by Joe, and joined The Rottweilers. 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 . Low Ki and Danielson lost
3774-591: The Chain Match being no disqualification, Krule ended up defeating Dylan James with the assistance of “The Black Cloud” Joe Black. Thus, giving Brooklyn control of SHW. Later in the show, there would be a Triple Threat Match for the Southern Honor Championship, with the champion Owen Knight defending against Cyrus The Destroyer and “The Priest of Punishment” Judas (aka Judais from the NWA). During
3876-522: The December 17 episode of Smackdown , Kaval and Kofi Kingston defeated Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler. Kaval's final appearance in WWE was a loss to Drew McIntyre on the live December 21 episode of SmackDown , and he was released from his contract on December 23. On May 13, 2011, Silvestry, under the name Low Ki, made his return to NJPW, during the Invasion Tour 2011 , the promotion's first tour of
3978-477: The December 2 episode of Fusion. The group would then add Daivari to their ranks at the 2021 Kings of Colosseum . The group would lose Gotch and Daivari and then seem to disband at War Chamber 2021 after losing Fatu and Samael, with Kwon announcing his renouncement from the group. At SuperFight on January 3, 2024, Krügger made his return to MLW, along with Contra Unit's Sentai Death Squad, attacking Jacob Fatu after his match with Yuji Nagata and then hit Fatu with
4080-611: The Hart Foundation, which led to a match between the two teams for the World Tag Team Championship at Intimidation Games. Low Ki Brandon Silvestry (born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler of Italian and Puerto Rican descent, better known by his ring name Low Ki . He is known for his time with TNA Wrestling , Ring of Honor and Major League Wrestling as Low Ki and Senshi and with WWE as Kaval . He
4182-487: The June 8 episode of NXT , but did not compete in a match. On the June 15 episode of NXT , he was defeated by Alex Riley in his debut, and the following week he was defeated by Eli Cottonwood. On the June 29 episode of NXT , Kaval teamed with Michael McGillicutty and Lucky Cannon against Riley, Cottonwood and Titus O'Neil , which his team won when he pinned Riley, giving Kaval his first win on NXT . Later that night, he
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4284-441: The May 11 episode of Fusion . Fatu and Samael would go on to defeat Hughes and Romero in a tag team match on the May 25 episode of Fusion . Later at that episode, Contra Unit attacked Low Ki as well as Tom Lawlor for the third time after Lawlor's successful title defense against Avalanche. Lawlor enlisted the help of Marshall and Ross Von Erich to feud with Contra Unit as the team of Lawlor and Von Erichs defeated Contra Unit in
4386-638: The SmackDown/ ECW tapings. At the December 8 tapings, he was defeated by Goldust in another dark match. On the February 7 episode of FCW , he defeated Bryan Danielson, for whom this was a debut match, after hitting him with Warrior's Way , and on February 8 won a fatal four-way match against Alberto Banderas , Wade Barrett and Michael Tarver to become the number one contender for the Florida Heavyweight Championship . Kaval received his title shot two weeks later, but
4488-641: The United Kingdom, defeating Mark Haskins for 4 Front Wrestling and Ultimo Tiger for Pro Wrestling Pride . At the Impact Wrestling taping that occurred in Mumbai, India, on May 30 Dutt pinned then X Division Champion Low Ki to win his championship. At the July 6 Impact Wrestling tapings, Low Ki turned heel again by attacking Dutt during his Championship celebration, leading to a two out of three falls match at Slammiversary XV in which Ki
4590-653: The United States, teaming with Homicide in a tag team match, where they defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask. The following day, Low Ki unsuccessfully challenged Prince Devitt for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. On the third and final day of the tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Low Ki and Homicide unsuccessfully challenged Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . On June 27, 2011, Low Ki returned to TNA at
4692-456: The WK7 match in the suit in protest. NJPW was reportedly "furious" over Low Ki wrestling a title match in a suit without clearing it with them first to the point that even years later, the company was said to be open to bringing anyone back "with the exception of Low Ki". On January 14, 2012, Low Ki made his unadvertised debut for Evolve , defeating Ahtu at the final professional wrestling event in
4794-495: The World Heavyweight Championship against Low Ki in a steel cage rematch at Intimidation Games. On the February 16 episode of Fusion , Teddy Hart defended the World Middleweight Championship against Maxwell Jacob Friedman , who had been stripped off the title in 2018 due to an injury. Hart retained the title but MJF and Richard Holliday assaulted Hart in the backstage area during a post-match interview. MJF and Holliday formed an alliance called The Dynasty and began feuding with
4896-408: The World Heavyweight Championship at Kings of Colosseum on July 6, 2019. Ikuro Kwon was added to the group as its fourth member in August. Following a storyline where Contra took over and shut down MLW in May 2020 and were subsequently ousted from power in October of the same year, they were joined a masked man known as The Black Hand of Contra on November 18, who was then renamed " Mads Krügger " on
4998-403: The World Tag Team Championship match to be "mighty fine in terms of excitement" and "The finish was curious from a booking and rumor perspective." According to them, the World Heavyweight Championship match was "thrilling" and "complimented the story that had been told to that point" but "the finish was abrupt." Tom Lawlor and Low Ki continued their rivalry after SuperFight as Lawlor would defend
5100-475: The World Tag Team Championship on the March 17 episode of Fusion , where Los Parks retained the titles. At Never Say Never , Gotch lost to Oliver and Daivari lost to Reed while Fatu retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Tankman due to outside interference by Daivari. On October 2 at Fightland Fatu lost the world title to Alexander Hammerstone, ending his record setting reign at 819 days. The stable would seemingly dissolve at War Chamber after losing
5202-476: The challenger at Bound for Glory. On August 23, it was reported that Silvestry had parted ways with Impact. Sources agreed that Silvestry had made the decision to leave, but disagreed whether the departure was over financial or creative differences. Low Ki debuted in Major League Wrestling (MLW) in 2018 as a heel, where Salina de la Renta became his manager. His first match for the promotion
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#17327825908805304-585: The following episode of Impact , it was revealed that Senshi's case contained a pink slip which meant he was fired. In December 2007, it was reported that Senshi had submitted his resignation to TNA and he left the promotion shortly after. In 2008, Silvestry helped TNA during the development of its first ever video game by providing both voicing and motion capture for the game's protagonist, Suicide . Low Ki made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) on April 7, 2007, defeating Davey Richards at All Star Weekend V – Night One . On January 5, 2008, Low Ki won
5406-634: The group as "global merchants of violence" and named it "Contra" and waved a self-designated Contra flag. The pair made its televised debut at Intimidation Games by attacking Tom Lawlor after he retained the MLW World Heavyweight Championship against Low Ki in a steel cage match . Contra Unit led another attack on Ace Romero during Romero's match against Simon Gotch on the March 9 episode of Fusion . The next week, on Fusion , Fatu and Samael had their first televised match in MLW against Chico Adams and Vertigo Rivera, where they got themselves disqualified after Samael brutalized them with his spike. Fatu entered
5508-417: The hammer. This set up Ki and Lawlor's title match for SuperFight. On November 20, MLW announced that The Lucha Brothers ( Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix ) would defend the World Tag Team Championship against The Hart Foundation ( Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr. ) at Never Say Never on the basis of Hart Foundation's dominant streak in the tag team division. However, Fenix suffered a groin injury and
5610-607: The latter, the World Middleweight Championship against Myron Reed on the November 11 episode of Fusion . Hart would subsequently depart MLW while Contra would then resume their feud with the Von Erichs as Fatu issued a World Heavyweight Championship opportunity to Marshall Von Erich. However, Marshall was mysteriously attacked and his brother Ross Von Erich challenged Fatu instead but was defeated after Tom Lawlor betrayed Ross. Contra would wreak havoc in Japan in November, leading to
5712-670: The lyrics of the song " No Diggity ". He began wrestling for Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) in 1998, challenging Homicide and Kane D for the JAPW Tag Team Championship . The following year he challenged for the JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship twice, unsuccessfully, but defeated Crazy Ivan and Judas Young to win the second Best of the Light Heavyweights tournament. In 2000, he began making several appearances in
5814-417: The match after taking out Owen Knight, the two big men, Cyrus and Judas, would fight their way through the crowd and towards the backstage area. Meanwhile, with Knight still down in the ring, Brooklyn would appear on stage with Krule and Joe Black by her side, and with her first order of business as SHW’s new booker, she would immediately turn the championship match into a Fatal Four-Way Match. Krule then entered
5916-443: The match and Low Ki blamed his partner for that, so The Rottweilers started a beatdown on Danielson. On December 4, at All Star Extravaganza II, Danielson defeated Homicide of The Rottweilers. In that same event, Low Ki wrestled Austin Aries in a number one contender's match to determine who would face ROH Champion Samoa Joe for the title. The match ended in a draw. Officials extended the match, but Low Ki refused to wrestle, so Aries
6018-431: The match and was attacked by the debuting The Black Hand of Contra, who was later revealed to be Mads Krügger . On the December 9 episode of Fusion , Fatu and Gotch challenged The Von Erichs for the World Tag Team Championship and the match ended in a no contest after Injustice member Jordan Oliver and Violence is Forever interfered in the match and attacked all the competitors. Oliver would soon begin challenging Gotch to
6120-413: The match was "SEVEN MONTHS in the making and all they get is basically a seven-minute squash match". Arnold Furious of WrestleTalk considered it to be a "Very, very disappointing show". Cageside Seats staff appreciated the show, considering it to be "dynamite". According to the staff, "All three matches lived up to their marquee billing" and "Both title matches had a big fight feel." They considered
6222-414: The match, Promociones Dorado members LA Park, Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf defeated Kwon, Gotch and Samael in a six-man tag team match on the final episode of Fusion before the pay-per-view. However, Fatu retained the title against Park at Saturday Night SuperFight. Contra would plant the seeds of a potential feud with The Hart Foundation after Josef Samael threw a fireball on Teddy Hart , thus costing
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#17327825908806324-633: The match. Finally, on September 17 at Glory By Honor IV, a "Fight Without Honor" between the two ended with Low Ki getting a pinfall victory over Lethal. After Samoa Joe went on to save Colt Cabana from a beatdown by The Rottweilers, 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 due to
6426-584: The middle of the ring. The show would end with Krule attacking multiple members of the SHW staff working at ringside before posing on stage with the SHW Championship belt alongside Brooklyn and Black with the Contra flag At SuperFight on January 3, 2024, Krügger made his return to MLW, along with Contra Unit's Sentai Death Squad, attacking Jacob Fatu after his match with Yuji Nagata and hitting him with
6528-622: The newest member of Contra Unit. Krügger would challenge Hammerstone for the National Openweight Championship at the event and the match ended in a double count-out. Gotch and Oliver had a match on the January 20 episode of Fusion , which Gotch won via referee stoppage. On the February 3 episode of Fusion , Hammerstone defended the National Openweight Championship against Krügger in a Baklei Brawl, which Hammerstone won to retain but it
6630-452: The number one contender to the X Division Championship. Senshi went on to become X Division Champion again on the June 22, 2006, episode of Impact! , defeating Joe and Dutt after he pinned Dutt. He remained undefeated for six months, successfully defending the X Division Championship against Kazarian at Victory Road , Jay Lethal and Petey Williams in a three-way match at Hard Justice , and Chris Sabin at No Surrender , before losing
6732-533: The opening round, Masato Yoshino in the quarterfinals, Nigel McGuinness in the semifinals, and Chris Hero in a non-title final match to win the 2008 Battle of Los Angeles tournament. After his World Wrestling Entertainment tenure, Low Ki returned to PWG on January 29, 2011, during the WrestleReunion 5 weekend, in a rematch from 2007, where he defeated Davey Richards. In his next appearance on April 9, Low Ki defeated Akira Tozawa . On May 28, during
6834-436: The poll later that night, Kaval regained the number one ranking. On the August 30 episode of Raw , Kaval and Daniel Bryan lost a triple threat tag team match to The Miz and Alex Riley. On August 31, Kaval won the second season of NXT , with McGillicutty ranked second and Riley in third place. Following the announcement of his victory, he was attacked by all the former season two rookies. Following his NXT victory, Kaval
6936-513: The present tense along with referencing Krügger and Kwon looking for new members. On May 6, 2022, Krügger competed at SHW39 for Southern Honor Wrestling (where he is known as “The Heathen” Krule). He faced Dylan James (aka Sunny Daze) in a Chain Match with the stipulation being that if Krule won, Dylan would lose his job as booker of the company and would be replaced by Krule’s wife, Brooklyn. However, if Dylan won, Brooklyn would be fired from SHW. With
7038-431: The referee, which led to Brazil grabbing her and Salina sprayed Brazil's eye with a Pepper Spray, allowing Martinez to roll him up for the win. In the main event, Low Ki defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Tom Lawlor . Ki nailed a Warrior's Way on Lawlor but got a near-fall . Ki tried to apply a Dragon Clutch on Lawlor but Lawlor countered it into a rear naked choke to make Ki pass out and win
7140-537: The returning Skipper. They won their reunion match on the July 19, 2007, episode of Impact! against Serotonin . Triple X faced Lethal and Dutt and The Motor City Machine Guns at Hard Justice in a losing effort. Skipper and Senshi also went on to face LAX at Bound for Glory in Ultimate X, ultimately losing. At Turning Point , Senshi competed in the Feast or Fired match in which he one of four briefcases. On
7242-403: The ring and finished off Owen Knight with his finishing maneuver, Scorched Earth, to win and become the new Southern Honor Champion. This made Krule a two-time SHW Champion (having previously won the title in 2019, then known as Logan Creed). After Krule won the match, Brooklyn and Joe Black would enter the ring holding up a Contra flag and then draping it over Owen Knight, who was still laid out in
7344-448: The ring with Big Show and in doing so earned a spot on Team SmackDown at Bragging Rights . However, after the match, Kaval was challenged by Tyler Reks , who ultimately went on to defeat him for his spot at the pay-per-view . On the October 18 episode of Raw , Kaval competed in a SmackDown vs. Raw Battle Royal where he was eliminated by Mark Henry . On the October 29 episode of Smackdown , Kaval lost to Jack Swagger . Kaval then lost
7446-490: The same evening to win both the JAPW Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Titles; he would successfully defend both titles in separate matches at their Fourth Anniversary Show later that month in July. He lost both titles in a Three Way match the following month to Homicide, with Xavier as the other competitor. Low Ki made his Ring of Honor (ROH) debut at its first show, The Era of Honor Begins, on February 23. In
7548-526: The second night of All Star Weekend 8 , Low Ki unsuccessfully challenged Claudio Castagnoli for the World Championship. Low Ki appeared on the November 7, 2008, edition of SmackDown in a dark match , losing to then- WWE Tag Team Champion Primo . Low Ki then won a match against Trent Beretta at the Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) tapings on January 8. It was later announced on his official website that he had signed
7650-420: The show's main event, he defeated Bryan Danielson and "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels . On July 27, 2002, at Crowning a Champion, he became the first ever ROH Champion by defeating Daniels, Spanky and Doug Williams in a Four Way Ironman match. On August 24, Low Ki successfully defended his title against A.J. Styles . On September 21, at Unscripted, he lost the title to Xavier, who, after winning
7752-633: The tapings of the June 30 edition of Impact Wrestling , defeating Jimmy Yang and Matt Bentley in a three-way match to advance to a four-way match for a TNA contract at Destination X . At the pay-per-view, Low Ki was defeated in the finals by Austin Aries. On April 21, 2012, Low Ki returned to NJPW, aligning himself with the Chaos stable and teaming with Gedo , Jado and Rocky Romero in an eight-man tag team match, where they defeated Jushin Thunder Liger, Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tiger Mask, with Ki pinning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Devitt for
7854-403: The title against Konnan in a no disqualification match which ended in a no contest after Promociones Dorado members attacked Konnan until Lawlor made the save. On the January 11, 2019 episode of Fusion , Low Ki defeated Lawlor's Team Filthy member Fred Yehi while Salina de la Renta tried to set up Lawlor for an attack by Sami Callihan but Lawlor foiled the plan and attacked Callihan with
7956-446: The title at SuperFight. This led to the beginning of a feud between Lawlor and Ki's group Promociones Dorado as Lawlor would be attacked by Sami Callihan on the October 26 episode of Fusion , whom Lawlor defeated in a Street Fight on the November 16 episode of Fusion and then Lawlor's teammate Simon Gotch turned on him by setting him up to get attacked by Promociones Dorado. On the December 28 episode of Fusion , Low Ki defended
8058-576: The title in a three-way match, which also included Kota Ibushi. Low Ki wrestled the entire match in a suit. The following month, New Japan removed Low Ki's profile from its official website, signaling the end of his run with the promotion. Low Ki had told New Japan office that he did not want to wrestle at an upcoming event in Fukushima because of health and safety reasons stemming from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster . Low Ki wrestled
8160-413: The title match was postponed for a later date. On December 27, MLW announced that Lucha Brothers would be competing at SuperFight. On January 3, it was announced that the originally scheduled World Tag Team Championship match between Lucha Brothers and Hart Foundation would be taking place at SuperFight. On December 21, it was reported by MLW that Kotto Brazil had been attacked by an unknown assailant at
8262-550: The title to Sabin in October at Bound for Glory . Senshi later feuded with Austin Starr . Their feud would continue until Lockdown in a Six Sides of Steel match , which he won. At Slammiversary , he teamed with Rhino to defeat The Latin American Xchange (LAX). At Victory Road , Senshi competed in a 10-Man Ultimate X Match, which he lost. After the match, however, Triple X was reformed with Daniels, Senshi, and
8364-470: The title, became a member of Daniels's faction The Prophecy. Low Ki then faced Samoa Joe on October 5 in what was Joe's official ROH debut in a " Fight Without Honor ". In what resembled more of an MMA fight, Low Ki won the match and they shook hands after the match. Low Ki left the promotion in 2004 due to the Feinstein incident , but he returned on July 17, 2004, during a match, where Samoa Joe and
8466-444: The title. SuperFight received mixed reviews from critics. Jordon Lawrenz of PW Ponderings rated the event 4 out of 10, appreciating the World Tag Team Championship match considering it to be "pretty good, but even that could’ve been better, and was easily the best thing on the show." He panned the singles match between Ricky Martinez and Kotto Brazil as well as the quick ending to the World Heavyweight Championship match, citing that
8568-461: The titular match at War Chamber to settle the rivalry. Contra Unit's next feud was against Salina de la Renta 's stable Promociones Dorado, which began after LA Park decided to cash in his Golden Ticket opportunity by winning the Battle Riot against Jacob Fatu for the World Heavyweight Championship at MLW's first-ever pay-per-view Saturday Night SuperFight on November 2. In the warm-up to
8670-564: The titular match to the Hammerheads. This was also heavily implied to be the case by MLW's YouTube channel, which stated Kwon had renounced Contra and left, Fatu going on his own way and Krügger vowing revenge, along with Josef Samael being released and removed from MLW's Roster page on MLW.com. This would be ignored, however in future episodes of Fusion, which would have Kwon providing backup for Krügger, both men having Contra logos in their entrance videos and commentators referring to Contra in
8772-502: The tournament on September 11, defeating Dark Cuervo in his first round match. Five days later, Low Ki was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Akebono . Following the match, Low Ki was sidelined with an abdominal injury for the rest of the tour. On October 14, Silvestry announced his retirement from professional wrestling due to All Japan supposedly not honoring their contractual obligation of medical care following his injury. Low Ki returned to TNA in 2014, starting
8874-480: The tournament. The following day, Low Ki defeated Prince Devitt in the semifinals, before losing to Ryusuke Taguchi in the finals of the tournament. On June 16 at Dominion 6.16 , Low Ki defeated Taguchi in a rematch to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. On July 29, Low Ki lost the title to Kota Ibushi in his second defense. Low Ki regained the title from Ibushi on October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling . On October 21, Low Ki and Brian Kendrick entered
8976-414: The voice and motion-capture of the wrestling character Suicide . Silvestry is an avid Twitter user, and has been criticized for spreading conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine misinformation , particularly about the Fukushima disaster , mRNA and COVID-19 related vaccines , and on mask usage. He has re-posted and has commented on numerous statements surrounding Disney (including one stating that
9078-467: The win. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2012 , Low Ki defeated Devitt to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time. On May 27, Low Ki entered New Japan's 2012 Best of the Super Juniors tournament . When the round-robin stage of the tournament concluded on June 9, Low Ki finished with eight wins out of his eight matches, winning his block and advancing to the semifinals of
9180-425: Was a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion , and Pro Wrestling Zero-One (Zero-One), where he was a one-time Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight and NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion. He is a three time world champion, and is the only wrestler in history to have been ROH, PWG, and MLW World Champion. Silvestry began wrestling in late 1998 under the ring name Low Ki, which he derived from
9282-402: Was coming out of retirement to work an event for the promotion on June 7. The following day, he was also announced for Dragon Gate USA's April events. On April 4, Ki was defeated by Trent Baretta in his Dragon Gate USA return match. On August 11, 2013, AJPW announced that Low Ki would be returning to the promotion the following month to take part in the 2013 Ōdō Tournament . Low Ki entered
9384-455: Was declared the winner. Instead of facing Joe at Final Battle 2004, Low Ki wrestled Danielson, but got himself disqualified and then attacked the referee. This was enough for ROH officials to suspend him indefinitely as a result. Low Ki returned on May 7, 2005, and immediately attacked Jay Lethal and Samoa Joe at Manhattan Mayhem with his fellow Rottweilers, Homicide, Julius Smokes, Monsta Mack and Rocky Romero. The impromptu tag team match
9486-635: Was defeated by the defending champion, Justin Gabriel . On July 15, Kaval and Michael McGillicutty defeated Los Aviadores ( Hunico and Epico ) to win the Florida Tag Team Championship . Kaval and McGillicutty only held the championship for a single day before losing it back to Los Aviadores . It was announced on June 1 that Kaval would be a participant in the second season of NXT , with Team Lay-Cool ( Michelle McCool and Layla ) as his storyline mentors. He debuted on
9588-569: Was for its debut show on June 19, 2002, in a six-man tag team match alongside A.J. Styles and Jerry Lynn against the Flying Elvises. On June 26, he attempted to become the first X Division Champion , but was beaten by Styles. He would, though, eventually go on to win the title from Styles on August 7, but lost it three weeks later to Lynn. He would later form the Triple X faction with Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper that year and hold
9690-418: Was made: The Rottweilers vs. Samoa Joe and Jay Lethal. Low Ki and Homicide won the match and injured Lethal with a Ghetto Stomp / Cop Killa combination. The feud continued on June 18 at Death Before Dishonor III, where he and Lethal faced each other in a singles match, but it ended in a no contest. They had a rematch on August 12 at Redemption, but the ending was the same and Rottweilers beat Lethal down after
9792-539: Was moved to the SmackDown brand , making his debut during the September 7 tapings in a loss to Drew McIntyre , which aired on September 10. On the September 24 episode of SmackDown , Kaval lost to Chavo Guerrero Jr. On the October 8 episode of SmackDown , Kaval and Kofi Kingston lost to Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes when Rhodes pinned Kaval. On the October 15 episode of SmackDown Kaval lasted five minutes in
9894-518: Was on January 11, where he and MVP went to a draw. On the July 20 episode of Fusion , Low Ki defeated Shane Strickland to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship He would follow that win with successful defences against John Hennigan and Fenix . On November 10 Low Ki defended his championship against Daga , where he won after ripping a portion of Daga's ear off. Low Ki would also defeat Strickland in
9996-411: Was ranked first in the poll. Four weeks later on July 27, he slipped down to second place in the second poll, behind McGillicutty. On August 9, the rookies appeared in a six-man tag team match on Raw , which Kaval's team lost when he was pinned by Husky Harris . Following the match, he was attacked by Sheamus . The following night on NXT , Kaval's team won a rematch when Kaval pinned McGillicutty. In
10098-472: Was revealed to be a fake Krügger as the real Krügger attacked Hammerstone after the match. Fatu retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Oliver on the March 3 episode of Fusion and Contra attacked Injustice after the match but Calvin Tankman made the save and challenged Fatu to a match for the title. In the meanwhile, Daivari and Gotch competed against Los Parks and Injustice in a three-way match for
10200-540: Was revealed to be the returning Low Ki, who wrestled under the name of Senshi (Japanese for "warrior" or "soldier"). Following Lockdown, Senshi was not seen in action for several weeks. Instead, he was built up with a series of vignettes hyping his background, training, and desire to dominate the X Division once more, hinting at the possibility of challenging the X Division Champion, the undefeated Samoa Joe. Senshi defeated Alex Shelley , Jay Lethal, Petey Williams , Shark Boy , and Sonjay Dutt at Slammiversary to become
10302-683: Was unable to win. During this period, he represented Noah in MXW Pro Wrestling's Gaijin Battle Series. He later joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and joined Shinsuke Nakamura 's stable RISE , replacing the injured Milano Collection A.T. ; in his first match back, he suffered a knee injury, which required surgery. Low Ki returned to the promotion in September, defecting from RISE to join New Japan's main villainous faction, Great Bash Heel (GBH). After joining GBH, he captured
10404-660: Was unsuccessful in regaining the X-Division Championship. After that, he was joined with the Latin American Xchange (LAX) , starting a storyline with the Impact World Champion Alberto El Patron . Ki was scheduled to face Alberto for the title at Bound for Glory, but since Impact stripped him from the title, the match was cancelled. Instead, Eli Drake was crowned new champion and Johnny Impact was pointed as
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