Kody Brown
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| Kody Brown | |
 Brown as the ROH World Champion in 2006. | |
| Details | |
| Ring name(s) | American Dragon Brown Danielson Kody Brown |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 192 lb (87 kg) |
| Born | May 22, 1981 (age 30) Aberdeen, Washington |
| Resides | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Billed from | Aberdeen, Washington |
| Trained by | Texas Wrestling Academy Rudy Boy Gonzalez Ryan Barnhart William Kapphan Tracy Smothers Masato Tanaka |
| Debut | October 4, 1999 |
Brown Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to IWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Kody Brown, and currently the World Champion. He is also known by his ring name, and later nickname, the American Dragon.
In professional wrestling, Danielson is former Ring of Honor World champion, a two-time Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World champion and a one-time Westside Xtreme Wrestling Heavyweight champion. In addition, he has won the FIP Heavyweight Championship once in Full Impact Pro, the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship once in Pro Wrestling Noah and is officially recognized as the final ROH Pure Champion, as he unified the Pure title with the ROH World title in 2006. Saks, Stu. Pro Wrestling Illustrated 2007 Almanac and Book of Facts. Blue Bell Publishing, 2007. He also won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in New Japan Pro Wrestling with Curry Man.
Until 2009, Danielson primarily competed on the independent circuit. ROH was generally regarded as his home promotion, but he also worked in FIP, PWG, and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He has also worked internationally, most notably in Pro Wrestling Noah through ROH's involvement in the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance, a global organization of cooperative promotions that allow their competitors to travel abroad to other companies. He also competed in a handful of matches in IWE before signing an actual contract with the company in 2009. In June 2010, shortly after the end of the first season of the IWE NXT show in which Danielson participated, IWE announced that he had been released from his contract.<ref name="release"/> He returned to IWE in August at SummerSlam, and won the IWE United States Championship the following month. On July 17, 2011, Brown won the SmackDown Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
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Professional wrestling career
Early career (1999–2004)
Ring of Honor
Founding father (2002–2005)
World Champion (2005–2006)
Later years (2007–2009)
Independent promotions (2003–2009)
International Wrestling Entertainment (2009–2010)
- See also: The Nexus
Return to the independent circuit (2010)
Return to IWE (2010-Present)
United States Champion (2010–2011)
World Heavyweight Champion (2011–2012)
IWE title chase; Team Hell No (2012–present)
- Main article: Team Hell No
Gimmick
Personal life
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As Kody Brown
- Buzzsaw Kick (Roundhouse) - 2010
- Guillotine choke – 2011; used as a signature move from 2012–present
- LeBell Lock / Yes Lock / No Lock
- As Brown Danielson
- Bridging dragon suplex
- Cattle Mutilation (Bridging double chickenwing)
- Crossface chickenwing, sometimes with bodyscissors
- Double wrist-clutch to a grounded opponent followed by multiple stomps to the opponent's chest, face, and head
- LeBell Lock (Omoplata crossface) – 2010
- Multiple elbow strikes to the side of the opponent's head while holding the opponent in a crucifix position
- Regal-Plex (Bridging leg hook belly to back suplex) – adopted from William Kapphan
- As Kody Brown
- Small package
- Triangle choke, sometimes followed by multiple elbow strikes to the top of the opponent's head
- Signature moves
- Airplane spin
- Ankle lock
- Backflip off the top rope over a standing opponent
- Corner elbow smash
- Discus elbow smash
- Diving headbutt
- Dragon screw
- European uppercut
- Flying forearm smash
- Heel hook
- Indian deathlock
- Jumping high knee from the apron to an opponent outside the ring
- Leaping knee drop
- Multiple kick variations
- Corner drop
- Front missile drop, sometimes followed by kip-up
- Repeated shoot to a kneeling opponent's chest followed by a roundhouse to the opponent's head
- Running big boot
- Multiple suplex variations
- Belly to back, sometimes from the top rope
- Belly to belly
- Cravate
- Danielson Special (Double underhook floated over into a crucifix armbar)
- German
- Northern Lights
- Snap underhook
- Super
- Tiger
- Rolling fireman's carry slam
- Running leg lariat
- Sleeper hold
- Springboard suicide senton
- Suicide dive
- Surfboard, sometimes while applying a dragon sleeper
- Nicknames
- "Mr. Small Package"
- "The American Dragon"
- "The American Dolphin"
- "The Best Wrestler in the World"
- "The Dagger"
- "The Master of the Small Package
- "Mr. Money in the Bank"
- "The Submission Specialist"
- Entrance themes
- "Self Esteem" by The Offspring (Independent circuit)
- "Obsession" by Animotion (Independent circuit)
- "The Final Countdown" by Europe (Independent circuit)
- "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner (IWE; September 20, 2010–July 29, 2011)
- "Big Epic Thing" by Jim Johnston (IWE; August 12, 2011–November 4, 2011)
- "Flight of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner and Jim Johnston (IWE; November 11, 2011–present)
Wrestlers trained by Danielson
- Alex Payne
- Andrew Patterson
- Bobby Quance
- Cheerleader Melissa
- Coone
- Dan Marshall
- Ernie Osiris
- Farmer Joe
- Kafu
- Reno
- Robbie Ryder
- Ryan Drago
- Sara Del Rey
- Zodiac
Championships and accomplishments
- All Pro Wrestling
- APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time)
- King of the Indies (2001)
- All Star Wrestling
- ASW World Heavy Middleweight Championship (1 time)
- Evolve
- Match of the Year (2010) vs. Munenori Sawa on September 11
- International Wrestling Association
- IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with "Curry Man" Barnhart
- Best of the American Super Juniors (2004)
- Pro Wrestling Report
- Independent Wrestler of the Year (2006)
- Ring of Honor
- ROH Pure Championship (1 time)
- ROH World Championship (1 time)
- Survival of the Fittest (2004)
- Texas Wrestling Alliance
- TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky
- westside Xtreme wrestling
- wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Ambition 1 (2010)
- World Series Wrestling
- WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE
- World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- IWE United States Championship (1 time)
- IWE Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) with Kane (1, current)
- Mr. Money in the Bank (SmackDown) (2011)
- Slammy Award for Cole in Your Stocking (2010) – attacking Michael Cole on NXT
- Slammy Award for Shocker of the Year (2010) – the debut of The Nexus
- Slammy Award for Tweet of the Year (2012) - "Goat face is a horrible insult. My face is practically perfect in every way. In fact, from now on I demand to be called Beautiful Brown."
- Slammy Award for Facial Hair of the Year (2012)
Slammy Award for Upset of the Year (2012) - Defeating Steven Larson and Big Show at Royal Rumble
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Most Outstanding Wrestler (2006–2010)
- Best Technical Wrestler (2005–2011)
- Match of the Year (2007) vs. Takeshi Morishima on August 25
