January 2021, Major League Wrestling announced Daivari as the new member of Contra Unit. Personal life Daivari was born in Minnesota to Iranian parents, who immigrated to the United States in the 1970s. He speaks Persian fluently. He has an older and a younger brother. His younger brother, Ariya, is also a professional wrestler, and was part of the WWE Cruiserweight Division. Daivari was featured in the Morgan Spurlock directed documentary Mansome. In October 2012, Daivari gained attention for choking a drunk, disruptive passenger unconscious with a rear naked choke on a lightrail en route to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, after police were slow to respond to another passenger hitting an emergency button. In 2016, Daivari and fellow WWE alumni Ken Anderson, Molly Holly, and independent wrestler Arik Cannon founded The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling. Championships and accomplishments American Made Wrestling Entertainment AMWE Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) American Wrestling Rampage AWR No Limits Championship (1 time) Big Time Wrestling BTW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) BTW United States Championship (1 time) Insane Championship Wrestling ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ariya Daivari Mad Asylum Pro Wrestling MAPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Midwest Independent Association of Wrestling MIAW Lightweight Championship (1 time) Midwest Pro Wrestling MPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) NEO-PRO Wrestling NEO-PRO Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) Over the Top Wrestling OTT No Limits Championship (1 time) Portland Wrestling Uncut Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #85 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2009 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA X Division Championship (1 time) Feast or Fired (2009 – Pink Slip) Varsity Pro Wrestling VPW Championship (1 time) Wrestling For Warriors WFW Children's Championship (1 time, current) Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (2005) Terrorist angle on day of London bombings References External links Daivari's Impact Wrestling profile 1984 births 20th-century professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers American male professional wrestlers Living people People from Katy, Texas Professional wrestlers from Minneapolis Sportspeople from Harris County, Texas Sportspeople from Minneapolis Professional wrestling managers and valets Tough Enough contestants Iranian professional wrestlers American people of Iranian descent Sportspeople of Iranian descent TNA/Impact X Division Champions