After being trained by his father, Freitas debuted in 2004 forPaul LeDuc's FLQpromotion. Initially, Freitas adopted thering name Sean Simmons, but soon began wrestling under the name Alex Silva. He spent the next few years wrestling mainly inQuebec, but also ventured (at 16 years old) into the United States to wrestle inHawaii,Atlanta,Wisconsin, andChicago.[1]
On March 15, 2009, Silva won the CRW Quebec Championship by defeating Twister. He lost the championship to Jeremy Prophet on July 26, 2009.
Silva made hisOhio Valley Wrestling (OVW) debut on November 17, 2010.[1] On December 11, Silva won theOVW Television Championship by defeating Mohamad Ali Vaez.[1][7] His victory made him the youngest Television Champion in the promotion's history.[1] He held the championship for 46 days before losing it back to Vaez on January 26, 2011.[7] A weeks later, Silva left to return to Montreal.[1]
Silva returned to the promotion in July 2011.[1] On November 9, Silva defeated Rocco Bellagio to win the OVW Television Championship for the second time. He held the championship for only seven days, beforedropping it to Adam Revolver on November 16.[7] He returned to Montreal once again in early 2012, before returning to OVW on March 10, 2012.[1] On September 12, Silva defeated Ryan Howe to win the OVW Television Championship for the third time.[7][8] He lost his title againstCliff Compton on October 10.
After losing the Television Title, he began teaming with newcomerSam Shaw. They began to feud with various tag teams in the coming weeks. On December 1, Silva and Shaw defeatedJessie Godderz and Rudy Switchblade for theOVW Southern Tag Team Championship.[9] They lost the title toCrimson and Jason Wayne on January 16, 2013.[10] But defeated them on February 27, 2013, to regain the titles and have a second reign. However, they lost the titles to The Coalition on April 3, 2013, and it was revealed afterward on his Twitter account that Silva had suffered a Grade 3 Concussion. On June 5, 2013, Alex Silva was released from OVW due to release from TNA.[11]
On the April 26, 2012, episode ofImpact Wrestling, Silva made his televised TNA debut in a losing effort toRobbie E as part of theTNA Gut Check.[14] On the following week's episode,Al Snow,Bruce Prichard andRic Flair voted to give Silva a TNA contract after hecut a promo and he became part of the official roster.[1][15] As a winner of TNA Gut Check, Silva was signed to a developmental contract with the promotion and assigned back to OVW.[16] Silva returned toImpact Wrestling on November 22, losing to fellow Gut Check winner Sam Shaw.[17]
In December 2013, Silva made his debut for TOW Wrestling, an independent promotion based in Montreal, Quebec. He wrestled twice, defeating Volkano and "Surfer" Mitch Thompson. Since May 2014, Silva has made regular appearances forInternational Wrestling Syndicate. On July 29, 2014, Silva made his debut for Top of the World Wrestling where he defeated Buxx Belmar, followed by an appearance on August 2 atTOW Cage Fest 2 where he was defeated by Alextreme in a cage match.[20] On November 27, 2014, Silva made his debut for Capital City Championship Combat where he was defeated by Sebastian Suave at theirC4 Something Wicked This Way Comes event.[21]
