American independent circuit (2017–present) Manders made his
professional wrestling debut in
SCW Strike II, an event promoted by Scott County Wrestling on April 22, 2017, where he fell short to Joe Acer in singles competition. Among his main field promotions, Manders also shared brief or longer tenures with various other promotions from the American independent scene such as
IWA Mid-South,
AAW Wrestling,
Beyond Wrestling and many others. He competed in one of the promotion's signature events, the
Ted Petty Invitational in which he made his only appearance at the 2020 edition where he fell short to Vincent Nothing in the first rounds.
The Wrestling Revolver (2018–present) Manders often works for The Wrestling Revolver, especially in cross-over events promoted alongside various other promotions. At
REVOLVER x HOG, a cross-over event promoted by The Wrestling Revolver and
House of Glory on April 5, 2022, Manders unsuccessfully challenged Carlos Ramirez for the Crown Jewel Championship. At
REVOLVER Cage Of Horrors on July 9, 2022, he unsuccessfully challenged
Mike Bailey for the
Impact X Division Championship. At
REVOLVER Tales From The Ring 5, a cross-over event promoted alongside
Impact Wrestling on September 17, 2022, he unsuccessfully challenged
Josh Alexander for the
Impact World Championship.
Game Changer Wrestling (2019–present) Manders made his debut in
Game Changer Wrestling at
GCW – Lights Out on July 21, 2019, where he competed in a
seven-way match won by
Shane Mercer and also involving
AJ Gray,
Alex Zayne,
Allie Katch, JJ Garrett and Logan Stunt. He chased for several championships promoted by GCW. At
GCW Find You Again on April 22, 2022, he teamed up with Levi Everett to unsuccessfully challenge Bussy (Allie Katch and
Effy) for the
GCW Tag Team Championship. He competed in various signature events of the promotion. At
GCW Fight Club on October 8, 2022, he teamed up with
Mance Warner and
Matthew Justice to defeat Wasted Youth (Jimmy Lloyd, Dyln McKay, and Marcus Mathers). In the
Joey Janela's Spring Break branch of events, Manders made his debut at ''GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 6
on October 18, 2023, where he competed in the traditional Clusterfuck Battle Royal, bout won by The Second Gear Crew stablemates Warner, Justice and AJ Gray, and also involving many other notable opponents such as Billie Starkz, Blake Christian, Dante Leon, Dark Sheik, Joey Janela, Josh Barnett and others. At Joey Janela's Spring Break: Clusterfuck Forever'' on April 8, 2024, he competed in the same type of match, this time won by
Microman and also involving
Nick Gage,
Mike Bailey,
Colin Delaney,
Jordan Oliver,
Man Like DeReiss,
Shane Douglas and others.
Major League Wrestling (2023–2024) Manders made his debut in
Major League Wrestling at
War Chamber 2023 on April 6, where he teamed up with
Alexander Hammerstone and "The Second Gear Crew" stablemates
Mance Warner and
Matthew Justice in a losing effort against
The Calling (
Rickey Shane Page,
Delirious,
Akira, and Dr. Cornwallus) in a
War Chamber match. At
MLW Fusion #172 on April 8, 2023 (broadcast on July 7), where he teamed up with Warner to unsuccessfully challenge
The Samoan SWAT Team (Juicy Finau and
Lance Anoa'i) for the
MLW World Tag Team Championship. At
Battle Riot V on April 8, 2023, Manders competed in the traditional 40-man
Battle Riot match for a future
MLW World Heavyweight Championship match won by
Alex Kane and also involving various other notable opponents such as
Jesus Rodriguez,
Willie Mack,
Lince Dorado,
Sam Adonis,
John Morrison, and many others. At
Never Say Never on July 8, 2023, Manders teamed up with Warner to defeat The Calling (Delirious and Dr. Cornwallis) and The Samoan SWAT Team. At
Fury Road on September 3, Manders competed twice in two bouts taped for
MLW Fusion. In the first one, he teamed up with Justice to defeat The Calling (Cannonball and Talon), and in the second one, he fell short to
Matt Cardona. At
MLW Slaughterhouse on October 14, 2023, Manders unsuccessfully challenged Page in a
Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal:
Falls Count Anywhere match for the
MLW National Openweight Championship. At
Fightland on November 18, 2023, Manders teamed up with Justice and defeated Akira and Page to win he
MLW World Tag Team Championship. At
Kings of Colosseum on January 6, 2024, Manders and Justice successfully defended the MLW tag team titles against World Titan Federation (
Tom Lawlor and Josh Bishop). At
Superfight on February 3, 2024, Manders fell short to
Davey Boy Smith Jr. At
Intimidation Games on February 29, 2024, Manders and Justice dropped the MLW tag team titles to Smith and Lawlor. At
War Chamber on March 29, Manders teamed up with Justice and CozyMax (
Shigeo Okumura and
Satoshi Kojima) in the traditional
War Chamber match. At
MLW Azteca Lucha on May 11, 2024, Manders and Justice fell short to CozyMax in a bout for the vacant tag team titles.
European independent circuit (2023–present) Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2023; 2024-present) Manders made his debut in
Westside Xtreme Wrestling at the 2023 edition of the
wXw World Tag Team Festival where he teamed up with
Mance Warner and fell short to Astronauts (
Fuminori Abe and
Takuya Nomura) in the first rounds. As for the
16 Carat Gold Tournament, he made his first appearance at the 2024 edition of the tournament where he defeated
Luke Jacobs in the first rounds, Stephanie Maze in the quarterfinals, then fell short to
Laurance Roman in the semifinals. On April 5, 2025, Maders defeated Elijah Blum at wXw We Love Wrestling: 16 Carat Gold Revenge to win the vacant
wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship. On September 27, 2025,
Peter Tihanyi defeated Manders for the title at
wXw Catch Grand Prix 2025 - Night 3. ==Championships and accomplishments==