Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2018–present) Knoche made his
professional wrestling debut in
Westside Xtreme Wrestling's Academy branch at the
wXw Academy Scouting The Next Generation 29 event from August 18, 2018, where he fell short to Winchester in
singles competition. Knoche began chasing for multiple championships promoted by the company. He first competed for the wXw Academy Championship at
wXw Academy Scouting The Next Generation 35 on February 17, 2019, where he fell short to the retaining champion Vinny Vortex and
Norman Harras in a
three-way match. At
wXw Road To Broken Rules XIX: Bielefeld on October 26, 2019, Levaniel unsuccessfully challenged for the
wXw Shotgun Championship in a three-way bout won by retaining champion
Axel Tischer and
Avalanche. He won his first title, the
wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship at
wXw 22nd Anniversary on December 17, 2022, when he defeated
Tristan Archer. Knoche competed in various of the promotion's signature events. One of them is the
Shortcut To The Top in which he made his first appearance at the 2019 edition from August 3. The competition in the traditional
battle royal was disputed for the number one contendership for the
wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship won by Francis Kaspin and also involving various notable opponents such as
Alexander James,
Chris Brookes,
El Lindaman,
Jay Skillet,
Aussie Open (
Kyle Fletcher and
Mark Davis),
Walter,
David Starr,
Shigehiro Irie,
Sha Samuels and many others. One year later at the 2020 edition of
Shortcut To The Top, he competed in the same traditional battle royal won by Mike Schwarz and also involving
Absolute Andy,
Emil Sitoci,
Marius Al-Ani, Prince Ahura, Vincent Heisenberg,
The Rotation and many others. In 2021, he competed in the battle royal won by
Jurn Simmons and also involving
Aigle Blanc,
Bobby Gunns, Dennis Dullnig, Peter Tihanyi,
Senza Volto and many others. Knoche won the 2022 battle royal, which gave him a shot to the heavyweight title which he subsequently won. The match also included the likes of
Teoman,
Laurance Roman, Fast Time Moodo,
Maggot and others. In the
WXw Catch Grand Prix, he made his first appearance at the 2021 edition where he teamed up with Bobby Gunns to defeat Leon van Gasteren and Michael Knight in the first rounds. Gunns was the one to score the pinfall of the bout and was subsequently qualified to the next rounds without Knoche.
Independent circuit (2018–present) Knoche competed in several promotions from the
European independent scene as a developmental talent sent by wXw. In Yawara Wrestling, he won the vacant tag team titles alongside Justus von der Heid at
YAWARA Wrestling Reunion XVIII February 23, 2019. He championed in a
gauntlet tag bout in which they defeated the teams of Brüder des Nordens (Lukas Robinson and Matthias Bernstein), Rott Und Flott (Michael Schenkenberg and Nikita Charisma), Grup Anarsi (Abdul Kenan and Aytac Bahar) and Kielside (Bennet and PJ), and Rock n Roll Radicalz (Briggs and Fynn Freyhart). ==Championships and accomplishments==