Early career (2007–2017) Sanchez debuted in 2007. He spent the first years of his career primarily wrestling in New York and
New Jersey. In 2012, Sanchez, then known as Mike Draztik, formed a tag team with
Angel Ortiz, known as
EYFBO At
Bound for Glory on October 14, Hernandez and Homicide lost to Ortiz and Santana in a
Concrete Jungle Death match. On January 12, 2019,
The Lucha Bros (
Pentagón Jr. and
Rey Fénix) defeated Santana and Ortiz at the TV Tapings in Mexico to win the Impact World Tag Team Championships. Santana and Ortiz would reclaim them at the
Rebellion pay per view on April 28. They held the titles until July, when they lost them to
The North (
Ethan Page and
Josh Alexander). On July 8, it was revealed that Santana and Ortiz would soon be leaving Impact and had interest from
WWE and
All Elite Wrestling. During August 9 tapings Santana and Ortiz were given a "send off" by the Impact locker room. Santana confirmed the following day that he and Ortiz were in fact done appearing on Impact Wrestling.
All Elite Wrestling (2019–2024) |thumb On August 31, 2019, at
All Out, Santana and Ortiz made their debut for
All Elite Wrestling (AEW), attacking both
Lucha Brothers (
Pentagón Jr. and
Fénix) and
Nick Jackson after their tag team ladder match, establishing themselves as heels. On October 2, the inaugural episode of
Dynamite, they teamed with
Chris Jericho in the main event and defeated
The Elite (
Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks). Led by Jericho, they subsequently formed a new faction along with
Sammy Guevara and
Jake Hager called
The Inner Circle. On the November 18, 2020 episode of
Dynamite, Konnan reunited with Santana and Ortiz during an Inner Circle party in Las Vegas. In March 2021, the Inner Circle began feuding with
The Pinnacle, thus turning Santana and Ortiz faces in the process. On the February 9, 2022 episode of
AEW Dynamite, the Inner Circle had a team meeting that ended with Sammy Guevara throwing his vest and walking out. It was later announced that Jericho and Hager would face Santana and Ortiz in a tag team match the following week, with it being billed as the
Inner Circle Implodes match. On the March 9, 2022 episode of
Dynamite, the Inner Circle was disbanded after Jericho and Hager attacked Santana and Ortiz and formed an alliance with
2point0 and
Daniel Garcia. On the June 29, 2022 at
Blood And Guts, Santana and Ortiz competed in the main event with
Eddie Kingston and the
Blackpool Combat Club, defeating the
Jericho Appreciation Society in a
Blood and Guts match. During the match, Santana suffered a torn ACL and was rendered out indefinitely. During his absence, it was reported Santana and Ortiz had problems working together. After the tag team returned following Santana's recovery from injury, Santana had his ring name tweaked to
Mike Santana. The team competed alongside the
Blackpool Combat Club losing to Kingston,
Penta El Zero M and
Best Friends'
Trent Beretta,
Chuck Taylor and
Orange Cassidy in a
Stadium Stampede match at
All In at
Wembley Stadium on August 27. After the event, the team disbanded which led to a match on
AEW Rampage on October 27, where Santana defeated Ortiz. After the match, Santana requested and was granted his release from AEW in March 2024, ending his almost five-year tenure with the company.
Return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2024–present) and
Leon Slater at
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's "Border Brawl" event in May 2025|thumb On April 20, 2024, Santana made his return to
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA; formerly known as Impact Wrestling) at
Rebellion, defeating
Steve Maclin. On April 24, it was announced by TNA that Santana had signed with the promotion. In June, Santana began a feud with
The System, after they cost Santana a chance to qualify for the
TNA World Championship match at
Slammiversary. At Slammiversary, Santana defeated
Jake Something. Following Slammiversary, Santana focused fully on The System and get revenge for the attacks on him. On the August 15 episode of
TNA Impact!, Santana lost to
Moose. At
Emergence, Santana teamed with
The Hardys and
Joe Hendry to face The System in an eight-man tag team match, in a losing effort. On the September 19 episode of Impact!, Santana defeated
JDC in a Texas Death Match. Following the match, Moose attacked Santana. This led to a rematch between the two at
Bound for Glory. At the event, Santana defeated Moose to end the feud. At
Turning Point, Santana defeated
Frankie Kazarian. At
Final Resolution, Santana competed in a four-way match to determine the number-one contender for the TNA World Championship, which involved Joe Hendry,
Steve Maclin, and
Josh Alexander. However, Hendry won the match. Following the match, Santana began a feud with Josh Alexander, taking Alexander's
headgear. After defeating the Northern Armory in a Gauntlet match and later getting attacked by the group, Santana defeated Alexander in an
"I quit" match at
Genesis to end the feud. Following the match, the two men shook hands and Alexander quit TNA.After Genesis, Santana entered a feud with
Mustafa Ali. In the build-up, Ali taunted Santana's past of being a drug addict and crashed one of his counselling sessions. On March 14 at
Sacrifice, Santana was defeated by Ali. Due to Ali cheating at Sacrifice, Santino Marella made a rematch for the following episode of Impact!, where Santana defeated Ali by countout. At
Rebellion, Santana defeated Ali in a Falls Count Anywhere match to end the feud. On July 20 at
Slammiversary, Santana failed to win the TNA World Championship from
Trick Williams in a
three-way match, also involving
Joe Hendry. On October 12, 2025, at
Bound for Glory, Santana defeated
Trick Williams to win the
TNA World Championship for the first time and his first singles world championship in a major promotion.On November 13, 2025, Santana lost the TNA World Championship to
Frankie Kazarian after getting into a brawl with NXT talent and Kazarian was the winner of
The Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match at Bound For Glory. On January 15, 2026 on
Thursday Night Impact!'s AMC debut, Santana defeated
Frankie Kazarian to win the TNA World Championship for the second time. Two days later at
Genesis, Santana defeated Kazarian to retain the title in
Texas Deathmatch. On March 27 at
Sacrifice, Santana defended his title against
Steve Maclin but the bout was ruled a no contest after Maclin was
legitimately knocked out after taking a superkick from Santana. While medical was tending to Maclin,
Eddie Edwards, who had a guaranteed world title shot from a
Feast or Fired match, attempted to attack Santana but Santana was able to fend him off.
WWE (2025–present) in August 2025|thumb Santana made his
WWE debut on May 25, 2025, on the
developmental brand NXT at
Battleground in a backstage segment, where he was confronted by
No Quarter Catch Crew (
Charlie Dempsey and
Tavion Heights). Two days later on
NXT, Santana defeated Heights in his WWE in-ring debut. He would go on to challenge
Trick Williams for the TNA World Championship, which Williams had defeated Joe Hendry for at Battleground. On the June 3 episode of
NXT, Santana failed to win the title from Williams after interference from
First Class (
AJ Francis and
KC Navarro). On the September 23 episode of
NXT, Santana, along with other wrestlers of the TNA roster, took part in a major storyline, where they invaded NXT and brawled with various wrestlers on the NXT roster. == Championships and accomplishments ==