Early career (2008–2017) Molina debuted in 2008 under the ring name "Angel Ortiz". In 2012, he formed a tag team with
Mike Draztik,
EYFBO; the duo won titles such as the
AAW Tag Team Championship,
CZW World Tag Team Championship and the
HOG Tag Team Championship.
Impact Wrestling (2017–2019) On the March 16, 2017 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Ortiz and Santana were part of LAX with
Homicide,
Diamante, and manager
Konnan. LAX attacked
Decay,
Laredo Kid,
Garza Jr., and
Reno Scum inserting themselves in the
Impact World Tag Team Championship picture and winning them the following week, establishing themselves as
heels in the process. On the March 30 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Ortiz and Santana defeated Decay, Laredo Kid and Garza Jr. and Reno Scum to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship. On the April 23 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Ortiz and Santana defeated Veterans of War (
Mayweather and
Wilcox) in a tournament finals to win the
GFW Tag Team Championship. On November 5 at
Bound for Glory, they lost to
Ohio Versus Everything (OVE) as part of a double turn with
Sami Callihan interfering on OVE's behalf,
Jake Crist performing a low blow on Ortiz, and OVE attacking them after the match, thus turning LAX into
face in the process. On the May 24, 2018 episode of
Impact King became the newest member of LAX. After the group leader
Konnan was attacked, and
Homicide and
Diamante went missing in action, King assumed leadership of the faction and guided Ortiz and Santana back to being
tag team champions. In June, Konnan and Diamante returned, both showing suspicion about King's involvement with the group. On the July 5, 2018 episode of
Impact, Konnan confronted King who admitted that it was he who had "taken out a hit" against Konnan to takeover the faction. King then attempted to get Ortiz and Santana to recognize him as the new head of the group but they rejected this and stood beside the original leader, Konnan. Then, former LAX members
Hernandez and Homicide returned, entering the ring and attacking Konnan's trio. 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 LAX during the TV Tapings in Mexico to win the Impact World Tag Team Championships. Ortiz and Santana 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 Ortiz and Santana 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–present) On August 31, 2019, at
All Out, Ortiz and Santana debuted as heels for
All Elite Wrestling (AEW), attacking both
Lucha Brothers (
Pentagón Jr. and
Fénix) and
Nick Jackson after their tag team ladder match. 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 Ortiz and Santana during an Inner Circle party in Las Vegas. 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 15, 2022 special episode of
Dynamite Road Rager, Ortiz would have his head shaved after losing a
hair vs. hair match to Jericho. On the June 29, 2022 at
Blood And Guts, they competed in the main event, defeating the
Jericho Appreciation Society. During his absence, it was reported Ortiz and Santana had problems working together. After the tag team returned following Santana's recovery from injury, Santana had his ring name changed to Mike Santana. The team competed alongside the
Blackpool Combat Club losing to
Eddie 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. On the January 20, 2024 episode of
AEW Collision, Ortiz and Eddie Kingston lost to
Bryan Danielson and
Claudio Castagnoli during the match Ortiz ended up suffering a torn pectoral muscle which put him out of action. In October 2025, Ortiz revealed that he began working backstage in AEW as a
coach. On December 10, 2025, Ortiz wrestled his first AEW match in almost two years, where he was defeated by
Hook in a
dark match before
Dynamite: Winter is Coming. Ortiz returned to AEW television at
Worlds End Zero Hour on December 27, coming to the aid of Eddie Kingston from the
Grizzled Young Veterans (
James Drake and
Zack Gibson).
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2019) On September 8, 2019, Ortiz and Santana debuted with the Mexican promotion
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), earning their first victory after defeating the team of Arez and
Daga and
Laredo Kid and
Myzteziz Jr. == Championships and accomplishments ==