[4] Bononi trained to be a professional wrestler under Bob Junior of the Brazilian Wrestling Federation, and competed on the independent circuit in his native Brazil and South America under the ring name V8 Big Block.

[7] On 24 June 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite, Bononi was spotted in the crowd along with other wrestlers where he broke up a brawl between participants of a lumberjack.

Bononi would then make his in-ring debut on 29 September episode of AEW Dark where he teamed with Shawn Dean in a losing effort to The Gunn Club.

Bononi had his first win in AEW on 3 February episode of Dark, teaming with Avalon to defeat Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean.

[8] On October 28 at EVOLVE 114, Bononi debuted as the corner man to his tag partner Adrian Jaoude in his match defeating independent wrestler Joe Gacy.