Prior to professional wrestling, he appeared as a contestant on two seasons of the CBS reality competition program Big Brother.

On Day 40, Jeff exercised the power of Coup d'État and named Godderz and fellow contestant Natalie as the nominees up for eviction.

He made another appearance on Celebrity Big Brother during the dance number of the premiere episode as former houseguest Paul sang his introduction.

Godderz has said that after his time on Big Brother he met Ric Flair at a gym in Venice, California, and asked him how to get into the wrestling business.

On February 22, 2012, Godderz, Rob Terry and Rudy Switchblade defeated Jason Wayne and Shiloh Jonze in a handicap match to win the Southern Tag Team Championship.

[10] The team's reign ended on April 7, when Godderz and Rudy Switchblade, who was also recognized as champion under "The Family Rule," were defeated by Anarquia and Raul LaMotta.

[11] On April 11, 2012, Godderz and Switchblade defeated Anarquia and Raul LaMotta twice in two rematches for the Southern Tag Team Championship.

On July 7, 2012, Godderz and Rudy Switchblade defeated Paredyse and Brandon Espinosa in a ladder match to win the vacant Southern Tag Team Championship for the fifth time.

On December 1, 2012, Godderz and Switchblade were defeated by Alex Silva and Sam Shaw for the Southern Tag Team Championship.

[12] On October 14, 2012, at Bound for Glory, Godderz made his Impact debut on the main roster as Tara's "Hollywood boyfriend".

[13] Godderz, billed simply as "Jesse," made his in-ring debut on the November 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, defeating ODB in an intergender match, following interference from Tara.

[2] On the November 8 episode of Impact, Jesse teamed up with Tara in a losing effort to ODB in an intergender handicap match.

[14] Jesse made his pay-per-view debut three days later at Turning Point, teaming with Tara in a losing effort to ODB and Eric Young.

[16] The following week, Jesse was pinned by Young in a three-way match, which also included Robbie E, and forced to wear a turkey suit as part of the Thanksgiving theme.

[17] Jesse, now billed as Jessie Godderz, main evented Impact Wrestling for the first time on December 13, losing to Bully Ray despite outside interference from Tara.

[27][28] On October 27, during the Bound for Glory pre-show, accompanied by "Mr. Olympia" Phil Heath, the BroMans won a four-way tag team gauntlet to become the number one contenders for the Impact World Tag Team Championship later in the night, and they defeated Gunner and James Storm for the titles.

[29][30] The BroMans made their first televised title defense on the October 31 episode of Impact Wrestling, defeating Gunner and Storm in a rematch.

[32] They regained the titles by defeating The Wolves and Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo) at the Wrestle-1 Kaisen: Outbreak show in Tokyo, Japan on March 2.

[39] On September 29, 2020, Godderz won a 21-man rumble match, where he last eliminated Brian Pillman Jr. to become the inaugural OVW National Heavyweight Champion.

[43] On March 5, 2022, Godderz lost the OVW National Heavyweight Champion to Mahabali Shera, ending his reign at 522 days.