Simmons trained at Pro Wrestling Holland under the tutelage of Tengkwa and Gabriel Angelfyre, and made his debut for the promotion in April 2013.

[10] After Beck's successful defence of the title, he was upset with the two tag teams not advancing further in the tournament, which led to Bate being literally kicked out from the stable, where Reich Und Schön held him up allowing Simmons to hit a Massive Boot to him.

[14] On 10 December, at the 16th Anniversary show, Simmons lost the title to Marty Scurll, in a three-way match also involving Adam Cole, ending his reign at 273 days.

The latter match had an added stipulation, in that had Simmons and Starr won, Karsten Beck would have succeeded Christian Michael Jakobi as the head of wXw's championship board of directors.

[20] On March 11, at 16 Carat Gold, Simmons defeated Dieter with a Massive Boot and a piledriver, beginning his second reign with the title.

[22] Dieter was initially granted a rematch for Simmons' title at True Colors, which was later changed to a four-way match, including Walter and Mike Bailey.

[28] On 5 August, at Fight Forever: Da Grosse Tour Opening, Simmons faced Ilja Dragunov and John Klinger in a three-way match.

Despite A4 making the save, there was constant interference from Rise, and a belt shot on Simmons allowed Klinger to hit a double-arm DDT on him and win the match.

James scored wins over Simmons in late October and November: firstly, by pinning him in a three-way match with Starr at a show in Bielefeld,[34] and again, at Broken Rules.

[35] Beck refused to give Simmons a rematch, but when James gloated over his win, he accepted an "I Quit" match which was sanctioned by Jakobi.

Post match, the two men shook hands, but Simmons turned on Starr, kicking him in the groin and attacking him with the same cane that he used on James.

[38] As Starr would not be booked until March 2018 for a last man standing match at 16 Carat Gold, Simmons' character began showing more violent tendencies, as well as a overreliance on the Singapore cane.

He defeated Dirty Dragan at Back to the Roots and Julian Pace on a Shotgun show, with both matches ending due to referee stoppage.

[39][40] At Dead End, he defeated Mike Schwarz in a hardcore match, making him tap out to a submission hold while the cane was around his neck.

A returning James came out from the back to calm things down, but swerved Dragan and sided with Simmons, before Sitoci made the save.