In 2012, Sanchez, then known as Mike Draztik, formed a tag team with Angel Ortiz, known as EYFBO[4] and worked on the American independent scene for several years.

In 2012, Sanchez, then known as Mike Draztik, formed a tag team with Angel Ortiz, known as EYFBO[5] and worked on the American independent scene for several years.

On the March 16, 2017 episode of Impact Wrestling, Sanchez, under the ring name Santana, made his debut as a member of The Latin American Xchange (LAX), alongside Ortiz.

They became part of LAX with Homicide, Diamante, and manager Konnan, where 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 April 23 episode of Impact Wrestling, Santana and Ortiz defeated Veterans of War (Mayweather and Wilcox) in a tournament finals to win the GFW Tag Team Championship.

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.

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.

[10] 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.

[11] 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).

[15][16] 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.

[17] 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.

[29] At Final Resolution, Santana would compete in a four way match to determine the #1 contender for the TNA World Championship, which would involve Joe Hendry, Steve Maclin, and Josh Alexander.