Avalon debuted November 15, 2008 for the Empire Wrestling Federation against Chris Kadillak in San Bernardino, California in a losing effort.

He would begin a feud with Human Tornado over the AWS championship which would culminate in a Falls Count Anywhere match on October 23, 2009 where he was the winner.

[10] On July 21, 2013, Avalon and his partner Ray Rosas, now collectively known as "PPRay," defeated Los Bandidos (Rico Dynamite & Tito Escondido), The RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma) and The Tribe (Hawaiian Lion & Navajo Warrior) in an Elimination tag team match to win the CWFH Heritage Tag Team Championships.

[12] Hernandez made his TNA debut on October 20, 2013 at Bound for Glory as a jobber, losing to Ethan Carter III using the ring name Norv Fernum.

[13] Following his appearance at Bound for Glory, Fernum returned on the October 31, episode of Impact Wrestling challenging and losing to Carter in a rematch.

Frequently abusing his power, Avalon received a lawsuit from attorney Celino Barnes for his client Ryan Morals.

On December 5, 2017, Hernandez appeared on SmackDown Live as a jobber, under the name Adam James, teaming with Fidel Bravo (under the name Josh Carr) in a losing effort against the Bludgeon Brothers.

They were a dysfunctional tag team until they shook hands with each other as a sign of respect after losing to The Young Bucks, turning Avalon face in the process.

[25] On the September 15, 2020 edition of AEW Dark, Avalon and Cutler had their first match against each other which ended in a double count out, leaving both men still winless.

[26] Avalon would face Cutler again on the October 13, 2020 episode of Dark and this time the match ended in a double disqualification, again leaving both competitors without a single victory.

[30] On the November 24, 2020, episode of Dark, after 27 losses and two draws, Avalon would finally win his first match in AEW after pinning Fuego Del Sol.

[38] Avalon had a part in Len Kabasinski's 2022 action film, Pact of Vengeance which also starred Leo Fong and Jon Mikl Thor.