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Mark Sanchez (born February 4, 1991), known by the
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Mike Santana or simply Santana, is an American
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. He is signed to
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(TNA). He also makes appearances for partner promotion
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on their NXT
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. In 2012, Sanchez, then known as Mike Draztik, formed a tag team with Angel Ortiz, known as EYFBO and worked on the American independent scene for several years. They won titles such as the
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,
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and the HOG Tag Team Championship. In 2007, Dratzik and Ortiz were hired by TNA, then known as Impact Wrestling, and they changed their names to Santana and Ortiz respectively. They joined
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as the members of the Latin American Xchange (LAX) and won the
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four times, holding the record for most combined days as champions, with 662 days and, at one point, the record as the longest reign with 261 days. They also won GFW Tag Team Championship and unified the title with the Impact Tag Team Championship. Santana and Ortiz left the promotion in 2019 and, soon after, joined the newly created
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, where they joined
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's stable The Inner Circle. After Jericho and
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turned on them, Santana and Ortiz and teamed up with
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. Santana left AEW in 2024 and returned to TNA.


Professional wrestling career


Early career (2007–2017)

Sanchez debuted in 2007. He spent the first years of his career primarily wrestling In New York and
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. In 2012, Sanchez, then known as Mike Draztik, formed a tag team with Angel Ortiz, known as EYFBO and worked on the American independent scene for several years. They won titles such as the
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,
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and the HOG Tag Team Championship.


Impact Wrestling (2017–2019)

On the March 16, 2017 episode of ''
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'', Sanchez, under the ring name Santana, made his debut as a member of
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(LAX), alongside Ortiz. They became part of LAX with
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, Diamante, and manager
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, where attacked
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,
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, Garza Jr., and
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inserting themselves in the
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picture and winning them the following week, establishing themselves as heels in the process. On the March 30 episode of ''Impact'', Ortiz and Santana defeated Decay, Laredo Kid and Garza Jr. and Reno Scum to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship for the first time. On the April 23 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Santana and Ortiz defeated Veterans of War (
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and Wilcox) in a tournament finals to win the GFW Tag Team Championship. On November 5 at Bound for Glory, they lost to
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(OVE), when as part of a double turn with
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interfering on OVE's behalf,
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performing a low blow on Ortiz, and OVE attacking them after the match, thus turning LAX into
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in the process. On the May 24, 2018 episode of ''Impact''
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became the newest member of LAX. After the group leader
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was attacked, and
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and Diamante went missing in action, King assumed leadership of the faction and guided Ortiz and Santana back to being tag team champions. In June, Konnan and Diamante returned, both showing suspicion about King's involvement with the group. On the July 5, 2018 episode of ''Impact'', Konnan confronted King who admitted that it was he who had "taken out a hit" against Konnan to takeover the faction. King then attempted to get Ortiz and Santana to recognize him as the new head of the group but they rejected this and stood beside the original leader, Konnan. Then, former LAX members Hernandez and Homicide returned, entering the ring and attacking Konnan, Santana and Ortiz. At Bound for Glory on October 14, Hernandez and Homicide lost to Ortiz and Santana in a Concrete Jungle Death match. On January 12, 2019, The Lucha Bros ( Pentagón Jr. and
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) defeated Santana and Ortiz at the TV Tapings in Mexico to win the Impact World Tag Team Championships. Santana and Ortiz would reclaim them at the
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pay per view on April 28. They held the titles until July, when they lost them to The North (
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and
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). On July 8, it was revealed that Santana and Ortiz would soon be leaving Impact and had interest from
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and
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. During August 9 tapings Santana and Ortiz were given a "send off" by the Impact locker room. Santana confirmed the following day that he and Ortiz were in fact done appearing on Impact Wrestling.


All Elite Wrestling (2019–2024)

On August 31, 2019, at All Out, Santana and Ortiz made their debut for
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(AEW), attacking both
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( Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) and
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after their tag team ladder match, establishing themselves as heels. On October 2, the inaugural episode of ''
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'', they teamed with
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in the main event and defeated The Elite (
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and The Young Bucks). Led by Jericho, they subsequently formed a new faction along with
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and
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called The Inner Circle. On the November 18, 2020 episode of ''Dynamite'', Konnan reunited with Santana and Ortiz during an Inner Circle party in Las Vegas. In March 2021, the Inner Circle began feuding with The Pinnacle, thus turning Santana and Ortiz faces in the process. 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. It was later announced that Jericho and Hager would face Santana and Ortiz in a tag team match the following week, with it being billed as the ''Inner Circle Implodes'' match. 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
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and Daniel Garcia. On the June 29, 2022 at '' Blood And Guts'', Santana and Ortiz competed in the main event, defeating the Jericho Appreciation Society. During his absence, it was reported Santana and Ortiz had problems working together. After the tag team returned following Santana's recovery from injury, Santana had his ring name changed to ''Mike Santana''. The team competed alongside the
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losing to Kingston, Penta El Zero M and Best Friends'
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, Chuck Taylor and
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in a Stadium Stampede match at All In at
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on August 27. After the event, the team disbanded which led to a match on ''
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'' on October 27, where Santana defeated Ortiz. In March 2024, Santana's profile was removed from AEW's official website, ending his almost five-year tenure with the company.


Return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2024–present)

On April 20, 2024, Santana made his return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (formerly known as Impact Wrestling) at
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, defeating
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. On April 24, it was announced by TNA that Santana had signed with the promotion. In June, Santana would begin a feud with The System, after they cost Santana a chance to qualify for the
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match at
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. At Slammiversary, Santana defeated Jake Something. Following Slammiversary, Santana would focus fully on The System and get revenge for the attacks on him. On the August 15 episode of Impact!, Santana would face off against
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in a losing effort. At
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, Santana would team with
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and
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to face The System in a eight-man tag team match, in a losing effort. On the September 19 episode of Impact!, Santana would defeat JDC in a Texas Death Match. Following the match, Moose would attack Mike Santana. This would lead to a rematch between the two at Bound for Glory. At the event, Santana defeated Moose to end the feud. At Turning Point, Santana defeated
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. At
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, Santana would compete in a four way match to determine the #1 contender for the TNA World Championship, which would involve Joe Hendry,
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, and
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. However, Hendry won the match. Following the match, Santana began a feud with Josh Alexander, taking Alexander's
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. After defeating the Northern Armory in a Gauntlet match and later getting attacked by the group, Santana defeated Alexander in an "I quit" match at
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to end the feud. Following the match, the two men shook hands and Alexander quit TNA. After Genesis, Santana entered a feud with
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. In the build-up, Ali would taunt Santana's past of being a drug addict and would crash one of his consueling sessions. On March 14 at
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, Santana was defeated by Ali.


WWE (2025–present)

Santana made his
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debut on May 25, 2025 on the
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NXT at
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in a backstage segment, where he was confronted by
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(
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and
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). Two days later on '' NXT'', Santana defeated Heights in his WWE in-ring debut, as well as challenged
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for the TNA World Championship, which Williams had defeated Joe Hendry for at Battleground. On the June 3 episode of ''NXT'', Santana failed to win the title from Williams after interference from First Class (
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and
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).


Championships and accomplishments

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**Greatest Rivals Round Robin Tournament (2016) * AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined **
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( 1 time) – with Ortiz *
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** Dynamite Award (3 times) *** "
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PPV Moment of the Year" (
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) –
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( The Elite vs. The Inner Circle) –
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(May 23) *** "Biggest Beatdown" (
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) – The Inner Circle jumping
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– ''
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'' (June 10)
***Hardest Moment to Clean Up After (
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) – ( Best Friends vs. Santana and Ortiz) –
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(September 16) *
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**
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(1 time) – with Ortiz *
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** GFW Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Ortiz * House of Glory ** House of Glory Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** HOG Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Ortiz *
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**
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( 4 times) – with Ortiz ** Impact Year End Award (1 time) ***Tag Team of the Year (
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) – with Ortiz * Jersey Championship Wrestling ** JCW Tag Team Championships (1 time) – with Ortiz *Expect The Unexpected Wrestling **ETU Key To The East Championship (1 time, current) *Greektown Wrestling **Greektown Wrestling Championship (1 time) *Latin American Wrestling Entertainment **LAWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time, inaugural) * ''
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'' ** Faction of the Year (2021) – with The Inner Circle ** Ranked No. 119 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2019 *Pro Wrestling Revolver **PWR Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ortiz *WrestlePro **WrestlePro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ortiz *Warriors Of Wrestling **WOW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ortiz *
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(1 time) – with Ortiz


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santana, Mike 1991 births Living people Professional wrestlers from New York City American male professional wrestlers American people of Puerto Rican descent Professional wrestlers from New York (state) AAW Tag Team Champions TNA/Impact World Tag Team Champions GCW Tag Team Champions CZW World Tag Team Champions HOG Heavyweight Champions HOG Tag Team Champions