Mike Santana
| Mike Santana | |
|---|---|
Santana in July 2019 | |
| Birth name | Mark Sanchez |
| Born | February 4, 1991 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mike Draztik Mike Santana Santana |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Billed weight | 197 lb (89 kg) |
| Billed from | "Bronx, New York" |
| Trained by | Magic |
| Debut | November 2007 |
Mark Sanchez (born February 4, 1991), known by the ring name Mike Santana or simply Santana, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He also makes appearances for partner promotion WWE on their NXT brand.
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 AAW Tag Team Championship, CZW World Tag Team Championship 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 Konnan as the members of the Latin American Xchange (LAX) and won the Impact World Tag Team Championship 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 All Elite Wrestling, where they joined Chris Jericho's stable The Inner Circle. After Jericho and Jake Hager turned on them, Santana and Ortiz and teamed up with Eddie Kingston. Santana left AEW in 2024 and returned to TNA.