{"id":56399,"date":"2019-10-20T11:17:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=56399"},"modified":"2019-10-20T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T15:48:40","slug":"jake-atlas-signs-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/10\/20\/jake-atlas-signs-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Jake Atlas Signs With WWE (Videos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to our sources,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/02\/09\/indie-watch-jake-atlas-en-route-to-becoming-a-superstar\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Atlas<\/a> was approached by WWE officials at the <em><strong>PWG Battle Of Los Angeles<\/strong><\/em> event which took place last month. PWG Battle Of Los Angeles usually has scouts from some of the other notable organizations on hand. <strong>Triple H<\/strong> made the call to Atlas after the contract was issued to him at PWG and Atlas will be reporting to the company soon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[ FULL MATCH ] Artemis Spencer (c) Vs. Jake Atlas | 4\/13\/19, DEFY Wolves At The Door\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/exe6LGGYTdU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since BOLA, Jake Atlas has shown up at <strong>Ring Of Honor<\/strong> Wrestling (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/voicesofwrestling\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who reportedly wanted to sign him<\/a>) in a match against <strong>Tyler Bateman<\/strong> at the <em><strong>ROH Death Before Dishonor<\/strong><\/em> Fallout show. Atlas was last seen at <strong>Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)<\/strong> and at <strong>PCW ULTRA<\/strong> where he faced opponents such as <strong>Jungle Boy<\/strong> (GCW), <strong>Ophidian<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/10\/10\/preview-gcw-no-sleep-10-12-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GCW<\/a>), and <strong>Daga<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/10\/18\/pcw-into-the-void\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PCW ULTRA<\/a>) on Friday night in what has been described as an outstanding match.<\/p>\n<p>Atlas is the current PCW ULTRA Light Heavyweight Champion and the current APW Universal Heavyweight Champion and has also wrestled at the now-defunct Wrestle Circus. He was trained at the <strong>Santino Brothers<\/strong> school. Atlas had <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/12\/13\/penelope-ford-leads-latest-class-of-indie-wrestlers-at-wwe-tryout-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a WWE Tryout last December<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full Match: Brody King (C) vs Jake Atlas\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ENUvWUqqAmM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Atlas first appeared on national television an episode of C<em><strong>elebrity Undercover Boss<\/strong><\/em> with <strong>Stephanie McMahon<\/strong>, where he received $25,000 from the WWE for a down payment on a house and was made an Ambassador for the WWE. His first assignment was back in July 2018 in Boston, MA where he worked with the company in the local communities for the &#8220;Be A Star&#8221; Campaign. On the episode of Celebrity Undercover Boss, Atlas publicly came out to tell the world that he is gay, and has represented the LGBT community and has had plenty of support from the pro-wrestling community and from the WWE.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Priscilla Kelly vs. Jake Atlas from RISE -  Regional Rising Stars Tournament\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cSgiKlRMDBY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to our sources,\u00a0 Jake Atlas was approached by WWE officials at the PWG Battle Of Los Angeles event which took place last month. PWG Battle Of Los Angeles usually has scouts from some of the other notable organizations on hand. 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