Jake Atlas kicked off his wrestling career just five years ago before officially signing with WWE in 2019. He made his NXT debut in April 2020, losing to Dexter Lumis in his first WWE match.
The 27-year-old then participated in the 2020 Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship round-robin tournament, and the 2021 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, alongside Isaiah "Swerve" Scott. However, he failed to win any of them.
Atlas spent nearly two years in WWE before the company released him from his contract last August. Following his departure, the 27-year-old wrestled only two matches on the independent circuit before announcing his retirement in September.
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"I’m not concussed or “banged up.” I simply just can’t keep going anymore. Take your mental health seriously, both for yourselves & for each other, because we only have one life to live. Thank you to anyone who did support me for 5 years. I didn’t do much, but what I did was fun," he wrote on Twitter.
Jake Atlas has not yet revealed what his post-retirement plans are. However, he has recently been modeling for Franky Monet's clothing brand, Loca.
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Ahmed Hamdy
Ahmed Hamdy is an Egyptian journalist with a decade of experience in sports journalism, specializing in pro wrestling and football.
Hamdy kicked off his career as a sports reporter for Al-Ahram Weekly. He then became a producer/reporter for Mal Masr TV program on the Egyptian channel ON TV. In the following years, Hamdy worked as a reporter for several international news outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), As-Safir (Lebanon), and Al-Monitor (U.S.A).
In 2014, Hamdy joined leading Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, where he is now a Senior Sports Editor. In addition to all that, the Egyptian also worked as a sports editor for Sport360 and feature writer for Manshoor.com.
Hamdy has covered several sports events throughout the past few years, including WWE's tour in Egypt and the 2019 African Cup of Nations.
The experienced journalist joined Sportskeeda's pro wrestling feature writers team in early 2021. Since then, his work has managed to get millions of reads.
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