Jake Atlas was one of many stars released from their contracts by WWE over the past two years. He recently signed with AEW after a tryout match on AEW Dark. Things were looking good for the young performer, but they may have taken a negative turn on this week’s taping of AEW Rampage. Atlas appears to have suffered a knee injury during his match with Adam Cole. He was able to finish the contest, but his status is currently unknown as of this writing.
Cole challenged Atlas to the Rampage match this week during a backstage segment on the latest episode of Dynamite. The episode of Rampage was taped following the live airing of Dynamite for their debut on TBS.
On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, journalist Bryan Alvarez talked about Atlas’s unfortunate injury that he suffered during his match and noted that the star would need an MRI to know the full severity of the injury. However, Alvarez states that there is every chance that Atlas will be fine and that the injury was only a minor scare. But nothing will be known until the results are reported.
It was mentioned within the same episode that Atlas was seen to be unable to stand during the match for Coles Panama Sunrise finisher and was in a lot of pain. Dave Meltzer noted that the injury came after one of Cole’s kicks to his knee. If he is injured and in need of surgery, then this will have come at a bad time. Atlas debuted just this past month on the December 28 taping of AEW Dark in a match against Serpentico. He would win and be signed soon after by Khan. This match against Adam Cole is his television debut.
Jake Atlas suffered his injury the same night that Rey Fenix did. The now-former tag team champion suffered a bad arm injury after taking a chokeslam through a table outside the ring. His arm could be seen bent at an odd angle after the bump. Like Atlas, the severity of his injury remains to be seen.
