This just in: Professional wrestler “Superstar” Jake Atlas is celebrating being named the 2017 Southern California Rookie of the Year by announcing to the world he’s G-A-Y gay!
The 23-year-old wrestler from Los Angeles recently came out in a tweet that said, “I’m proud to be the first openly gay Southern California Rookie of the Year.”
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Jake first came out to his family in 2010, when he was a sophomore in high school. Since then, he’s kept his sexuality a closely guarded secret. Until now.
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“I chose to wait to come out publicly because I was afraid,” he tells GayStarNews. “I have always been afraid.”
He continues, “Wrestling is also a very masculine sport that is sometimes not the most progressive. I was afraid of any hate, backlash, and rejection from it.”
“I was afraid that it would hold me back from achieving my lifelong dream of one day wrestling for the WWE.”
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To his surprise, Atlas says the response has been the exact opposite of what he was expecting.
“The reaction has been incredibly positive from close friends, peers, and promoters,” he says. “I have had the opportunity to share stories with others in the same community and find support to help me embrace my sexuality.”
Oh, and just in case you’re wondering…
“I am very much single,” Jake says.
Scroll down for pics from Jake’s Instagram page…
Blackceo
Congrats for coming out but I’m more stuck on the fact that he’s 23 when most of those pics make him look about 32.
PinkoOfTheGange
He will most likely look that good for the next 30 years is the up side.
Blackceo
Pinko
Thats true. He is very handsome but I would’ve never guessed 23.
Kieran
Beautiful.
Sam6969
I am glad for him he made a well received coming out. I wish he finds the right guy, now.
Aromaeus
I’m suddenly a wrestling fan.
Bob LaBlah
Mexican wrestler Mil Mascaras had a gimmick that made him millions of dollars before he retired as one of the most popular wrestlers ever. So did The Sheik, The Russian Bear Ivan Koloff, Baron Fritz von Raschke, Pampero Fuerpo, Wild Bull Curry, The Mighty Igor, ol’ Fabulous Mullah and a few others. This guy needs a better gimmick that just telling people where he likes to get it sexually. This is a sport where gays are not reliable enough to fill seats. Sorry folks but wrestling is what it is. Entertainment.