Jackson Drake | |
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Born | Greensboro, North Carolina | August 30, 2003
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Jackson Drake Drake Thompson |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Billed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Trained by | Cam Carter LaBron Kozone |
Debut | June 28, 2017 |
Jackson Drake (born August 30, 2003) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under his real name on the Evolve brand. He is a member of the Vanity Project stable and is the current and the inaugural Evolve Champion in his first reign.
Drake started his wrestling career in the independent circuit in 2017 and was trained by Cam Carter and LaBron Kozone. In 2019, Drake formed a tag team with Jay Malachi as Wrestling Prodigies, winning the FSPW Tag Team Championship and PWF Tag Team Championship. [1] He also made appearances in All Elite Wrestling, between 2022 and 2024, appearing at least one match each year. [2] [3]
Drake competed on the May 15, 2023 edition of Raw , under the name Drake Thompson, where he and his partner Lavar Barbie were defeated by Indus Sher (Sanga, and Veer). [4] [5] On November 15, 2024, it was reported that he was signed to WWE under the WWE ID program, [6] working on the Evolve brand, where he competed in the first episode of Evolve in March 2025. [7] On April 23, 2025 episode of Evolve, Drake and Swipe Right formed The Vanity Project stable alongside Bryce Donovan and Zayda Steel. [8] He won a tournament on June 4, becoming the inaugural Evolve Champion. [9] [10]