Gabbi Tuft

Professional

Birthday November 1, 1978

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace San Francisco, California, U.S.

Age 45 years old

Nationality United States

Height 6 ft 2 in

Weight 246 lb (now 210 lb)

#13003 Most Popular

1978

Gabbi Alon Tuft (born November 1, 1978) is an American TikToker and retired professional wrestler.

Tuft is best known for her time with WWE under the ring name Tyler Reks.

Tuft also competed in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where she won the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship once and the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice, once with Joe Hennig and once with Johnny Curtis.

2007

She made her professional debut in February 2007 for Ultimate Pro Wrestling.

2008

Tuft was signed to a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in January 2008 and was assigned to the Florida Championship Wrestling territory as Tyler Reks.

She made her FCW debut on February 5, 2008, with Johnny Curtis in a losing effort against Eric Pérez and Eddie Colon.

A few days later on February 12 she made her singles FCW debut in a losing effort once again against "The South City Thriller" Hade Vansen.

She participated in a FCW Florida Heavyweight Title Battle Royal which was won by Jake Hager.

She also took part in the FCW Florida Tag Team Title Tournament with Rycklon.

During this tournament she had her first victory at FCW defeating Ted Dibiase Jr.. and Afa, Jr. in the first round, however the pair subsequently lost to Eddie Colon and Eric Perez in the quarter finals.

Tuft then had two chances at the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship against the current champion Jake Hager; first in a one on one match and then in a triple threat match along with Johnny Curtis.

On the August 28 she participated in an FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contendership Fatal Four Way along with Johnny Curtis, Tyrone Evans, and Sheamus O'Shaunessy, who went on to win the match.

Tuft then went on to have another two FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship shots against Sheamus O'Shaunessy and lost both times.

On December 11, 2008, Reks and Johnny Curtis defeated The New Hart Foundation (DH Smith and TJ Wilson) to win the Florida Tag Team Championship in Tampa, Florida.

After numerous defenses and 139 days of holding the titles, they lost them to Caylen Croft and Trent Barreta.

2009

Tuft won FCW Florida Heavyweight Title No. 1 Contendership match and on June 11, 2009, she captured the Florida Heavyweight Championship by defeating Drew McIntyre.

She later lost the title to Heath Slater at the FCW television tapings on August 13.

She later lost to Slater again during her rematch for the title.

She lost to Joe Hennig in a FCW Florida Heavyweight Title No. 1 Contendership match and lost a FCW Florida Heavyweight Title No. 1 Contendership battle royal.

She and Leo Kruger had a FCW Florida Tag Team Title match against Epico but lost.

Reks made her main roster debut on ECW on Sci Fi on the June 30, 2009 episode, with a surfer in-ring persona, in a backstage promo with Zack Ryder.

Reks had suffered a knee injury just prior to her debut, but was able to work through it and made her in-ring debut on the July 2, 2009, episode of WWE Superstars, losing to Ryder.

On the July 21 episode of ECW, Reks gained her first win after defeating Paul Burchill, and then beat him again the following week.

Reks participated in a 10-man battle royal on the September 15 edition of ECW for an ECW Championship opportunity against Christian, but the match would go on to be won by Zack Ryder.

Tuft would begin a brief hiatus from television starting in November 2009 and began mainly working dark matches and house shows for both SmackDown and Raw and FCW matches.

Reks was one of the participants in the 26-man pre-show battle royal at WrestleMania XXVI.

2010

In April 2010, Reks joined the SmackDown roster following ECW's cancellation.

After months of only working dark matches, Reks made her SmackDown television debut as a heel on the October 15 edition of the program while sporting a beard, chest hair, and new attire in addition to never referencing to her time on ECW.

After a promo, she challenged and defeated Kaval in a match for the latter's spot in the SmackDown Bragging Rights team.

On the Raw before Bragging Rights, she participated in a SmackDown vs. RAW 30 Man Tag Team Battle Royal, in which Smackdown was victorious.

At Bragging Rights, Reks was able to eliminate Santino Marella before being eliminated by Sheamus.

However, Team SmackDown was successful in winning the Bragging Rights Cup for the second consecutive time, which would end up being Reks' most significant accomplishment in her WWE career.

After this, Reks was placed on Alberto Del Rio's Survivor Series team at the event.

On the SmackDown before Survivor Series 2010 she competed in a Ten Man Tag Team Battle Royal but her team lost.

At Survivor Series 2010 she was eliminated by Kofi Kingston as Team Del Rio went on to lose the match to Team Mysterio.

Reks was then moved into a feud with Chris Masters, defeating him once on SmackDown and twice on Superstars.

2014

Since retiring from professional wrestling in 2014, Tuft has been working in marketing.

She also launched a fitness website with several other wrestlers.

Gabbi Tuft publicly came out as a trans woman in February 2021.

Tuft was trained by Mike Bell.