Transgender retired skilled wrestler Gabbi Tuft’s most-recent social media tease a couple of return to the squared circle noticed her coming into a venue the place All Elite Wrestling was holding a present.
Tuft could be seen joined by two others, recognized by social-media feedback as her brother and ex-wife, strolling previous an 18-wheeler with AEW’s brand on it in addition to the faces of a number of of the corporate’s wrestlers together with Adam Cole and Britt Baker.
The video of the trio strolling into H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas was posted by Tuft herself to social media. AEW’s flagship weekly present, ‘Dynamite’, was held on the Austin-area venue on Wednesday night time.
Commenting on the video of Tuft coming into the sector was WWE celebrity Natalya, who Tuft has been noticed coaching contained in the ring with in latest weeks.
Former WWE celebrity Paige, who’s now on the AEW roster beneath her given identify of Saraya, additionally commented on the publish and posted images with Tuft backstage at ‘Dynamite’.
Tuft carried out as Tyler Reks for 4 years earlier than being launched by the WWE in 2012
Tuft’s newest social-media tease exhibits a attainable vacation spot of AEW as an alternative of WWE
Tuft, often called Tyler Reks throughout her first four-year run with WWE, was launched from the corporate in 2012 and retired from competitors in 2014.
Three years after popping out as a transgender lady in February 2021, the 45-year-old Tuft publicly expressed a need to return to the ring on social media.
Tuft has dropped about 100 kilos from when she carried out as Reks by altering her weight-reduction plan and health routine. Reks was billed at 6-foot-2 and round 250 kilos for her complete WWE run.
AEW is the second-biggest American skilled wrestling firm behind WWE, with a nationwide tv cope with TBS and TNT. AEW’s roster contains former WWE world champions comparable to Bryan Danielson and Adam ‘Edge’ Copeland.
All Elite Wrestling is positioned because the second-biggest American professional wrestling firm
Tuft has not wrestled in any official capability since 2014 however has expressed a need to return
After posting clips of her time with WWE on social media, and coaching with Natalya, in addition to different present WWE superstars, a return to the ring for Tuft appeared to coincide with a reunion with the corporate that introduced her probably the most limelight.
Now, after a visual presence at an AEW occasion, that would not be the case.
Tuft’s final official match befell at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate occasion, teaming with former WWE wrestler Curt Hawkins in opposition to AEW’s Lance Hoyt and Kevin Matthews.
Tuft would comply with within the footsteps of AEW’s Nyla Rose, who grew to become the primary transgender wrestler to signal a full-time contract with an American promotion in 2019. Rose is a former AEW Women’s World Champion.