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Tyler Reks
Reks in November 2010
Born(1978-11-01)November 1, 1978[1](age 33)
San Francisco, California[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Tyler Reks[2]
Gabe Tuft[2]
Taj Milano[2]
Billed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[3]
Billed weight246 lb (112 kg)[3]
Billed fromLaguna Beach, California
Parts Unknown[3]
Trained byMike Bell[2]
Ultimate Pro Wrestling[2]
Florida Championship Wrestling[2]
DebutFebruary 2007

Gabriel Allan Tuft[1] (born November 1, 1978)[1] is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on its Raw brand under the ring name Tyler Reks.[3] He also competes in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, where he held the Florida Tag Team Championship once with Johnny Curtis and held the Florida Heavyweight Championship once.

Professional wrestling career

Training and independents (2007)

Tuft was trained by Mike Bell.[2] He made his professional debut in February 2007 for Ultimate Pro Wrestling.[2]

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE

Florida Championship Wrestling (2008–2010)

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.[2] He made his FCW debut on February 5, 2008 with Johnny Curtis in a losing effort against Eric Perez and Eddie Colon . A few days later on February 12 he made his singles FCW debut in a losing effort once again against "The South City Thriller" Hade Vansen. He participated in a FCW Florida Heavyweight Title Battle Royal which was won by Jack Hager.[4] He also took part in FCW Florida Tag Team Title Tournament with Rycklon, during this tournament he had his first victory at FCW defeating Ted DiBiase, Jr. and Afa, Jr. in the first round, however the pair were to lose Eddie Colon and Eric Perez in the quarter finals.[4]. Tuft then had two chances at FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship against the current champion Jack Hager first in a one on one match and then in a triple threat match along with Johnny Curtis. On the August 28 he participated in FCW Florida Heavyweight Title No. 1 Contendership Fatal Four Way along with Johnny Curtis Tyrone Evans and Sheamus O'Shaunessy, who went onto win the match. Tuft then went on to have another two FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship shots against Sheamus O'Shaunessy and lost both times.[4] On December 11, 2008, Tuft 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. Tuft won FCW Florida Heavyweight Title No. 1 Contendership match and on June 11, 2009, he captured the Florida Heavyweight Championship by defeating Drew McIntyre.[5] He later lost the title to Heath Slater at the FCW television tapings on August 13.[6] He later lost to Slater again during his rematch for the title. He 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. He and Leo Kruger had a FCW Florida Tag Team Title match against Epico and but lost.

ECW (2009–2010)

Reks in December 2009.

He made his 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.[3][7] Reks had suffered a knee injury just prior to his debut, but was able to work through it and made his in-ring debut on the July 2, 2009 episode of WWE Superstars, losing to Ryder.[8][9] On the July 21 episode of ECW, Reks gained his first win after defeating Paul Burchill, and then beat him again the following week.[10] 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.

SmackDown (2010–2011)

In late April 2010, Reks joined the SmackDown roster following ECW's closure. After months of only working dark matches, Reks made his 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 his time on ECW. After a promo, he challenged and successfully defeated Kaval in a match for the latter's spot in the SmackDown Bragging Rights team.[11] On the Raw before Bragging right he participated in a SmackDown vs. RAW 30 Man Tag Team Battle Royal and Smackdown won, even after Reks was thrown out the ring. 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.[3][12] After this, Reks was placed in Alberto Del Rio's Survivor Series team and at the event. On the Smackdown before Survivor Series 2010 he Ten Man Tag Team Battle Royal and lost. At Survivor Series 2010 he was eliminated by Kofi Kingston as Team Del Rio went on to lose the match to Team Mysterio.[3][13] Reks was then moved into a feud with Chris Masters, defeating him once on SmackDown and twice on WWE Superstars. On January 30, 2011, Reks made his Royal Rumble debut as he entered the match as the sixteenth entrant, but was eliminated from the match in only 34 seconds by CM Punk and the New Nexus. Reks was involved in another dark battle royal at Wrestlemania 27. Reks participated in and lost a World Heavyweight Title No. 1 Contendership 20 Man Battle Royal. His last in ring television performance for five months would be beating JTG on Superstars.[14]

Teaming with Curt Hawkins (2011–)

See also: Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks
Hawkins and Reks in April 2012.

On April 26, Reks was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2011 Supplemental Draft.[15] After wrestling dark matches for a few months, Reks made his Raw debut in a backstage segment with Curt Hawkins, Wade Barrett and Alberto Del Rio.[16] On the September 8 edition of Superstars, Reks made his in-ring return as he teamed with Hawkins to defeat Titus O'Neil and Percy Watson.[17] On the September 27 episode of WWE NXT, after the Usos beat JTG and Darren Young, Reks and Hawkins attacked them from behind. Over the next two weeks on NXT, Reks and Hawkins faced the Usos in tag team matches, with Reks and Hawkins winning the first match and the Usos winning the second match. Reks made his singles return on October 16 losing to Yoshi Tatsu.[14] Reks participated in a World Heavyweight Championship number 1 contender 41 man battle royal and the "All I Want For Christmas Battle Royal" and was eliminated in both.[14] Hawkins and Reks would lose to The Usos once again on December 6. Reks and Hawkins would then lose a non-title match to the tag team champions Air Boom on the December 22 episode of Superstars.[18] Hawkins and Reks would feud with the duo of Trent Barreta and Yoshi Tatsu from December 2011.[19] Both teams would play pranks on each other, with Tatsu being locked in a closet and Reks' hands being superglued onto an Xbox controller.[20] Hawkins and Reks would beat Barreta and Tatsu on the January 18, 2012 episode of NXT.[21]

Hawkins and Reks would then settle into the role of NXT's troublemakers, tormenting NXT host Matt Striker on his lacklustre career and how they should be main-eventing NXT, even once going to the extent of assaulting him after a match.[22] This forced Striker to appoint William Regal as NXT's prime authority figure on the February 29 episode of NXT.[23] Regal would employ harsh measures to keep Hawkins and Reks in line, including threatening suspensions for bad behaviour and condemning them to janitorial duty, this caused them much frustration.[24] On the March 21 episode of NXT Redemption, Striker was knocked out with chloroform by Johnny Curtis and Maxine, and then Striker was kidnapped (kayfabe) by unknown persons,[25] later revealed to be Hawkins and Reks, who intended to blackmail Maxine into using her charms to get Regal to leave them alone.[26] Unfortunately for Hawkins and Reks, Striker was rescued by Derrick Bateman and Kaitlyn.[27] On the April 18 episode of NXT, the freed Striker confronted Hawkins and Reks about the kidnapping, and Hawkins admitted the crime. As punishment, Regal put Hawkins and Reks in a match against each other with Striker as referee and the loser of the match would be fired. Even though Reks won to supposedly save his job at the expense of Hawkins', Regal decided to fire Reks as well, sending the two troublemakers away from NXT.[28]A few weeks later on the May 9 episode of NXT, Hawkins and Reks were appointed as security by Raw and Smackdown general manager John Laurinaitis to protect the NXT locker room after a series of attacks backstage, much to the dismay of William Regal and Matt Stiker.[29]

In other media

Much like Zack Ryder, Reks grew tired of not being on WWE Television and so he started a Youtube channel called TheRekkingCrew and created his first series called GET PWND which involved him recording himself playing Halo Reach and "pwning" people over Xbox Live, he also started a contest where viewers of his would have to work out a code in order to enter his chat room and play Halo Reach with him. His PWND series was not to last long, he stopped posting videos of Halo Reach and stopped posting on Youtube all together. He would later start uploading WWE matches of himself against Chris Masters and Kaval to name a few. After another hiatus from Youtube he created a new series. The show is animated and it is entitled "The Mid Card Mafia", and it stars Reks as himself, as well as Curt Hawkins as himself, Tyson Kidd as himself, and Reks and Hawkins both provide the voice for Drew McIntyre. The show is of comical dialect and has received over 50,000 hits in just 3 days. The show has featured more mid carders as guests, including JTG.

Reks also appeared in WWE Inbox, a Youtube series created by WWE where Superstars and Diva answer questions submitted by fans on Twitter.

Personal life

Reks is married to Priscilla Tuft and is good friends with fellow WWE wrestler Curt Hawkins.

When asked on Twitter why he chose the name 'Tyler Reks', Tuft's response was: "Tyler is my wife and my first choice for the name of our first son – when we have kids. Reks is just a sick last name! And If I win a World Championship, people can chant "Reks Wrecks" .

In a bizarre incident, on On January 14, 2010, Reks apparently freaked out as a flight was minutes away from taking off at the airport in Green Bay, WI. Reks who was traveling home to Tampa from the Smackdown/ECW television taping complained to the flight crew that he observed strange movement on the flaps of the wings. He caused panic among other passengers by saying that the movement on the flap wasn't supposed to happen and that the plane was unsafe. He demanded to be deborded. Also Reks blurted out "If anyone else on the plane doesn't want to die then they should get off the plane too". The pilot decided that they didn't want to take any chances with him disrupting the flight or distressing the passengers so they returned to the terminal and escorted him off the plane. The flight was then delayed which annoyed many WWE employees[2].

In wrestling

  • Nicknames
    • "The X-Factor"[40]
    • "The Dreadlocked Demolition Man"[3]
    • "T. Reks"[3]

Championships and accomplishments

Tuft as the FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion.

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