User:Miss X-Factor/Rebel (wrestler)
| Tanea Brooks | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 9, 1982 Owasso, Oklahoma |
| Website | http://www.taneabrooks.com/TaneaBrooks.com/ |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Rebel |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Billed from | Owasso, Oklahoma |
| Trained by | Rip Rogers Frank Miller Matt Cappotelli |
| Debut | 2014 |
Tanea Brooks is an American professional wrestling manager, professional wrestler, model, actress, and dancer. She is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name of Rebel.
Early life
[edit]Tanea Brooks was born and raised in Owasso, Oklahoma.[1] Brooks became a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader at the age of 18, in which she appeared on the cover of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ swimsuit calendar.[2] She is an long time friend of Christy Hemme as they worked together in Hemme's old dance troupe "Purrfect Angelz".[3] Tanea eventually moved to Los Angeles to further her career in acting, modeling and dancing.[2] Brooks attended the Napoleon Perdis Makeup academy, where she became a licensed cosmetologist.[2]
Brooks was casted as the lead badonkadonk girl in Trace Adkins’ "Honkey Tonk Badonkadonk" video.[1] She has performed with Trace in the CMT Music Awards and ACMA shows.[1] She also was in the Brooks and Dunn video “Play Something County.”[1] One of Tanea’s most recent achievements is becoming a “Homewrecker” which is a dancer/performer between skits for the new Jeff Foxworthy Show, “Foxworthy’s Big Night Out.”[1] In 2002, She made her acting debut in an short entitled, Sweet Friggin' Daisies.[4] She appeared in the reality television series "Full Throttle Saloon" for three years making guest appearances.[4] In 2010, she appeared in the short "Hello", as Teresa Tomkins.[4] In 2011, she appeared in "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" in the episode "Mufasa and Tucker".[4]
Professional wrestling career
[edit]Brooks was signed to TNA after long-time friend and former "Purrfect Angelz" member Christy Hemme suggested her.[3] In May 2014, Knux debuted his new stable called The Menagerie, composed of himself, Rebel, Crazzy Steve and The Freak.[5][6] Rebel made her in-ring debut on the September 18 episode of Impact Wrestling, teaming with Crazy Steve and Knux in six person mixed tag-team match, where they lost to the team of The BroMans and Velvet Sky.[7] The following episode of Impact Wrestling, Rebel competed in a Knockouts Battle Royal, which was won by Jessicka Havok.[7]
TNA announced that she is training full time at the Ohio Valley Wrestling school.[8] In July, Rebel made her in-ring debut competing in a dark match for Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) against former two-time Women's Champion Jessie Belle, with Rebel getting an upset victory pinning Belle with a small package.[9] Rebel made her next appearance in OVW on the July 24 edition of OVW Episode 779, defeating Mary Elizabeth Monroe.[10] On the July 30 edition of OVW Episode 780, Rebel lost to Mary Elizabeth Monroe via submission after tapping to the Rainbow Cross.[11]
In wrestling
[edit]- Signature moves
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Alumna". Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b c Brooks, Tanea. "Official site of TaneaBrooks.com - ABOUT". TaneaBrooks.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b Johnson, Mike. "TWO RETURNING TNA KNOCKOUTS, HOW TNA STAR CAN BE ON LEGENDS' HOUSE AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Tanea Brooks - Internet Movie Database". imdb. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave (2014-04-27). "TNA Sacrifice live coverage from Orlando". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ Johnson, Mike (2014-05-01). "TNA injuries, new hires, weekend lineups, Foley PPV and lots more news". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ a b Johnson, Mike. "COMPLETE TNA IMPACT SPOILERS FOR SEPTEMBER 18th & 25th". PWInsider. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Get To Know Your Knockout: Rebel of The Menagerie". TNA.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b c Cannon, Brian. "7/16 OVW TV TAPING LIVE REPORT". PWinsider. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ Cannon, Brian. "7/24 OVW TV TAPING LIVE REPORT". PWInsider. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ Cannon, Brian. "7/30 OVW TV TAPING LIVE REPORT". PWInsider. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
External links
[edit]
- Rebel on Twitter
- Tanea Brooks at IMDb
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