Gabbi Tuft, who competed in the WWE as Tyler Reks after ECW, posted an Instagram essay about her gender identity.
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On Thursday, former WWE superstar Gabbi Tuft came out as transgender. Tuft, who competed in the WWE as Tyler Reks, posted an Instagram essay about her gender identity. Tuft also said that in an interview with Billy Bush, which will appear on Friday’s episode of Extra, she will go into more detail about her announcement. The three years Tuft spent in the WWE from 2009 to 2012, starting with her main-roster debut on ECW, are what made her most famous.
She wrote on her Instagram: “The ball dropped early today as this is now worldwide news. This is me. Unashamed, unabashedly me. This is the side of me that has hidden in the shadows, afraid and fearful of what the world would think; afraid of what my family, friends, and followers would say or do.
“I am no longer afraid and I am no longer fearful. I can now say with confidence, that I love myself for WHO I am. The previous eight months have been some of the darkest of my entire life. The emotional turmoil of being transgender and having to face the world has almost ended me on multiple occasions.”
“However, the day I stopped caring about what other people thought, was the day I truly became limitless and allowed my authentic self to come into the light. My loving wife, family, and closest friends have accepted me for who I am. To them, I am forever grateful. Your support along the way means more than you will ever know.”
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When the ECW brand was discontinued in 2010, she was transferred to the SmackDown brand. Her most well-known runs were in the latter part of that year, when she was a member of Alberto Del Rio’s team at Survivor Series and the SmackDown team at Bragging Rights.
Tuft informed Jimmy Korderas and Arda Ocal in August 2012 that she wanted to leave WWE so she could retire and spend more time with her family (h/t James Caldwell of Pro Wrestling Torch). Tuft participated in the WrestleMania 26 and 27 pre-show battle royals.
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