AEW initially recruited Rebel for a backstage hair and makeup role but would end up using her on-screen with Dr. Britt Baker, DMD, in what became a successful partnership. However, she was separated from Baker when the former AEW Women’s Champion turned babyface and subsequently hasn’t wrestled for well over a year, leading many to wonder whether she was still even with the promotion. And now, Fighful Select has confirmed she is but noted that she hasn’t been backstage much during her television absence.
“When asking around, we’re told that Rebel hasn’t been backstage much during her absence from All Elite Wrestling, but has been open to returning to TV if asked. When we followed up on that, we were told there were some internal talks about her possibly being back on television, but specifics or a likelihood of that happening wasn’t revealed.”
Fightful SelectRebel, real name Tanea Brooks, broke into wrestling via OVW in 2014 before debuting for TNA as part of the Menagerie faction alongside Mike Knox, Crazzy Steve, and Rob Terry. In 2019, she’d get an opportunity with WWE, wrestling on NXT alongside Amber Nova in a tag team loss to Kairi Sane and Io Shirai, but it didn’t result in a contract offer from WWE. Therefore, many were surprised when she became a television character for AEW.
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