Tyler Reks
Real Name: Gabriel Allen Tuft
Birthday: November 1, 1978
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Resides in Tampa, Florida
Marital
Status:
Height & Weight: 6'3" - 250 lbs
Trained by: Mike
Bell
UPW Training
FCW Training
Debut: February 2007 (UPW)
Previous
Names: Gabe Tuft
Taj Milano
Tyler Reks
Finishing Move: Springboard
Moonsault
The Burning Hammer
Favorite Moves: The Big Boot
Running
Shoulder Block
Belly to Back Suplex
Elevated Gutbuster
Notable Feuds:
Drew McIntyre
Alex Riley
Chris Masters
Title History
FCW Florida Tag Team titles w/Johnny Curtis defeating The New Hart Foundation
(December 11, 2008);
FCW Florida Heavyweight title defeating Drew McIntyre
(June 11, 2009);
In The Beginning:
Florida Championship Wrestling - Gabe Tuft:
January 2008: Gabe Tuft signed a World Wrestling Entertainment developmental
contract..
February 5, 2008--FCW: Eric Perez & Eddie Colon defeated Gabe
Tuft & Johnny Curtis in a Mini-Tournament to face Miz/Morrison..
February 12, 2008--FCW: "The South City Thriller" Hade Vansen defeated Gabe
Tuft..
February 15, 2008--FCW: Eric Perez & Eddie Colon w/Alejandro
Estrada defeated Rycklon & Gabe Tuft..
February 19, 2008--FCW: Rycklon
& Gabe Tuft defeated Ted DiBiase Jr. & Afa Jr. (the future MANU)..
February 23, 2008--FCW: Puerto Rican Nightmares w/Miss Angela beat Rycklon
& Gabe Tuft in a Elimination Tournament Match..
February 26, 2008--FCW:
Hade Vansen & Big Rob defeated T.J. Wilson (the future Tyson Kidd) &
Gabe Tuft..
Florida Championship Wrestling - Tyler Reks & Johnny Curtis :
January 8, 2009--FCW: Sheamus O'Shaunessy & Ryan Braddock & Bam Neely
defeated Tyler Reks & Ricky Ortiz & Kizarny..
January 22, 2009--FCW:
Johnny Curtis & Tyler Reks defeated Caleb ONeal & Lawrence Knight
w/Byron Saxton..
January 29, 2009--FCW: FCW Tag Team Champions Tyler Reks
& Johnny Curtis defeated Sheamus OShaunessy & Ryback by DQ..
February 5, 2009--Florida Championship Wrestling: Tyler Reks defeated Ryback
by Disqualification..
~~~Later that night; FCW Tag Team champions Johnny
Curtis & Tyler Reks defeated Ryback & Sheamus OShaunessy..
February
12, 2009--FCW: Caylen Croft & Trent Barreta & Paul Lloyd beat Tyler Reks
& Johnny Curtis & DJ Gabriel w/Alicia Fox..
February 13, 2009--FCW:
Johnny Curtis & Tyler Reks defeated Trent Beretta & Caylen Croft..
February 19, 2009--FCW: FCW Tag Team Champions Tyler Reks & Johnny
Curtis defeated Trent Baretta & Caylen Croft..
February 26, 2009--FCW:
FCW Tag Team Champions Tyler Reks & Johnny Curtis defeated Jon Cutler &
Dylan Klein..
March 13, 2009--FCW: FCW Tag Team Champions Tyler Reks &
Johnny Curtis defeated Sheamus OShaunassy & Drew McIntyre..
March 20,
2009--FCW: FCW Tag Team Champions Johnny Curtis & Tyler Reks defeated Trent
Baretta & Caylen Croft..
March 26, 2009--FCW: Johnny Prime & Johnny
Curtis & Tyler Reks defeated Alex Riley & Mr. Tarver & Ian
Richardson..
April 2, 2009--FCW: Tyler Reks & Johnny Curtis defeated
Derrick Bateman & Tonga w/Abe Washington to retain their titles..
April
9, 2009--FCW: Trent Baretta & Caylen Croft w/Jenny Cash defeated Johnny
Curtis & Tyler Reks in a non-title match..
May 7, 2009--Florida
Championship Wrestling: Tyler Reks defeated Trent Beretta..
May 28,
2009--FCW: Tyler Reks & Johnny Curtis beat Sheamus OShaunessy & Lance
Hoyt and Alex Riley & Drew McIntyre..
Florida Championship Wrestling - Tyler Reks, FCW Heavyweight Champion:
June 4, 2009--FCW: Drew McIntyre defeated Tyler Reks to retain the FCW
Heavyweight title..
June 11, 2009--FCW: Tyler Reks defeated Drew McIntyre to
win the FCW Heavyweight title.
June 18, 2009--FCW: FCW Heavyweight Champion
Tyler Reks defeated Lance Hoyt..
June 23, 2009--FCW: Tyler Reks defeated
Alex Riley in a best 2/3 falls match to retain the FCW Heavyweight title..
June 25, 2009--FCW: Tyler Reks defeated Jonathan Curtis to retain the FCW
Heavyweight title..
July 2, 2009--FCW: Tyler Reks defeated Alex Riley
w/Beverly by DQ when Riley hit Reks with a chair..
~~~Taping #3: Tyler Reks
defeated Johnny Curtis and Alex Riley w/Beverly in a 3-WAY to retain the FCW
Heavyweight title..
July 9, 2009--FCW: FCW Heavyweight Champion Tyler Reks
defeated Alex Riley w/Beverly Mullins..
July 15, 2009--FCW: FCW Heavyweight
champion Tyler Reks defeated Drew McIntyre and Sheamus in a 3-WAY..
July 16,
2009--FCW: FCW Heavyweight Champion Tyler Reks defeated Drew McIntyre..
July
30, 2009--FCW: Tyler Reks defeated Joe Hennig to retain the FCW Heavyweight
title..
August 6, 2009--FCW: FCW Heavyweight Champion Tyler Reks defeated
Heath Slater..
August 13, 2009--FCW: Tyler Reks defeated Alex Riley by DQ
after interference from Fletcher Chase & Troy Jackman..
~~~LATER: Heath
Slater defeated Tyler Reks (c) and Joe Hennig in a 3-WAY to win the FCW Florida
Heavyweight title..
World Wrestling Entertainment (ECW) - Tyler Reks :
June 30, 2009--ECW on Sci-Fi: Tyler Reks debuted and set up a match with Zack
Ryder for WWE Superstars..
July 2, 2009--WWE Superstars: Zack Ryder defeated
Tyler Reks..
July 9, 2009--WWE Superstars: Zack Ryder defeated Tyler Reks in
a rematch..
July 14, 2009--ECW on Sy-Fy: Tyler Reks asked General Manager
Tiffany to book him in a match next week on ECW..
July 21, 2009--ECW on
Sy-Fy: Tyler Reks defeated "Ripper" Paul Burchill w/Katie Lea...
July 28,
2009--ECW on Sy-Fy: Tyler Reks defeated "Ripper" Paul Burchill w/Katie Lea in a
rematch..
August 6, 2009--WWE Superstars: William Regal & Paul Burchill
defeated Tyler Reks & Yoshi Tatsu..
August 11, 2009--ECW on Sy-Fy: Tyler
Reks defeated Tom James...
August 20, 2009--WWE Superstars: Shelton Benjamin
defeated "The So-Cal Surfer" Tyler Reks ..
August 25, 2009--ECW on Sy-Fy:
Yoshi Tatsu & Tyler Reks defeated Shelton Benjamin & Zack Ryder..
September 3, 2009--WWE Superstars: William Regal defeated Tyler Reks..
September 15, 2009--ECW on Sy-Fy: Tyler Reks participated in a #1 Contenders
Battle Royal (won by Zack Ryder)..
October 1, 2009--WWE Superstars: Sheamus
defeated Tyler Reks..
October 29, 2009--WWE Superstars: Zack Ryder defeated
Tyler Reks..
November 5, 2009--WWE Superstars: Paul Burchill w/Katie Lea
defeated Tyler Reks ..
December 21, 2009--RAW: Tyler Reks defeating Yoshi
Tatsu in a dark match featuring ECW Superstars..
December 25, 2009--WWE
SmackDown!: Shelton Benjamin defeated Tyler Reks in a dark match..
January
8, 2010--WWE SmackDown!: Tyler Reks defeated The Hurricane in a dark match..
Mike Aldren wrote (On January 14, 2010): In a bizaree incident WWE wrestler
Tyler Reks apparently freaked out as a flight was minutes away from taking off
at the airport in Green Bay, WI, on Wednesday morning. Reks, who was traveling
home to Tampa from the Smackdown/ECW television tapings, who we understand holds
a private pilot license, complained to flight crew that he observed a strange
movement on the flaps of the wing. 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 then demanded to be deboarded.
A well-placed source even commented that Reks blurted out, paraphrased, "If
anyone else on the plane doesn't want to die, 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 other passengers so they returned to the
terminal and escorted him off the plane. The flight was then delayed which irked
a lot of WWE people. Reks, real name Gabe Tuft, was recently called up to ECW
from developmental with a surfer gimmick. He hasn't been used on television
since November.
World Wrestling Entertainment (SmackDown!) - Tyler Reks :
March 12, 2010--WWE SmackDown!: Jimmy Wang Yang defeated Tyler Reks in a dark
match..
March 28, 2010--WrestleMania 26: Tyler Reks participated in a dark
match Battle Royal (won by Yoshi Tatsu)..
July 9, 2010--SmackDown!: Alberto
Del Rio defeated Tyler Reks in a dark match..
World Wrestling Entertainment (SmackDown!) - The NEW Tyler Reks :
October 15, 2010--SmackDown!: Tyler Reks defeated Kaval to take his spot on
Team SmackDown! at Bragging Rights..
October 18, 2010--RAW: SmackDown!
captain Big Show vs. RAW captain The Miz was changed into an interpromotional
Battle Royal..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Team SmackDown! members The Big Show &
Edge were the co-winners of a RAW vs. SmackDown! Battle Royal..
October 24,
2010--Bragging Rights: Team SmackDown! defeated Team RAW in an Elimination match
(Edge & Rey Mysterio winners!)
~~~Team SD!: The Big Show & Rey
Mysterio & Edge & Kofi Kingston & Alberto Del Rio & Jack Swagger
& Tyler Reks w/Hornswoggle..
~~~Team RAW: The Miz [w/Alex Riley] &
Sheamus & John Morrison & R-Truth & C.M. Punk & Ezekiel Jackson
& Santino Marella..
World Wrestling Entertainment (SmackDown!) - Tyler Reks at Survivor
Series:
October 28, 2010--WWE Superstars: Tyler Reks defeated "The Masterpiece" Chris
Masters...
November 5, 2010--SmackDown!: Tyler Reks defeated "The
Masterpiece" Chris Masters with the burning hammer..
November 19,
2010--SmackDown!: The Big Show defeated Tyler Reks in a Survivor Series Preview
Showdown Match..
~~~MAIN EVENT: Team Rey (Rey Mysterio & The Big Show)
were the co-winners of a Team Rey vs. Team Alberto Battle Royal!
November
21, 2010--Survivor Series: Team Rey defeated Team Alberto in a classic Survivor
Series Elimination Match..
~~~~~~~~~~Team Rey = Rey Mysterio & The Big
Show & Kofi Kingston & Chris Masters & Montel Vontavious Porter..
~~~~~~~~~~Team Alberto = Alberto Del Rio & Drew McIntyre & Dashing
Cody Rhodes & Jack Swagger & Tyler Reks..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Rey Mysterio & The Big Show
were the survivors of the match!
World Wrestling Entertainment (SmackDown!) - Tyler Reks:
December 2, 2010--WWE Superstars: Tyler Reks defeated Trent Barreta..
December 9, 2010--WWE Superstars: Tyler Reks defeated JTG ..
December
30, 2010--WWE Superstars: Tyler Reks defeated "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters...
January 6, 2011--WWE Superstars: Tyler Reks defeated JTG..
January 14,
2011--SmackDown!: "Showtime" Percy Watson defeated Tyler Reks in a pre-show dark
match..
January 27, 2011--WWE Superstars: Tyler Reks defeated Trent
Barreta..
January 30, 2011--Royal Rumble: Tyler Reks entered the Royal
Rumble at #16 but was immediately eliminated by Nexus...
February 3,
2011--WWE Superstars: Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks defeated JTG & Trent
Barreta.
February 10, 2011--WWE Superstars: Tyler Reks defeated Curt Hawkins
..
February 17, 2011--WWE Superstars: "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters
defeated Tyler Reks..
February 24, 2011--WWE Superstars: "The Masterpiece"
Chris Masters defeated Tyler Reks with the Masterlock..
March 10, 2011--WWE
Superstars: "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters defeated Tyler Reks with the
Masterlock..
March 17, 2011--WWE Superstars: Tyler Reks defeated JTG with
the Burning Hammer...
March 24, 2011--Superstars: Chris Masters defeated
Tyler Reks..
April 21, 2011--Superstars: Tyler Reks defeated JTG..
