Former WWE wrestling star Gabbi Tuft has come out as transgender Jacob SarkisianFeb 6, 2021, 16:45 IST Gabbi Tuft used the ring-name "Tyler Reks" during her WWE career.Moses Robinson/Getty Images/Extra TV Tuft was active in the WWE between 2009 and 2012 under her ring-name "Tyler Reks." Tuft posted a statement to Instagram writing that she is "no longer fearful" to be her "authentic self." Tuft and her wife Priscilla opened about the experience in an interview with Extra TV. Gabbi Tuft, the former WWE wrestling star formerly known as Gabe Tuft, has come out as transgender. Tuft, who was active in the WWE between 2009 and 2012 under her ring-name "Tyler Reks," posted a statement to Instagram on Friday."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," Tuft wrote.