Former Impact Wrestling Knockout Rebel worked Thursday’s WWE NXT television tapings at Full Sail Live in Winter Park, Florida.
Wrestling under her real name — Tanea Brooks — she partnered with Amber Nova against Kairi Sane and Io Shirai.
As seen in the clip below, Sane and Shirai used a double-team maneuver on Brooks, with Sane scoring the pinfall victory.
This Is A Dream Team ! @shirai_io & @KairiSaneWWE picks up the win with some nice Tag Team combinations !
Woman Tag Champs ?#wwe #wwenxt #NXTFSLive #NXTFullSail #nxt pic.twitter.com/ntBk2ApxFZ— NickJ.Holiday (@whereyoedgeup) January 4, 2019
Scoop #38: Tanea Brooks & Amber Nova vs Io Shirai & Kairi Sane pic.twitter.com/iYDcPuf1kX
— Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) January 4, 2019
.@RebelTanea & @ambernova73 vs @shirai_io & @KairiSaneWWE #NXTFullSail pic.twitter.com/4nwd7Fs6GY
— J O S H (@joshjordan) January 4, 2019
A @RebelTanea appearance at #NXTFSLive #NXTFullSail
Wish @MiaYim was in this match for a mini Dollhouse reunion pic.twitter.com/pXm6enlYT0
— Andrew Twiss (@ATwiss99) January 4, 2019
#WomensWrestling is huge & #WWE is preparing for their Women's #TagTeam division. Check out a sneak peak of the January 23rd #WWENXT show on the #WWENetwork: @AmberNova73 & @RebelTanea vs. @KairiSaneWWE & @Shirai_Io #NXTFSLive pic.twitter.com/HbJW6Ltq6U
— Team Vision Dojo (@TeamVisionDojo) January 4, 2019
Women’s tag match: @shirai_io and @KairiSaneWWE vs @RebelTanea and @AmberNova73 #NXTFullSail pic.twitter.com/5VZAZmU1c2
— Jordan Alvarado (@nerdyjordy) January 4, 2019
My favorite tag team in @wwe history! @shirai_io @KairiSaneWWE pic.twitter.com/WMlNb26GcO
— J O S H (@joshjordan) January 4, 2019
Bro! If they don’t have @shirai_io and @KairiSaneWWE in contention for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, they done goofed. Holy moly that was FUN! #NXTFullSail pic.twitter.com/VrE1W9bSLi
— Jordan Alvarado (@nerdyjordy) January 4, 2019
So incredible to see @RebelTanea in an @WWENXT ring! pic.twitter.com/qE3IVER50z
— Chad Green (@chadgreenmb) January 4, 2019
On her appearance, Brooks tweeted the following (with Gail Kim congratulating her):
Hard work pays off and you put in the work!
— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) January 4, 2019
Brooks has been wrestling since 2014 and this is her first-ever appearance for WWE in any form. She regularly worked for Impact Wrestling from 2014 through 2016, but then off-and-on in 2017 and 2018. Her boyfriend, James Long, works as a television/web content producer for NXT and the WWE Performance Center.
