Dr. Britt Baker re-teams with Rebel (not Reba) for the ALS fight

Not even gonna do the “we haven’t seen Britt Baker since…” bit. If you’re looking for the latest on what we know about the DMD and AEW, head here. This is about Tanea “Rebel” Brooks, the former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader many of us first saw during the 2010s while she was with TNA, and who later charmed a lot of us as Baker’s put-upon assistant in the early days of Tony Khan’s start-up. She’s been missing from AEW screens for even longer than Britt. In Rebel’s case, we knew it was health problems. Sadly, a couple months back, Rebel found out the underlying cause of many of her issues: terminal ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). When I was younger, we always called it Lou Gehrig’s disease. For non-baseball fans and the younger crowd, ALS may be more closely associated with that old 2014 internet trend The Ice Bucket Challenge, which was an ALS awareness and fundraising effort. Rebel’s taken the personality and spirit that got her over in the days when Baker could never get her name r