Tyler Reks

Reks made his main roster WWE debut on *ECW on Sci Fi* on the June 30, 2009 episode, with a surfer in-ring persona, in a backstage promo with Zack Ryder. Reks made his in-ring debut on the July 2, 2009 episode of *WWE Superstars*, losing to Ryder. On the July 21 episode of *ECW*, Reks gained his first win after defeating Paul Burchill, and then beat him again the following week. Reks participated in a 10-man battle royal on the September 15 edition of *ECW* for an ECW Championship opportunity against Christian, but the match would go on to be won by Zack Ryder. Reks would begin a brief hiatus from television starting in November 2009, and began mainly working dark matches and house shows for both *SmackDown* and *Raw*. Reks was one of the participants in the 26-man pre-show battle royal at WrestleMania XXVI.

In April 2010, Reks joined the *SmackDown* roster following *ECW*'s closure. After months of only working dark matches, Reks made his *SmackDown* television debut as a heel on the October 15 edition of the program while sporting a beard, chest hair and new attire. After a promo, he challenged and successfully defeated Kaval in a match for the latter's spot in the *SmackDown* Bragging Rights team. On the *Raw* before Bragging Rights, he participated in a *SmackDown* versus *Raw* 30-man tag team battle royal, in which *SmackDown* was victorious. At Bragging Rights, Reks was able to eliminate Santino Marella before being eliminated by Sheamus. However, Team *SmackDown* was successful in winning the Bragging Rights Cup for the second consecutive time, which would end up being Reks' most significant accomplishment in his WWE career. After this, Reks was placed in Alberto Del Rio's Survivor Series team. On the *SmackDown* before Survivor Series, he competed in a 10-man tag team battle royal, but his team lost. At Survivor Series, he was eliminated by Kofi Kingston as Team Del Rio went on to lose the match to Team Mysterio. Reks was then moved into a feud with Chris Masters, defeating him once on *SmackDown* and twice on *WWE Superstars*. On January 30, 2011, Reks made his Royal Rumble debut as he entered the match as the sixteenth entrant, but was eliminated from the match in only thirty-four seconds by CM Punk and the New Nexus. Reks was involved in another dark match battle royal at WrestleMania XXVII. Reks participated in and lost a World Heavyweight Title number one contendership 20-man battle royal. His last in-ring television performance for five months would be beating JTG on *Superstars*.

On April 26, Reks was drafted to the *Raw* brand as part of the 2011 Supplemental Draft. After wrestling dark matches for a few months, Reks made his *Raw* debut in a backstage segment with Curt Hawkins, Wade Barrett and Alberto Del Rio. On the September 8 edition of *Superstars*, Reks made his in-ring return as he teamed with Hawkins to defeat Titus O'Neil and Percy Watson. Hawkins and Reks then began appearing on the fifth season of *NXT*, by attacking the Usos from behind on the September 27 episode *NXT*. Over the next two weeks on *NXT*, Hawkins and Reks faced the Usos in tag team matches, with Hawkins and Reks winning the first match, and the Usos winning the second match. Reks made his singles return on October 16, losing to Yoshi Tatsu. Reks participated in a World Heavyweight Championship number one contender 41-man battle royal and the "All I Want For Christmas Battle Royal", but was eliminated in both. Hawkins and Reks would lose to The Usos once again on December 6. Reks and Hawkins would then lose a non-title match to the WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom on the December 22 episode of *Superstars*. Hawkins and Reks would feud with the duo of Trent Barreta and Yoshi Tatsu from December 2011. Both teams would play pranks on each other, with Tatsu being locked in a closet and Reks' hands being superglued onto an Xbox controller. The feud ended when Hawkins and Reks defeated Barreta and Tatsu on the January 18 episode of *NXT*.

Hawkins and Reks would then settle into the role of *NXT*'s troublemakers, tormenting *NXT* host Matt Striker on his lackluster career and how they should be main-eventing *NXT*, even once going to the extent of assaulting him after a match. This forced Striker to appoint William Regal as *NXT*'s prime authority figure on the February 29 episode of *NXT.* Regal would employ harsh measures to keep Hawkins and Reks in line, including threatening suspensions for bad behavior and condemning them to janitorial duty. This caused them much frustration. On the March 21 episode of *NXT Redemption*, Striker was knocked out with chloroform by Johnny Curtis and Maxine, and then Striker was kidnapped by unknown persons, later revealed to be Hawkins and Reks, who intended to blackmail Maxine into using her charms to get Regal to leave them alone. Unfortunately for Hawkins and Reks, Striker was rescued by Derrick Bateman and Kaitlyn. On the April 18 episode of *NXT*, the now-free Striker confronted Hawkins and Reks about the kidnapping, and Hawkins admitted the crime. As punishment, Regal put Hawkins and Reks in a match against each other with Striker as referee and the loser of the match would be fired. Even though Reks won to supposedly save his job at the expense of Hawkins', Regal decided to fire Reks as well, sending the two troublemakers away from *NXT*.

However, Regal could not keep the duo away from *NXT* for long, as they managed to convince villainous higher authority figure John Laurinaitis to rehire them as *NXT*'s security team on the May 9 episode of *NXT*. Hawkins and Reks would then continue to play the role of Laurinaitis' lackeys, confiscating anti-Laurinaitis signs at Over the Limit and attacking John Cena on the May 21 episode of *Raw*. Hawkins and Reks' association with Laurinaitis ended after Laurinaitis lost his job at No Way Out. On the final episode of the fifth season of *NXT* on June 13, Hawkins and Reks defeated Percy Watson and Derrick Bateman.

Hawkins and Reks would then engage in a one-sided feud with Ryback in July 2012. After both Hawkins and Reks lost singles matches to Ryback on *SmackDown*, Ryback defeated both of them in a handicap match at Money in the Bank. At *Raw 1000*, Hawkins and Reks, along with Jinder Mahal, Drew McIntyre, Hunico and Camacho, attempted to ambush Kane to make a statement, but a returning The Undertaker interrupted the attack and The Brothers of Destruction disposed of Hawkins and Reks. The duo would once again lose to Ryback on the August 6 episode of *Raw*.

After being told by *SmackDown* General Manager Booker T to "step it up", Hawkins and Reks debuted a stripper gimmick on the August 17 episode of *SmackDown*, while squashing a jobber tag team. On August 21, 2012, Reks left WWE, thus ending the team.