AEWs Rebel Enters Inpatient Rehab for Lung Cancer, Neurological Disorder

All Elite Wrestling performer Rebel, whose real name is Tanea Brooks, shared a candid health update on Instagram this week, revealing she has entered an inpatient rehabilitation program to address ongoing challenges from lung cancer and a neurological disorder.

The 44-year-old wrestler, sidelined since her last match in August 2022, disclosed that she is currently at a rehabilitation hospital while awaiting further medical decisions from her doctors. Brooks explained that previous outpatient rehab efforts had not yielded the progress she sought, prompting this more intensive step. "Right now, I am in the hospital, but for a good reason. It's a rehab hospital," she said in the video post. "I've been trying a few different rehabs, and I'm just not getting great results, so I was able to, while I'm waiting for my doctors to figure out what to do next—and I'll share that with you guys when I know more. It just takes time."

Brooks was diagnosed with primary pulmonary lymphoma, a rare form of lung cancer, in November 2024, following a series of health complications that began in May of that year. Her doctors have described her case as a best-case scenario given the diagnosis, but she...