People magazine covers Tanea Brooks's terminal ALS diagnosis announcement

2 articles · Updated · Wrestling News · May 2

Brooks, 47, thanked AEW CEO Tony Khan and the company in her video, saying Mayo Clinic doctors identified ALS while she was preparing lung-mass surgery.
Support poured in from across wrestling, including Matt Hardy, Alexa Bliss and Shane Helms, while replies to her social posts reached the thousands from WWE, AEW, TNA and independents.
Brooks revealed a primary pulmonary lymphoma diagnosis in November 2025 and announced ALS on May 1, the start of US ALS Awareness Month; she has not appeared on AEW programming since August 2022.

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