WWE is losing one of its newer prospects.
According to Fightful, Brinley Reece has announced that she is officially stepping away from the company, bringing her three-year run to a close.
Reece, who signed with WWE in 2023 after coming in with a background in tumbling and acrobatics, shared the news in a message posted to social media.
In her statement, she explained that the decision followed a long period of dealing with health setbacks, including a serious injury that required surgery last year.
“After three years, I am officially closing my chapter wrestling at WWE,” Reece wrote. “This decision came after navigating personal health challenges and a serious injury that required surgery last year. It wasn’t an easy choice, but it was a necessary one — choosing my health, my body, and my future first.”
Reece emphasized that the experience itself was formative, even if it ended sooner than she once imagined. She credited WWE with pushing her both physically and mentally, noting that the grind of training and performing helped shape her beyond the ring.
“WWE pushed me in ways I never imagined, taught me resilience, discipline, and belief,” she added, calling the past three years “truly life-changing.”
Born Breanna Ruggiero on Sept. 5, 2000, in Roseville, California, Reece entered the wrestling world from a nontraditional path. Before signing with WWE, she competed as a tumbler and acrobat and attended Woodcreek High School and Sacramento State.
Her journey with the company began after a tryout during SummerSlam weekend in 2022, which led to her joining the Fall 2022 rookie class at the WWE Performance Center.
Under the ring name Brinley Reece, she made her televised NXT debut in October 2023 and went on to appear across several brands, including NXT, Evolve, and TNA Wrestling.
Her final televised match aired on the March 2, 2025 episode of WWE EVOLVE, with her last in-ring appearance coming shortly afterward at an NXT live event that same month.
In her farewell message, Reece also made space to thank fans who supported her throughout injuries and recovery. “To my supporters — you are the reason I kept going on the hardest days,” she wrote. “This isn’t an ending — it’s a redirection.”
