Dakota Kai came seconds from winning the inaugural WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship match against Lyra Valkyria earlier this month, but a new report in

In August 2024, she once again injured her knee, this time suffering a torn torn meniscus. Kai was written off WWE TV after an attack by Pure Fusion Collective. She returned in November 2024 from the injury as Damage CTRL turned face for the first time.

The injury is believed to have occurred on Raw last Monday during her tag match with Damage CTRL teammate IYO SKY against Pure Fusion Collective’s Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark.

Alvarez was critical of the fact that all three of the recently-injured wrestlers finished their scheduled match rather than cutting things short so they could be seen by a doctor. While co-host Dave Meltzer said that wrestlers are always going to opt to push through the match,

Dakota Kai is reportedly injured. PWInsider reports that they’ve been told Kai was hurt on WWE Raw last week, although the outlet notes they “have not 100% confirmed the issue.

Dakota Kai is reportedly dealing with an injury. Mike Johnson of PWInsider reports that Kai has been pulled off the road. She was said to be “hurt” on the January 20th episode of WWE RAW. There, she and IYO SKY defeated Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark.