Dakota Kai discusses 2021 main roster plans, eventual WWE release

[Chris]

Dakota Kai says WWE told her she would be part of the 2021 WWE Draft.

Kai began working dark matches and Main Event tapings on the main roster beginning in August 2021, typically working with or against Aliyah or Xia Li. On an episode of Out of Character released on Wednesday, Kai says WWE told her she would be part of the 2021 Draft that October but it never came to be.

"That's when I was like, 'ok, maybe something is going to happen here.' Yeah, I just ended up doing like about six or seven [Dark matches], it was a lot, and they were back to back to back," she said.
"I was told I was going to be in the Draft. It's funny now that I look back at it, it's all good, we can laugh at this. But I was sitting at home during the draft and I got told that it was going to happen and I'm like, 'okay cool.'"

"Then I didn't hear anything. I was like, 'oh, maybe they changed their minds, I don't know,' and then I kind of just went and continued to do NXT."

"It's just very weird to be told something and then it didn't happen," she continued. "But I never got a reason why."

Kai was asked about her release from the company in April and what she did before making her return at SummerSlam months later.

"I was at a point where I think when it happened, I kind of used that time to sort of reset myself because I was at a point in NXT where I wasn't sure what was going on, it was a very confusing time. So during those few months away, I didn't pursue or take indie bookings or anything like that just cause I've been doing this a lot longer than people realize. I've been working since 2007 and then I was with the company from 2017. So, it was just a nice time to be grateful for everything that happened."

"I focused on streaming and something that was very much more relaxing and something that I love. It all worked out great and I came back to the company refreshed and with a nice outlook on everything that had happened."

Dakota Kai says WWE told her she’d be in the 2021 Draft

Kai returned to the company at SummerSlam.

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[Daddy Dom]

ill admit she got me with this back in that time too

 

[Dale]

Happy for these out of character podcasts they get to do because plenty of good stuff comes from it but good god I wish it was someone other than Ryan Satin, he really grates on me.

 

[Chris]

Happy for these out of character podcasts they get to do because plenty of good stuff comes from it but good god I wish it was someone other than Ryan Satin, he really grates on me.

He's so fucking annoying lmao I feel like I'm way more lenient with these podcasts hosts that people complain about too but not this guy I just read the transcripts tho

 

[Dale]

Same, I legit haven't watched the ones with Bex and Liv because of how annoying he is. Can we just fuck him off and get Ariel in permanently

 

[Chris]

They're both kind of in the same spot in a way right? Not technically WWE employees but they specifically cover them for their jobs or something? Satin for Fox Sports and Ariel for BT Sports I wanna say no?

 

[Dale]

Sounds about right, I feel like Ariel only pops up around the PLE weekends though