The recovery of Dakota Kai has seen the former WWE Women’s Tag Champion train with UFC fighter and TKO ally Israel Adesanya.
In May of last year, Kai suffered a torn ACL that has kept her out of action ever since. While Kai hasn’t been competing, she has remained a presence on WWE programming as part of Damage CTRL. Recently though, Kai sided with Bayley upon the Role Model’s exit from the faction. Bayley will challenge WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY at WrestleMania 40.
On a recent episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, Kai was spotted out of her knee brace, raising speculation that she was healed. Kai would later explain that she simply forgot her brace for the show. On Instagram this week, Kai shared a photo of her training session with UFC’s Israel Adesanya, and was once again sans knee brace. The pair trained together at the City Kickboxing event in Kai’s native New Zealand.
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Israel Adesanya
While he’s yet to compete for WWE, Adesanya’s love for pro wrestling can’t be denied. For UFC 276 in 2022, Adesanya made an Undertaker themed entrance that caught the attention of the WWE Hall of Famer. Adesanya has also been open to competing for WWE but believes such a match would be a one off.
