News on Bayley, Io Shirai, Dakota Kai returns.
Added 2022-07-31 00:47:39 +0000 UTCWWE saw a huge addition to their main roster. Dakota Kai is back, Io Shirai is on the main roster, and Bayley has returned from injury.
Bayley has been training at the WWE Performance Center and Flatbacks for weeks in preparation for her return to the ring. Talent that we spoke to Saturday afternoon believed she would be set to return.
Dakota Kai was brought back to the company, and was a name that several people in the company thought Triple H would make a priority to bring back. Dakota had got several main roster looks and several writers were baffled when she wasn't included in last year's draft pools. We're told she wasn't even informed of her creative plans moving forward. We have heard from multiple companies there was interest in her, but that AEW talks never picked up much past a short message introduction. There were some on the roster pushing for her to join, but we're not sure why that didn't happen.
Io Shirai's contract was set to expire soon, and there had been no creative plans for her in NXT after her injury. WWE officials couldn't confirm a new contract has been signed beyond saying "it appears so."
If it wasn't obvious, this new stable is a product of the new WWE regime. We've heard that the stable was actually pitched quite a while ago -- before Dakota's release -- and Vince McMahon rejected it. There were other versions pitched that included Raquel and Kay Lee Ray before they got called up and repackaged, respectively.
Comments
I am so happy with this change. Love all three of these women. This was the biggest moment of the night for sure. That Smackdown roster needs a similar injection of excitement now.
Aaron P
2022-08-01 01:12:55 +0000 UTCHonestly I gave up on the women's division a year or two ago. I would just fast forward and skip the segments. It was booked poorly and they didn't push anyone but Becky Bianca Charolette & Ronda. But now! I am excited as hell Three new heels and great in the ring. HHH is leaping the company forwar and he has only been in his job for 5 days
Santo Colombo
2022-07-31 21:28:21 +0000 UTCI am just happy seeing Io and Dakota on the main roster
Kyle
2022-07-31 18:50:44 +0000 UTCIo, Dakota and Bayley!! Trips just made me soo damn happy i can't even explain it. 3 of the best wrestlers in the world and 3 of my favourites. Hut more importantly 3 of Trips' favourites who he's booked well. The future is exciting
Chocobo_Sage
2022-07-31 04:13:26 +0000 UTCI'm hoping Teagan Nox will come back and maybe even Sasha Banks and Naomi, if anybody can make that happen, I'd say it's Trips.
Marc Forbes
2022-07-31 03:41:42 +0000 UTCI'm actually excited to see H's vision for WWE, I think it will be very good. Also, I'm glad to hear some of these women are coming back, they deserve better than what they got previously.
Marc Forbes
2022-07-31 03:40:49 +0000 UTCDakota will get more exposure on the main roster. AEW still can't get past their minimum of doing 1 women's match and 1 women's segment per show.
Sheila Antonio
2022-07-31 02:27:26 +0000 UTCLoved seeing those 3 together, the womans division just got a whole lot more interesting.
e d
2022-07-31 02:26:55 +0000 UTCGood for Dakota but bummer, I wanted to see her in AEW. Not a big WWE fan. Oh well.
Chad McLaughlin
2022-07-31 01:47:54 +0000 UTCI love the Idea of Bayley having her own Faction. Triple H is not playing any games
Kamonte Jackson
2022-07-31 01:20:54 +0000 UTChell yeah ❤️🔥
Leslie !
2022-07-31 01:05:29 +0000 UTCIt’s not the worst name at least
James Stallings
2022-07-31 01:02:12 +0000 UTCThey should really reconsider that name change for Io
3 Hours of Monday Night Dick “The Cock” Johnson
2022-07-31 00:56:38 +0000 UTCJust to think of how awesome The Hurt Business was, then... needlessly was broken up.
pourblackcoffee
2022-07-31 00:53:23 +0000 UTCI’m okay with Iyo Sky… I can hear the chants “let’s go IYO… 👏👏👏” Had it been Vince, we wouldn’t have even got Iyo and if we did it would have been some grossly culturally insensitive name.
JohnnieCPK
2022-07-31 00:53:17 +0000 UTCMan this show has some juice, gang. And this Logan kid is… not terrible?!
BKRMKR
2022-07-31 00:52:37 +0000 UTCI’m so so SO damn happy about bayley but the other two as an addition legit made me cry a little bit. I’m so excited about this company again
Ashley Williamson
2022-07-31 00:52:09 +0000 UTCI feel like Triple H is more open to stables judging by NXT which I see is a good thing. Main roster stables like the hurt business had so much potential but got broken up way too early.
Daniel Lee
2022-07-31 00:50:40 +0000 UTCIo Sky? I hear she's the genius of the Shirai.
Michael Adams
2022-07-31 00:50:07 +0000 UTCSo happy Dakota is back!!!
Ivan Yagolnikov
2022-07-31 00:49:47 +0000 UTCThat last paragraph is the exact reason why Vinny Mac had to go..
The Respected Madman
2022-07-31 00:49:28 +0000 UTCIyo Sky isn’t a great name but at least she kept her theme
Collin Teets
2022-07-31 00:49:00 +0000 UTC
