Dakota Kai On WWE Release, Damage CTRL, Return To Wrestling, IYO SKY, Training Stephanie McMahon

About this episode

Dakota Kai discusses her WWE release, return to wrestling, and training with Stephanie McMahon.

See you at the next Insight LIVE in Tampa on May 8th! Get tickets here: https://cvvtix.com Dakota Kai (@imcharliegirl_) is a professional wrestler best known for her time in WWE. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Las Vegas to discuss being released from WWE, her first match in over a year against Kris Statlander at Pro Wrestling EVE in London, being a part of the Damage CTRL faction with IYO SKY and Bayley, Wrestling Trish Stratus, Lita and Becky Lynch at WrestleMania, training with Stephanie McMahon for her match with Ronda Rousey, what's next for her in wrestling, dream opponents, and more! Please support our sponsors: HELIX SLEEP: Flash sale! Go to https://helixsleep.com/cvv for 27% off sitewide! COZY EARTH: Go to https://cozyearth.com/CVV for up to 20% off! BEAM: Go to https://shopbeam.com/INSIGHT and use code INSIGHT for up to 40% off Beam’s Dream Powder DELETEME: Use the code INSIGHT to get 20% off your DeleteMe plan at https://joindeleteme.com/INSIGHT FACTOR: Get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year with the code INSIGHT50OFF at https://factormeals.com/INSIGHT50OFF PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Van Vliet

Guest: Dakota Kai

Topics covered

• WWE
• professional wrestling
• female wrestlers
• training
• sports entertainment

Keywords

• Dakota Kai
• WWE
• Damage CTRL
• Stephanie McMahon
• wrestling training
• WrestleMania
• IYO SKY

Sponsors

HELIX SLEEP, COZY EARTH, BEAM, DELETEME, FACTOR, PURE PLANK, SEAT GEEK, NORDVPN

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WWE, Pro Wrestling EVE, Cumulus Podcast Network

Places: Las Vegas, London

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