WWE celebrity Dakota Kai will likely be out in-ring action for rather some time. What happened? Here's the whole lot we all know about her damage.
After being released through WWE following her stint with NXT, Dakota Kai re-signed with the wrestling promotion in July 2022 and returned at SummerSlam alongside Bayley and Iyo Sky. The trio quickly turned into referred to as Damage CTRL and dominated the Raw emblem, with Dakota and Iyo preserving the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions two times.
However, as a part of the 2023 WWE Draft, the villainous faction used to be drafted to SmackDown and would now compete against the different side of the ladies's department. Unfortunately, this would possibly not be the case for Dakota Kai as a result of she'll be on the sidelines for slightly a long time.
Wait, what happened? Here's what we know about Dakota's injury.
Dakota Kai and Liv Morgan had been both injured in the tag team match on 'SmackDown.'
What came about to Dakota Kai?
During the May 12 episode of SmackDown, Dakota Kai suffered an harm all through a tag staff fit against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez for the WWE Women's Tag Team titles. Bayley addressed the situation on the next episode of SmackDown, revealing Dakota suffered a "devastating" and "heartbreaking injury."
On May 22, sports journalist Dave Meltzer confirmed that Dakota tore her ACL. He also reported that she used to be injured after Liv Morgan "suffered her shoulder injury. Dakota's knee injury "got here in a spot where she knew [Liv] Morgan was hurt and used to be attempting to offer protection to her." Dakota underwent surgery on Tuesday, May 23.
The former Tag Team champ recently updated fans on her injury.
On May 23, the Damage CTRL member posted several photos to her Instagram Story. She showed off her knee post-surgery, wrapped in bandages and a post-operative knee brace. Dakota later took snaps of the flowers she received from fellow WWE superstars, as well as a video of her pup keeping her company.
Dakota will likely be out of in-ring action for the rest of 2023 because, according to the Cleveland Clinic, recovering from an ACL tear takes anywhere between six to nine months. She'll eventually start physical therapy and work her way to back her strength, but it will take some time before she's ready to wrestle again.
Dakota's injury occurred during the same match Liv Morgan was injured in.
As previously stated, Liv Morgan also suffered an injury during the tag team match on Friday, May 12. The former SmackDown Women's Champion's condition remains unclear, but PWInsider reported the injury is related to her shoulder and could be a torn rotator cuff. Like Dakota Kai, she'll likely be out of action for the rest of 2023.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, a torn rotator cuff often requires surgery. It'll take the repaired rotator cuff tendon around "six weeks to heal to start with to the bone, three months to shape a rather sturdy attachment to the bone, and about six to 9 months earlier than the tendon is completely healed to the bone."
As an unfortunate result, Liv Morgan and her tag crew spouse, Raquel Rodriguez, have been forced to vacate the WWE Women's Tag Team titles. New champions can be crowned all the way through the May 29 episode of Raw.
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