Dakota Kai Learned Of IYO SKY’s Title Win At 1 PM On Day Of WWE SummerSlam, Arrived During Show

Dakota Kai had a wild day getting to WWE SummerSlam. 

IYO SKY cashed in her Money in the Bank briefcase at WWE SummerSlam to win the WWE Women’s Championship from Bianca Belair, who had just won the title from Asuka in a triple threat match that also featured Charlotte Flair. 

SKY was greeted by her Damage CTRL teammates Bayley and Dakota Kai in the ring to celebrate her victory. 

On Twitch, Kai detailed her journey to SummerSlam. 

“I literally found out they wanted me to be there at 1 PM on that day. I was still chilling. I was like, ‘it’s Saturday, my sleep in day. Not even going to set my alarm.’ My phone was on Do Not Disturb, I always have my phone on Do Not Disturb when I sleep in. I wake up, my phone is blowing up. My anxiety was through the roof. I saw all these missed calls, all these texts. Bayley is texting me, trying to call me. ‘Do you guys know what day it is, what time it is, where I am and where SummerSlam is?’ The math ain’t mathing. If I could teleport, that would be perfect. 1 PM, I shit you not. The rest of the day, my anxiety was at a ten. There was no time to be not anxious,” she said.

Kai noted she needed to get her hair done and make sure the dogs were watched after before figuring out a way to get to Detroit. Plus, flights. 

“Are there even flights? Sure, enough, there was a flight they wanted me to get on. It was around 5:15 PM, and I could not make it. I could not. There was literally only one flight left. This shows how desperate I was to get there because it was Spirit. I’ve never flown Spirit before. ‘Please don’t let anything happen.’ This flight was set for 6 PM,” she said. 

Kai said she managed to get her hair done and get an Uber around 4. She was concerned the trip would be all for naught if something happen with the flight as she’s never flown Spirit. According to her, the only other flight was through Delta, but that didn’t leave until after 8 PM and would have been pointless to take. 

“Boarding time passes. It’s 6 PM, we’re still standing around. We board at 6:30. It’s getting closer to 7. ‘SummerSlam starts in an hour, in what world am I going to make this?’ They were saying the plane had maintenance issues, which is why we were delayed. They’re waiting for papers. How, in today’s technology, do you have to wait for a paper? We have technology. Just text them, ‘we’re good.’ It’s 2023. Email them the papers, send a screenshot, text them, DM them. We wait for a stack of papers. We haven’t even pulled away from the gate,” she said.

The delay continued a bit longer as Kai said that a family of eight was trying to switch seats to be together, so everyone had to wait for them to be seated. 

“It’s after 7 PM. Everything that went wrong, could. We take off at 7:15. It’s a two-and-a-half-hour flight to Detroit. I forgot what city we were going to because I was that frantic. When I’m landing, it’s the middle of the show, I want to say it was after Shayna [Shayna Baszler] and Ronda [Ronda Rousey]. Gunther and Drew [Drew McIntyre]. Thank goodness they sent car service to come and get me. They also had a makeup lady in the car. It’s about a 20-minute drive from the airport to the venue. Luckily their match was semi-main. I wouldn’t have made it. We get to the venue, I got dressed in the locker room, and it was straight to be loaded for where I was meant to be. I didn’t even get to say hi to everyone, really,” she recalled. 

Kai noted she was sweating because she had to wear clothes on top of her clothes to remain somewhat of a surprise as she was taken through crowd to get into position. 

Fortunately, Kai made it in time. 

Kai is currently sidelined with an ACL injury. It is unknown when she will return. 

During the WWE SummerSlam press conference, IYO expressed her gratitude that Kai made it. You can find her comments by clicking here. 

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