Report: Dakota Kai, Io Shirai Among Four NXT Talents Scheduled For 1/28 WWE SmackDown Tapings
More NXT talent is reporting headed to WWE SmackDown.
Mike Johnson at PWInsider reports Dakota Kai, Io Shirai, Roderick Strong, and LA Knight are slated to be at the January 28 WWE SmackDown tapings.
It is unknown if they will appear on television.
Strong and Knight worked the WWE Main Event tapings on Monday and appeared backstage in a digital exclusive following WWE Raw.
Kai worked dark matches in August 2021 before returning to NXT to continue her feud with Raquel Gonzalez. She did work a couple of dark matches in November as well.
Shirai last wrestled on the December 28 episode of NXT. She has not worked a SmackDown or Raw dark match.
Friday’s WWE SmackDown will mark the final show before WWE Royal Rumble on Saturday. Fightful will have live coverage of WWE SmackDown beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Friday.
You can view the current lineup for WWE Royal Rumble by clicking here.
