WWE's Dakota Kai reveals origins of faction with Bayley

Dakota Kai made her return to WWE at SummerSlam, just three months after she was released by the company.

But Dakota didn't return alone. Alongside her at SummerSlam were Bayley, who had been out for a year due to injury, and NXT's Iyo Sky, with the trio forming a heel faction to shake up the Raw women's division.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Dakota revealed that she and Bayley had been discussing forming a faction together for years, with their vision being finally realised at SummerSlam.

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"Bayley has been talking to me about this idea for years now," Dakota said. "We were talking about when I was still in NXT, it was like 2018 when she first brought it up to me and then again at Evolution.

"We just kept like saying, 'This needs to happen, we want this to happen so bad,' and obviously the members changed but I was the constant.

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"So I think it's very poetic that it happened at SummerSlam and that her idea that we've been talking about for so long finally happened on such a big stage and with Iyo as well, it was an emotional moment for all of us that it finally happened."

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Dakota is also thrilled that Iyo is the group's third member, describing her as, "one of the best in the world what she does".

"Some of the stuff she does in the ring is insane, I don't know how it's physically possible but she pulls it off somehow," Dakota said.

"She just fits so well, the three of us just have such a cool dynamic. Bayley is amazing, she's such a great leader and I've always loved watching what she does, so to be under her wing and alongside one of the best female wrestlers, or best wrestlers period in the world, it's such a cool group."

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