Speculation about WWE faction being disbanded following the releases from May of 2025

On Friday, it was announced that multiple wrestlers were parting ways with WWE including Dakota Kai. While speaking on Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline.com commented on what the departure means for the Damage CTRL faction…

“Dakota Kai was probably the biggest surprise, I would say. I don’t know what the story is there other than – and I don’t know if this is ‘official’ – but I was kind of told unofficially that Damage CTRL’s done. The group is done and that probably means that maybe Asuka and Kairi [Sane] might come back as a tag team, and IYO [SKY]’s obviously a big singles star, and maybe they just figured that Dakota, she’s not gonna be at the level of an IYO, doesn’t have a partner… so she got cut. That one is surprising.”

“Asuka was injured. Kairi, I think, could return at any time. She was injured. Yeah, she’s jacked now. She’s training hard.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)