Damage CTRL

Damage CTRL was a women’s stable in WWE that formed at SummerSlam in late July 2022. Bayley returned from injury and introduced Dakota Kai and IYO SKY, then known in NXT as Io Shirai. The trio confronted Bianca Belair after Belair’s title defense and set the tone for a long feud with Belair and Becky Lynch.

Kai and SKY won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship on Raw in mid-September, then regained the titles at Crown Jewel in November after a brief loss, which established the group as consistent title threats on television and premium live events.

The group worked as a coordinated unit with clear roles. Bayley led promos and strategy, Kai handled a fast striking style, and SKY brought aerial offense that often closed segments. Their first major multi-woman showcase came in the Women’s WarGames match at Survivor Series 2022, where Team Belair defeated Team Damage CTRL, a result that kept the rivalry hot into early 2023.

The stable still collected key wins on weekly TV, and SKY climbed toward singles success that summer. She won Money in the Bank, then cashed in at SummerSlam 2023 to capture the WWE Women’s Championship from Bianca Belair, which elevated Damage CTRL’s stature on SmackDown through the fall.

In November 2023, Kairi Sane returned at Crown Jewel and helped SKY retain her title. She soon aligned with SKY and Bayley, and Asuka joined weeks later. With Asuka and Sane together, WWE revived The Kabuki Warriors as a tag team inside the stable. The new four-woman version controlled several storylines through the end of the year.

Early 2024 brought both success and fracture. The Kabuki Warriors won the Women’s Tag Team Championship in late January, then Bayley won the Royal Rumble the next night and soon clashed with her own partners.

Asuka and Sane expelled Bayley from the group on SmackDown in February, which set the table for WrestleMania season. Night 1 of WrestleMania 40 saw Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, and Naomi defeat Asuka, Sane, and Dakota Kai.

On Night 2, on April 7, 2024, Bayley defeated IYO SKY to win the WWE Women’s Championship, a result that closed Bayley’s story with the faction in decisive fashion. After WrestleMania, SKY carried the singles spotlight, and The Kabuki Warriors focused on tag defenses.

By mid-2025, tension shifted toward SKY and her remaining partners. The split became official on the September 22, 2025, episode of Raw when SKY pleaded for Asuka to leave Rhea Ripley alone after a post-match scene that also involved Kairi Sane. This would be framed as the loyalty betrayal that ended their alliance.

The angle led directly to a Crown Jewel tag match, where Ripley and SKY teamed for the first time on a major stage and defeated Asuka and Sane, with SKY landing Over the Moonsault for the pin. With that finish, WWE delivered the in-ring payoff to the breakup and drew a clear line under the Damage CTRL era on television.

Across its run, the stable’s style mixed Bayley’s ring generalship and sharp promos, Kai’s rapid kick combinations, SKY’s high-risk aerial offense, Asuka’s strikes and submissions, and Sane’s top-rope elbow. Rivalries with Belair and Lynch defined the first year, while the WrestleMania 40 title change and the 2025 split marked the turning points that closed the story.