Dakota Kai wrestles first match since WWE release
Dakota Kai, now wrestling as Charlie, took part in her first match since her WWE release on Sunday in London.
Charlie wrestled Kris Statlander for the EVE International Championship at Pro Wrestling EVE’s Wrestle Queendom 8 from indigo at The O2 in London, England. Statlander successfully defended her title, pinning Charlie after a series of Tombstone piledrivers.
The commentary team noted that Statlander’s repeated Tombstones may have been unnecessary.
It was Charlie’s first match on record since the March 24, 2025 WWE Main Event tapings held at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. She was part of WWE roster cuts revealed on May 2, 2025.
Last month, Charlie spoke about taking a break from wrestling following her WWE departure.
“I think I just really needed to take a step back and sort of rebuild myself in terms of confidence and what I thought about myself as a wrestler in this world. I didn’t really know if I still had a place in this world,” she said during an interview with Busted Open Radio.
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