6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (March 1 - Results & Review)

5. Dakota Kai Isn’t Hanging Around

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No messing around, eh?!

Those chewing on the Dakota Kai question didn't have to wait until WrestleMania to find out that she was stringing Bayley along. Creative didn't waste a second here. They've stacked the deck against Bayley before she challenges IYO SKY, and that's how it should be now she's an outcast from Damage CTRL.

Bayley and Kai vs. The Kabuki Warriors was more of an angle than a full-blown match, but it was a bloody good one. Dakota stabbed her old mentor in the back, and revealed those puppy dog eyes of before were faked. Best of all, Bayley didn't look like a traditionally thick babyface at all.

She was believably suckered in by someone she thought was tortured by her exit from CTRL. Not quite. Kai was playing Bayley for a fool, and now it's Bayley vs. the entire faction she helped put together in the first place. Yep, this worked.

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