# Damage CTRL

Damage CTRL (pronounced "Damage Control") (ダメージコントロール, Damēji Kontorōru) is a professional wrestling stable that performs in WWE on the Raw brand consisting of Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane and Asuka. Sky is the current Women's World Champion in her first reign. The stable have held the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship three times, with Kai and Sky being two-time champions and Asuka and Sane (known as The Kabuki Warriors) being one-time champions. Sky is a former one-time WWE Women's Champion and was also the 2023 women's Money in the Bank winner, whereas former leader Bayley was the winner of the 2024 women's Royal Rumble.

## History
### Debut and WWE Women's Tag Team Champions (2022–2023)

At SummerSlam on July 30, 2022, Bayley returned after a year out of action due to injury, forming an alliance with the returning Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky (formerly known as Io Shirai) while confronting Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair after her title defense against Becky Lynch, resuming their feud and moving Bayley back to the Raw brand, also establishing both Kai and Sky as heels on the main roster. According to Kai, the original plan was to have a stable consisting of herself, Tegan Nox and Candice LeRae.
At Clash at the Castle, Bayley, Kai and Sky, now officially under the name Damage CTRL, defeated Belair, Alexa Bliss and Asuka, where Bayley pinned Belair, who was Raw Women's Champion at the time. On the September 12 episode of Raw, Kai and Sky defeated Aliyah and Raquel Rodriguez to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. With the win, Kai and Sky became two of three (the other being Rodriguez) to have won the WWE and NXT Women's Tag Team Championships. Bayley continued her feud with Belair where she failed to win the Raw Women's Championship at Extreme Rules in a ladder match, and at Crown Jewel in a Last Woman Standing match. Despite Kai and Sky losing the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship to Alexa Bliss and Asuka after a 49-day reign, they reclaimed the titles at Crown Jewel 5 days later. At Survivor Series: WarGames, Damage CTRL competed in a WarGames match, teaming with Nikki Cross and Rhea Ripley against Belair, Bliss, Asuka, Mia Yim and a returning Becky Lynch, but lost when Lynch pinned Kai after a diving legdrop from the top of the cage through a table.
Damage CTRL then began a feud with Becky Lynch, with Bayley winning a one-on-one match against Lynch on the December 19 episode of Raw. Two weeks later, Kai and Sky defeated Lynch and Michin in a non-title tag team match. A rematch between Lynch and Bayley was scheduled to take place at Raw is XXX inside a steel cage, but did not take place after Damage CTRL beat down Lynch before the match began. At Royal Rumble, all three members of Damage CTRL entered the women's Royal Rumble match and scored five eliminations each, four of which were done as a team. Kai and Sky were eliminated by Lynch, while Bayley was eliminated by Liv Morgan. The cage match was rescheduled for the February 6 episode of Raw after Lynch forced Bayley into accepting by physically threatening an injured Kai. Lynch won the match after Lita prevented Kai and Sky from interfering. On the February 20 episode of Raw, Lynch and Lita challenged Kai and Sky for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, which Bayley accepted on their behalf. The following week, despite interference from Bayley, Kai and Sky lost the titles to Lynch and Lita after interference from the returning Trish Stratus, ending their second reign at 114 days. The following week, Lynch, Lita and Stratus challenged Damage CTRL to a six-woman tag team match at WrestleMania 39, which Bayley accepted. Damage CTRL would lose to Lynch, Lita and Stratus at Night 1 of the event.

### Dakota Kai's injury and Iyo Sky's WWE Women's Championship reign (2023–2024)

As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, Damage CTRL were drafted to the SmackDown brand. On the May 12 episode of SmackDown, Bayley and Kai failed to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship from Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. During the match, both Kai and Morgan suffered injuries, with Kai tearing her ACL and Morgan injuring her shoulder. Morgan and Rodriguez would relinquish the titles on the following week's episode of SmackDown due to Morgan's injury. Bayley and Sky participated in a fatal four-way tag team match for the vacant title on the May 29 episode of Raw, but the match was won by Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler.
On the June 9 episode of SmackDown, both Bayley and Sky qualified for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match. At Money in the Bank, Bayley pushed Sky off the ladder when Sky was trying to grab the briefcase. Sky later handcuffed Bayley to Becky Lynch, another competitor in the match, to grab the briefcase and win the match. On the July 8 episode of SmackDown, Sky attempted to cash in her Money in the Bank contract against Asuka for the WWE Women's Championship but was interrupted by Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair. At SummerSlam on August 5, Sky successfully cashed in her Money in the Bank contract on Belair to win the WWE Women's Championship for the first time. Kai made her first physical appearance since her injury to celebrate Sky's victory and from that point on made appearances in a managerial role while recovering from her ACL surgery. On the August 25 episode of SmackDown, Sky successfully defended the title against Zelina Vega. She would also retain against Asuka on the September 22 episode of SmackDown, and against Charlotte Flair and Asuka in a triple threat match at Fastlane after interference from Bayley.

### Addition of The Kabuki Warriors and Bayley's expulsion (2023–2024)

On November 4, 2023, at Crown Jewel, Kairi Sane made a surprise return to WWE after leaving the company in July 2020 to help Sky retain the WWE Women's Championship against Bianca Belair. On the November 10 episode of SmackDown, Sane officially joined the group. Later that night, during a six-woman tag match pitting Damage CTRL against Belair, Flair and Sane's former Kabuki Warriors partner, Asuka, the latter betrayed her teammates to reunite with Sane, and officially joined the group on the following week's episode of SmackDown. In the same episode, Sky issued a challenge to Belair, Flair, Shotzi, and Becky Lynch to a WarGames match at Survivor Series: War Games. Damage CTRL lost the WarGames match, with Bayley taking the pin after being put through a table by Lynch. On the January 26, 2024, episode of SmackDown, The Kabuki Warriors defeated Katana Chance and Kayden Carter to become the new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. This is their record-tying second reign as a team (their first reign under Damage CTRL) and Asuka's record-setting fourth reign individually as champion. The next night at Royal Rumble, Bayley, Asuka and Sane participated in the women's Royal Rumble match. Asuka and Sane were eliminated by Carter and Chance while Bayley won the match by last eliminating Liv Morgan. The following week, on the February 2 episode of SmackDown, Asuka and Sane attacked Bayley and kicked her out of the group. Afterwards, Bayley declared she will challenge Sky for the title at WrestleMania XL. On the February 9 episode of Smackdown, Kai seemingly left the group to side with Bayley. However, on the March 1 episode of SmackDown, Kai revealed it was a ruse after refusing to tag in with Bayley against Sane and Asuka, and joined the rest of the group in beating down Bayley. At Night 1 of WrestleMania XL on April 6, Kai, Sane and Asuka faced Belair, Jade Cargill and Naomi in a six-woman tag team match in a losing effort. The next night, Sky lost the WWE Women's Championship to Bayley, ending her reign at 246 days. As part of the 2024 WWE Draft, Damage CTRL were drafted to the Raw brand. At Backlash France on May 4, Sane and Asuka lost the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship to Belair and Cargill, ending their reign at 99 days. Asuka later revealed that she was suffering from knee injury for months and had successfully undergone surgery.

### Fan favorites (2024–present)

The stable turned face for the first time on the July 29, 2024 episode of Raw when they began feuding with Pure Fusion Collective (Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark and their newfound ally, the returning Sonya Deville). In early August, it was reported that Kai had to undergo surgery after suffering another knee injury. On the August 19 episode of Raw, Sky and Sane teamed up for the first time since 2019 and faced Baszler and Stark and WWE Women's Tag Team Champions The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn) in a title match where the champions retained. In September, Sane and Sky participated in the tournament to crown the inaugural Speed Women's Champion, where they both lost to eventual inaugural champion Candice LeRae at the tournament semifinal and final respectively. On the October 14 episode of Raw, Sky and Sane failed to defeat WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Belair and Cargill for the titles after interference from NXT's The Meta-Four (Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson) from ringside. The two teams faced each other on the October 22 episode of NXT to a no-contest after interference from Chelsea Green and Piper Niven. On the following episode of SmackDown, the three brands' general managers announced that Belair and Cargill will defend their titles against Sky and Sane, Legend and Jackson, and Green and Niven in a fatal four-way tag team match at Crown Jewel on November 2, where Belair and Cargill retained their titles. Kai returned from injury on the November 11 episode of Raw, where Damage CTRL defeated PFC in a six-woman tag team match. Kai entered the tournament to crown the inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion and qualified into the finals. On the December 16 episode of Raw, Sane was found attacked backstage that was meant to write her off due to a legitimate injury. Sane was supposed to also participate in the inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion tournament and was replaced by Sky, who lost to Lyra Valkyria at the semifinals. Kai also lost to Valkyria at the tournament final. In late January 2025, it was reported that Kai had suffered another injury.
On the March 3 episode of Raw, Sky defeated Rhea Ripley to win the Women's World Championship.With the title win, Sky became the tenth WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion and the seventh WWE Women's Grand Slam Champion. She is also the only wrestler to win a Grand Slam in Japan and America.

## Members

* Dakota Kai
* Iyo Sky
* Kairi Sane
* Asuka
| * | Founding member(s) |
| L | Leader |
| M | Manager |

### Current

| Members | Joined |
| Dakota Kai | July 30, 2022 * |
| Iyo Sky | July 30, 2022 * |
| Kairi Sane | November 10, 2023 |
| Asuka | November 17, 2023 |

### Former

| Member | Joined | Left |
| Bayley (L) | July 30, 2022 * | February 2, 2024 |

## Sub-groups

| Affiliate | Members | Tenure | Type |
| The Kabuki Warriors | Asuka Kairi Sane | 2023–2024 | Tag team |

## Championships and accomplishments

* Slam Wrestling Awards
** Best WWE Tag Team Female (2022)
* WWE
** WWE Women's Championship (1 time) – Sky
** Women's World Championship (1 time, current) – Sky
** WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (3 times) – Kai and Sky (2), Asuka and Sane (1)
** Tenth WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion – Sky
** Seventh WWE Women's Grand Slam Champion – Sky
** Women's Money in the Bank (2023) – Sky
** Women's Royal Rumble (2024) – Bayley