Former WWE star Dakota Kai was released by the company in May 2025 and has since remained out of the ring. However, it has now been announced that she will be wrestling Kris Statlander for the EVE International Championship at Wrestle Queendom 8 on March 8, 2026, under the new mononymous name “Charlie.“
Born Cheree Crowley in 1988, the former WWE talent debuted as Evie in New Zealand’s IPW in 2007. Subsequently, she signed with WWE in 2015 and soon became an NXT regular, looking set for big things before being unexpectedly released in 2022. Still, her time away from the company would be short, as after Triple H took over creative and talent relations, one of his first actions was to re-sign her and unite her with Bayley and Iyo Sky to form the original version of Damage CTRL.
