Dakota Kai Concussion Injury & Royal Rumble 2025 Status Update
As noted before, Dakota Kai suffered a concussion injury during Damage CTRL’s tag team match against Pure Fusion Collective on the January 20th WWE RAW show in Dallas, Texas and has been placed in WWE’s concussion protocol.
PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Kai is still in WWE’s concussion protocol as of Thursday.
Johnson reported that due to her current medical situation, Kai will not be traveling to Indianapolis for this Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2025 event nor will she be competing in the Women’s Royal Rumble match.
Cryptic Teaser Video from Jan. 28th WWE NXT Show Removed
As noted before, this past Tuesday’s WWE NXT show in Atlanta, Georgia featured a show closing cryptic video teasing something major taking place at WWE’s Vengeance Day 2025 event on February 15th for their NXT brand.
PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that the VOD version of NXT’s show on the WWE Network does not feature this cryptic teaser video and instead this past Tuesday’s show ends with Bianca Belair and Naomi celebrating their victory to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
It is currently not known why this teaser video was removed from the VOD version of the show.
Goldberg Comments on Getting Stem Cell Treatment for His Retirement Match Preparations
As noted before, WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg will be having a retirement match in WWE for his wrestling career at some point in 2025.
A recent episode of the CarCast podcast featured co-host Goldberg giving his thoughts about his current preparations and training for his upcoming retirement match.
“I’m thinking, ‘I’m doing all of this shit for one night.’ I’m literally busting my ass. I’m up here in the garage, in the gym, every night. Granted, I don’t work out like I used to. It’s a 45-minute Jack LaLanne workout as opposed to the whole Goldberg days. I stretch for 45 minutes. I used to only stretch for ten (minutes), but now I have to stretch for an hour and ten because I’m so ancient.
I have to crawl before I run. We all know I have a pretty screwed up shoulder. That’s my biggest concern getting into this retirement match. I remember six months ago, I couldn’t do anything. It’s all you baby steps. I have a decent amount of time to prep. The reality is, I could train as hard as I could up until a couple of weeks from now, and then I embark upon a journey to try and kickstart myself to get in the best shape possible, try to rehab as much as possible, so I can have a good base to build on. I’m going to go get stem cells.”
Transcript h/t: Fightful.com
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