WWE: Dakota Kai Concussion Injury Update, Rikishi on Jey Uso Winning Men’s Royal Rumble Match “Made Us All Proud”, Rumor Killer on Jim Johnston WWE Return

Feb 5, 2025

Dakota Kai Concussion Injury Status Update

As noted before, Dakota Kai has been out of action for WWE since late January due to a concussion injury and has been in WWE’s concussion protocol.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that his sources stated that Kai is on the verge of being medically cleared for an in-ring return.

One source spoken to reportedly stated that they believe Kai will be back in the fold by the end of February if not sooner.

Rikishi Comments on Jey Uso Winning Men’s Royal Rumble Match “Made Us All Proud”

A recent episode of the Off The Top podcast featured WWE Hall of Famer and co-host Rikishi giving his thoughts about his son Jey Uso winning this year’s Men’s Royal Rumble match.

“[Smiles] Can you tell by the look on my face? It has been like that since the weekend of the Royal Rumble, since Jey punched his ticket to headlining WrestleMania, YeetMania. You can tell my voice is just kind of hoarse from yelling, screaming, having a few cocktails. The family, we’ve been celebrating. It’s been great, man. I want to say thank you all the fans, thank you to all my family, my personal friends, those that got my contact, my number. Nonstop texts, nonstop calling. I ain’t ever had so many people call me. I wasn’t even in the match [laughs]. But just because the relationship, the love and the respect that’s shown, how happy they are for my son Jey, the work has been recognized. So thank y’all. Thank the whole wrestling universe. Thank the world. WrestleMania is gonna lit. It is gonna be YeetMania [laughs]. Yeet.”

Rikishi also gave his thoughts about how he did not know beforehand that his son would be winning the match and found out when it actually happened.

“Honestly, I had no idea that this boy was gonna be the one to win the Royal Rumble. We’ve talked about it on the past podcasts, about the Yeet Man, about the opportunity, about the third time he came up against Gunther and so forth, when he won the Intercontinental Belt and he lost the Intercontinental Belt, such a short time. I mean, all that. Somebody must have heard and said, ‘Hey.’ The one thing that is definitely power is the voice of the wrestling fans. The voice of the wrestling fans, the videos tell no lie, when you see Jey hit that arena, Jey’s got that arena all lit. It doesn’t matter if it’s Hong Kong, Japan, Chicago, New York City, it does not matter. It is YeetMania. So the Yeet Man’s on fire. The Yeet Man has put in work. For us as a family that has seen personally the struggle, the hard work that the kid has went through, thank you to WWE, thank you to the WWE Universe for believing in this kid. My kids, they are not the type of kids that’s gonna quit. I always tell them, know your worth, believe in your worth, your time will come. Just keep working hard, keep working hard. Now, hey, Jey, you the man. You the man. You made us all proud. All the family members, I’m sure the fans as well. I got goosebumps talking about this, and this happened a few days ago. I got goosebumps. I’ve never, for anything huge celebration, the last time I felt like this is when we won the tag team straps for the first time, me and Samu against The Quebecers, and when I’ve seen Yokozuna win the Royal Rumble, back in the day. Years later, man, we’re talking 2025, we got a Fatu up there that’s gonna headline WrestleMania. So all I can say, without no alcohol in me, God did. God did.”

Rikishi also gave his thoughts about how happy and proud he was for his son and the rest of The Bloodline.

“This one here was [very] emotional. You see your kid…it was the type of vibe too when they both wrestled each other at WrestleMania. All I can think about is the days back home in Pensacola, all the lonely nights trying to make this thing happen for these kids and so forth, and the struggles that they’ve gone through, because of my life of a wrestler that’s trying to make it, it takes me back to thinking about my late mother. These were her grand babies. She always talked to them about the faith and the culture and be good kids, keep working hard, things will come your way. I can only wish that she was here so we could all celebrate together. I guarantee you that she would be front-row seat, [for] her grand babies at WrestleMania in Vegas. So a lot goes on, and man, it’s so much to try to unload, the joy and the happiness that the Anoa’i -Fatu clan feels. I’m just proud. I’m proud of Jey, Jimmy, Solo [Sikoa], Jacob [Fatu], Roman [Reigns], just set the pace. Rock is on a whole new…that level, conquered Hollywood and now in with the company. So it’s a good day for the family. I’m glad that the company and the world has recognized, this wasn’t given to us. This was a family that has [given] blood, sweat, and tears for 75-plus years. 75-plus years, we’ve given our heart and our soul.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Rumor Killer on Jim Johnston Returning to WWE

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that the recent rumors of former WWE composer Jim Johnston had recently returned to WWE is not true.

This rumor originated from the captions displayed during The New Day coming out with new entrance theme music for their tag team match against the LWO on the February 3rd episode of WWE RAW. These captions listed Johnston’s name and quickly led to online speculation that he was back working for the company.

It was reported that the captions that was listed was made in error and instead the New Day’s new theme song was produced by Sayzee and Mega Ran.

It was also reported that several people spoken to within WWE stated that there are no plans to bring Johnston back to the company.