Dakota Kai shares emotional message amid WWE hiatus

Dakota Kai shared an emotional message ahead of this week's episode of WWE RAW. The 36-year-old is a member of the Damage CTRL faction on the red brand.

Kai is currently out of action with a torn meniscus and has not competed in a match on WWE RAW since July 8. Her Damage CTRL stablemate Asuka is also out with a knee injury and hasn't wrestled since Backlash in May.

Ahead of tomorrow night's episode of RAW, Kai took to her Instagram story to share an emotional message. She shared an image of herself and noted that she missed wrestling.

"Missing wrestling hours," she wrote.

Kai shares emotional message (credit: Dakota Kai on Instagram)

Dakota Kai is a two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion but has never captured a singles title during her tenure in the company. Damage CTRL betrayed Bayley earlier this year after the veteran won the Women's Royal Rumble match.

Konnan claims Dakota Kai adds nothing to Damage CTRL on WWE RAW

WCW legend Konnan recently claimed that Dakota Kai doesn't add any value to Damage CTRL on WWE television.

Speaking on Keepin It 100 OFFICIAL, former WCW stars Konnan and Disco Inferno discussed Kai's contributions to the faction. Konnan stated that Kai was not an entertaining promo, and the company still liked her because of her days in NXT. He added that Kai felt out of place after IYO SKY and Kairi Sane joined the faction.

"I've been saying it ever since she joined Damage CTRL when it was her, Bayley, and IYO SKY. I thought she added nothing to the group; she was not entertaining, she was not good at promo, and I just felt that they liked her from the NXT days, much like [Johnny] Gargano and [Tommaso] Ciampa. And then, when they brought the new Damage CTRL—her and the two Japanese girls. She did not fit in at all. I've never seen the big deal in her whatsoever," Konnan said. (From 02:02 to 02:32)

You can check out Konnan's comments in the video below:

Dakota Kai also suffered a torn ACL last year and missed a significant amount of time. It will be interesting to see what the company has planned for the veteran when she returns to action down the line.