‘- After some speculation, Dakota Kai did suffer a knee injury back in early January during a NXT live event. Kai was teaming with with Kairi Sane and Candice LeRae against Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir when she hurt her knee while delivering kicks.
Kai was helped to the back and the match finished as a tag team bout. The NXT wrestler suffered an ACL tear and posted the following message on Instagram.
– WWE is growing as a global enterprise and that means more talent being signed to contracts. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter mentioned how WWE is expected to sign Ilja Dragunov and Shane Strickland (Killshot).
Dragunov was born in Russia and resides in Germany. He debuted in April 2012 and worked the recent WWE tryouts in Germany. Recently, Dragunov started removing himself from upcoming Indy shows. If Dragunov does sign, he is expected to to join the NXT UK brand.
As for Strickland, he anounced on Twitter that he is a free agent and many believe WWE is his next step. He has worked for MLW, EVOLVE and Lucha Underground in the past; where he held gold in all three promotions.
