Summary

Dakota Kai recently looked back on one of the defining moments of her WWE run, her heel turn during the women's WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2019, when she attacked Tegan Nox, who was then known as Nixon Newell.

Kai said the moment came after a long wait for a bigger opportunity in NXT, and she described the turn as a rush of anticipation and adrenaline. She also pointed to another memorable part of the segment, getting to punch William Regal.

How Dakota Kai described the turn

Speaking with MuscleManMalcolm, Kai said the moment had been building for a while because she had spent years in NXT waiting for a larger breakthrough. That made the WarGames angle feel like the biggest opportunity she had received to that point.

Quote from Dakota Kai

"I think it was a lot of things (running through my mind). Just built-up anticipation because I'd been waiting for the opportunity. I think I'd been in NXT like a couple years at that point… just hanging around and then doing things here and there but that was the biggest opportunity that I've ever had to date to turn heel, and I got to punch William Regal in the face so that was kind of cool. That was awesome so yeah, I don't know, just adrenaline hit me."

What the WarGames moment still means for Dakota Kai

Kai's turn on Tegan Nox remains one of the clearest character pivots from her NXT run, and the fact she still points to it as a career highlight says plenty about how important that storyline was to her time on the brand. WWE has revisited several career-defining moments in recent interviews, including when Triple H looked back on the Marty Garner Pedigree scare.

The comments also underline how Kai saw that angle as a genuine creative step forward rather than just a shock segment. Since her latest WWE release, she has only wrestled twice, most recently for House of Glory, so moments like WarGames 2019 still stand out as major markers in how fans remember her run.

Sources

Dakota Kai while speaking with MuscleManMalcolm