Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez have been in an alliance a little over a year, and now the duo has become the first ever Dusty Rhodes Women’s Tag Team Classic winners.
Dakota Kai had a chance to talk about the team with Fightful, and she revealed that she was one of Raquel’s first opponents when she arrived at the PC and how many people were excited for her to get her first big break with the pairing. More importantly, she revealed how much the partnership with Gonzalez helped her grow as a heel character.
“They actually came to us with this idea on the creative side. Hunter was the guy and the team, they really were the ones who paired us together. It’s crazy thinking about it now because Raquel was my first match at the Performance Center after I got signed and I was one of her first matches, too. So, everything has really come full circle. But, I think the main thing us that a lot of us girls in the locker room are super, super stoked about was she was at the Performance Center before I was. So, she was there a while and she never really had that breakout moment or really given any opportunity to be on the big stage of being on NXT TV.”
“When the idea was finally brought out us, everyone—not just myself—we were so stoked for her. Because she’s one of the hardest workers and super lovely, too, and I knew we’d get along. You don’t want to be paired with someone and be like ‘Oh, no.’ But, she’s so nice and she’s the hardest worker. She’s super strong. She’s a freakin’ powerhouse. So, it only helped my sort of… I’d just turned heel a few months before. So, it really helped my creativity in terms of opening up more potential opportunities to play that role.”
Gonzalez and Kai have been a huge part of NXT’s women’s division since their pairing, even finding themselves in this year’s women’s War Games match on the winning team. The two are scheduled to get a Women’s Tag Team Title match in a couple weeks on NXT, so it should be if this takes them up to the next level. You can watch the interview below.
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