Damage CTRL could’ve been different.
Original Damage CTRL
Damage CTRL as we know it now, consists of IYO Sky, Kairi Sane, Asuka and Dakota Kai. The original Damage CTRL we saw on television also had Bayley as the leader. But, she was later kicked to the curb.
Now, in an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Bayley revealed the original ideas she had for the group, which consisted of three other members, including current AEW Women’s Champion, Toni Storm.
I had a whole [plan], there’s five of us, my pitch for Damage CTRL. I also had Raquel [Rodriguez] in it. I also had Alba Fyre in it. I had so many other girls in mind too. I had Toni Storm. I wanted Toni Storm in it. But when I actually sat at the PC and shot stuff, it was with Raquel and Alba, and all five of us. I had reasons why I wanted them. Raquel was obviously our muscle, but she was teaming with Dakota at the time, I believe. So they worked out perfectly. Alba and IYO I think were teaming a little bit there, so they worked out perfectly. But in my mind, it was there’s two tag teams and then IYO was my champion; she was going to be the champion. I just want to do everything in wrestling. That’s how I always thought. I want to be a bad guy. I want to be a good guy. I want to be in a faction. I want to be in a tag team. I want to be a singles wrestler. I want to be in a romantic love angle someday. I want to be able to do everything, because there’s so many different things that we could do in this crazy world to not try different avenues and work with as many people as possible. I just want to do it all.
How different would things be if that came to fruition? The landscape as we know it would’ve changed.
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