History Wrestling / DamageCTRL

On the February 2nd, 2024 edition of [=SmackDown=], after months of building internal friction, Bayley's attempt to confront the rest was met by an attack by her teammates. Already pushed to the edge, this attack would drive Bayley to call her [=WrestleMania=] title shot for Iyo's title, making a HeelFaceTurn and severing ties with the group. A week later Dakota Kai decided to side with Bayley. Sadly, this proved to be a cruel ruse as on March 1st 2024, Dakota revealed she was working with Damage CTRL all along and betrayed her. Bayley would gain her ultimate revenge on her former stablemates by defeating IYO in a co-main event of Night 2 of ''[=WrestleMania=] XL'', making Bayley a 2-time WWE Women's Champion (her first reign was when the title was known as the Raw Women's Title in 2017) and leaving the group down to just the tag titles.

On the February 2nd, 2024 edition of [=SmackDown=], after months of building internal friction, Bayley's attempt to confront the rest was met by an attack by her teammates. Already pushed to the edge, this attack would drive Bayley to call her [=WrestleMania=] title shot for Iyo's title, making a HeelFaceTurn and severing ties with the group. A week later Dakota Kai decided to side with Bayley. Sadly, this proved to be a cruel ruse as on March 1st 2024, Dakota revealed she was working with Damage CTRL all along and betrayed her. Bayley would gain her ultimate revenge on her former stablemates by defeating IYO in a showstealer co-main event of Night 2 of ''[=WrestleMania=] XL'', making Bayley a 2-time WWE Women's Champion (her first reign was when the title was known as the Raw Women's Title in 2017) in one of the most heartwarming moments of the show and leaving the once golden group down to just the tag titles, seen in most circles as close to worthless due to booking neglect from Wrestling/VinceMcMahon during the final years of his administration.

On the February 2nd, 2024 edition of [=SmackDown=], after months of building internal friction, Bayley's attempt to confront the rest was met by an attack by her teammates. Already pushed to the edge, this attack would drive Bayley to call her [=WrestleMania=] title shot for Iyo's title, making a HeelFaceTurn and severing ties with the group. A week later Dakota Kai decided to side with Bayley. Sadly, this proved to be a cruel ruse as on March 1st 2024, Dakota revealed she was working with Damage CTRL all along and betrayed her. Bayley would gain her ultimate revenge on her former stablemates by defeating IYO in a showstealer co-main event of Night 2 of WrestleMania XL, making Bayley a 2-time WWE Women's Champion (her first reign was when the title was known as the Raw Women's Title in 2017) in one of the most heartwarming moments of the show and leaving the once golden group down to just the tag titles, seen in most circles as close to worthless due to booking neglect from Wrestling/VinceMcMahon during the final years of his administration.

On the February 2nd, 2024 edition of [=SmackDown=], after months of building internal friction, Bayley's attempt to confront the rest was met by an attack by her teammates. Already pushed to the edge, this attack would drive Bayley to call her [=WrestleMania=] title shot for Iyo's title, making a HeelFaceTurn and severing ties with the group. A week later Dakota Kai decided to side with Bayley. Sadly, this proved to be a cruel ruse as on March 1st 2024, Dakota revealed she was working with Damage CTRL all along and betrayed her. Bayley would gain her ultimate revenge on her former stablemates by defeating IYO in a showstealer co-main event of Night 2 of WrestleMania XL, making Bayley a 2-time WWE Women's Champion (her first reign was when the title was known as the Raw Women's Title in 2017) in one of the most heartwarming moments of the show and leaving the once golden group down to just the tag titles, seen in most circles as close to worthless due to booking neglect from Vince McMahon during the final years of his administration.

On the February 2nd, 2024 edition of [=SmackDown=], after months of building internal friction, Bayley's attempt to confront the rest was met by an attack by her teammates. Already pushed to the edge, this attack would drive Bayley to call her [=WrestleMania=] title shot for Iyo's title, making a HeelFaceTurn and severing ties with the group. A week later Dakota Kai decided to side with Bayley. Sadly, this proved to be a cruel ruse as on March 1st 2024, Dakota revealed she was working with Damage CTRL all along and betrayed her.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: They waste all their cards trying to humiliate and beat up their former leader Bayley on the road to ''Wrestlemania XL'', but special mention goes to FakeDefector Dakota Kai turning on Bayley ''much'' too early, causing the group to lose the element of surprise and leaving them helpless as Bayley swiftly wins the WWE Championship.

** Dakota claimed that Bayley was jealous of Iyo and threatened by Kairi and Asuka, therefore she had to be cut loose to make the team stronger. Bayley was initially upset during the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match when she realized she'd been outsmarted by Iyo, but this anger literally only displayed itself within the confines of the match; by the end of the night she'd already proudly congratulated Iyo on X, and she was clearly all supportive by their very next appearance. She was confused when Kairi returned to assist Iyo, and later when Asuka turned on Bianca to join them, but these were former rivals and enemies of Bayley's as she'd been the one who beat Kairi backstage to distract Asuka so Sasha Banks could beat her in Kairi's last WWE appearance, with Asuka being a frequent rival of Damage CTRL before turning to join them. It took very little to convince her to put her suspicions aside to embrace the additions, even fully endorsing the Kabuki Warriors as they regained the Women's Tag Team Titles.

* VillainHasAPoint: The way Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai both see it, Bayley's entire intention for Damage CTRL was to put herself over on their backs. Iyo has stated that while Damage CTRL started with Bayley's vision, the only reason it became successful was because of the others' hard work, as well as accused Bayley of being lost when she formed the team and only did it so she could latch onto Iyo and Dakota Kai and take the credit for their successes. Dakota, meanwhile, claimed that Bayley was jealous of Iyo and threatened by Kairi and Asuka, therefore she had to be cut loose to make the team stronger. And of course, both have called out the fans for sympathizing with Bayley and supporting her. Except, their words don't carry that much weight. As heel would do, Iyo and Dakota would always leave out that Bayley's support was unconditional as they won championships. While she was initially upset at being outsmarted by Iyo in the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match, which, understandable considering ''they were both singular competitors in the match'', then confused both when Kairi returned to assist Iyo and when Asuka turned on Bianca to join them, these feelings were quickly gotten over as she embraced the additions and successes of her team. Case in point: Bayley didn't act like the typical jealous heel teammate when Iyo cashed in and won her Women's Championship, but joyfully celebrated with her and even brought Dakota back on the road that very night to share in the moment and provide moral support despite her being hurt. Bayley actually cared about the team.

* VillainHasAPoint: That's how Iyo Sky sees it. On the ''3/29/2024'' Smackdown, Iyo Sky accuses Bayley of being lost when she formed Damage CTRL and only did it so she could latch onto Iyo and Dakota Kai and take the credit for their successes. She even calls out the fans for blindly supporting her. Except, Iyo's words don't carry that much weight. As a heel would do, Iyo leaves out that Bayley's support was unconditional as they won championships. Case in point: Bayley didn't act like the typical jealous heel teammate when Iyo cashed in and won her Women's Championship. Bayley actually cared about the team.

* ProperlyParanoid: Bayley had her misgivings about allowing Kairi to join the group, given how things ended between them when Kairi left the company back in 2020. She ended up being right, as IYO and Kairi end up convincing the rest of the stable to turn against Bayley.

* ProperlyParanoid: Bayley had her misgivings about allowing Kairi to join the group, given how things ended between them when Kairi left the company back in 2020. She ended up being right, as Kairi would end up convincing the rest of the stable to turn against Bayley.

** The Hanger-On (while injured): Dakota Kai but in 2024, IYO SKY took the Centerpiece slot following Bayley's HeelFaceTurn after the group unsuccessfully tried to violently expel her.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: They waste all their cards trying to humiliate and beat up their former leader Bayley on the road to ''Wrestlemnia XL'', but special mention goes to FakeDefector Dakota Kai turning on Bayley ''much'' too early, causing the group to lose the element of surprise and leaving them helpless as Bayley swiftly wins the WWE Championship.

Damage CTRL is a professional wrestling stable in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, at one time consisted of Wrestling/{{Bayley}}, [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]], [[Wrestling/IoShirai Iyo Sky]], [[Characters/WWEDivas Dakota Kai, and Kairi Sane]]. They primarily appear on the [[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]] brand. The group made their debut on July 30, 2022 at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam'', attacking Wrestling/BiancaBelair and Wrestling/BeckyLynch and quickly made a name for themselves. Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai are former WWE Woman's Tag Team Champions with Iyo Sky currently the WWE Women's Champion. Bayley herself would add to the group's ranks by winning the 2024 Royal Rumble, while Sane and Asuka won the group their 3rd Tag Team Championship a night prior.

* VillianHasAPoint: On the ''3/29/2024'' Smackdown, Iyo Sky accuses Bayley of being lost when she formed Damage CTRL and only did it so she could latch onto Iyo and Dakota Kai and take the credit for their successes. She even calls out the fans for blindly supporting her. Except, Iyo's words don't carry that much weight. As a heel would do, Iyo leaves out that Bayley's support was unconditional as they won championships. Case in point: Bayley didn't act like the typical jealous heel teammate when Iyo cashed in and won her Women's Championship. Bayley actually cared about the team.

* ThreePlusTwo: Originally a PowerTrio of Bayley, IYO SKY and Dakota Kai, until the former Kabuki Warriors Asuka and Kairi Sane join the following year. Coincidentally, the group now contains three Japanese women that have long been associated with each other from their years wrestling in their home country, with English-speaking Bayley and Dakota Kai as the two remaining members.