Dakota Kai Says Ember Moon Taught Her The Kairopractor

In an interview with Fightful, Dakota Kai talked about her finisher, the Kairopractor, and how it was Ember Moon who taught her to do it. Here are highlights:

On the origin of the finisher: “Well, Ember (Moon) is the one that actually suggested it. She gave me that. I think she may have done it before on the indies. I know that a few people have done it before on the independent scene, so. I had never seen it until she explained to me the physics of how it worked. ‘Cause I’m like, ‘Wait…’ So, we’re at training and she’s explaining it to me. I was like, I didn’t really understand how it worked, let alone for the other person to work with me on that. But, yeah, we did it and practiced it and now it’s a thing, part of my moveset.”

On needing to practice it first: “Not the first time. There was like a little bit of, ‘Mmm, let me try that again.’ I feel like with a lot of moves I need to practice it a few times and then I’ll feel comfortable with it. Because live TV wrestling is very…if you mess up, like that’s there. There it is. I wanted to make sure, like with anything that I do, I’m comfortable with it and my opponent’s comfortable with it because… Yeah. Live TV, man.”

On joining UpUpDownDown: “It really is and I may be, being within that sort of bubble, I forget how big UpUpDownDown is on that level until I see how many followers it got on YouTube and it’s like, ‘Oh, this is cool.’ But, it was all Creed that gave us the opportunity to put ourselves on UpUpDownDown, which I am super, super grateful for. I always will be. He’s like the best guy. He always looks out for everyone. He’s got a heart of gold, honestly. But, it really has given us another platform to present ourselves. ‘Cause, obviously, there’s NXT TV, which is it’s own sort of monster over here. But, that’s like so fun to me. I love gaming and I get to be myself on this channel and we get to have the puppies on there, too. It’s super fun. But, he’s the one that gave us the opportunity to give our brand on this channel.”