Bayley names three talent she also wanted to feature as part of Damage CTRL.
At SummerSlam 2022, Bayley would make her long awaited return to WWE from a major knee injury, and did not come alone. Damage CTRL would be formed on that night, as Dakota Kai and IYO Sky would join her, with the faction later adding Kairi Sane and Asuka to the faction before Bayley was kicked out of the faction.
While speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Bayley spoke about her original pitch for Damage CTRL, revealing that it also featured Toni Storm, Raquel Rodriguez and Alba Fyre.
"I had a whole [plan], there's five of us, my pitch for Damage CTRL. I also had Raquel 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 we're 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."
Elsewhere in the same interview, Bayley revealed that her WWE contract runs for another year and a half. You can read more about that here.
