Dakota Kai

About Dakota Kai

Cheree Georgina Crowley is a New Zealander professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Dakota Kai, and was a member of Damage CTRL. In WWE, Kai is a former two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Iyo Sky (Io Shirai). She also won the inaugural Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, and is a former two-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion.

Prior to her signing with WWE, she wrestled under the ring name Evie, and appeared for Impact Pro Wrestling (IPW) in her native New Zealand, Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance (PWA) in Australia, American promotions Shimmer Women Athletes and Shine Wrestling, as well as Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Zero1 and World Wonder Ring Stardom.

On May 2, 2025, Kai was released from her WWE contract.

Crowley is of Irish and Samoan descent. Her mother is originally from the Samoan village of Lepea on the island of Upolu. She has two younger siblings: her sister Nyrene is a mixed martial artist, and her brother Earl is a DJ. Her grandfather Pat Crowley represented New Zealand as a member of the All Blacks in 1949 and 1950.