5 Takeaways from the November 26th episode of WWE Backstage

#2 Dakota Kai's heel turn

Two former friends

The most shocking moment of the weekend was arguably when Dakota Kai turned her back on her WarGames team and more notably, Tegan Nox. Kai's whole NXT journey has been one where she hasn't been considered good enough to face or beat Shayna Baszler. She wasn't even deemed good enough to be on Team Ripley for WarGames.

When it was revealed that Mia Yim had been attacked during the pre-show, a replacement was needed. Since Kai was literally standing right there, Ripley said that she (Kai) was in. It was obviously a desperation move on Ripley's part, but can you really blame Kai for her actions on Saturday?

For the last few months, she's tried to prove herself but everyone has told her that she wasn't good enough. She did take Baszler to the limit in a match on NXT, but it still wasn't good enough to net her a spot at WarGames. Through the whole process, it was also strange that Nox didn't stick up for her supposed best friend.

Of Kai's turn, Triple H was ecstatic. He mentioned that "it's hard to keep things secret or special" in today's game, but he was glad that "people were in shock" after it happened. The Game felt the turn was "executed extremely well" and that the moment will allow her to "take things to a whole new level and show the world that Dakota Kai is something special."