WWE champ Iyo Sky 'thrives being underdog,' longtime friend says ahead of WrestleMania 41 title match

Since then, Ripley and Belair have taken turns pushing Sky out of the way as they talked trash with each other. Sky, though shorter than them, made clear she wasn't going to take any more disrespect from the two former champions.

Dakota Kai, a longtime friend of Sky's and former Damage CTRL stablemate, told Fox News Digital she didn't understand where the disrespect came from.

"I also think Iyo thrives being the underdog though. I think she's going to pull out a lot of stops on Sunday to show them like, 'Hey, you've been overlooking me these last few weeks, I'm champion for a reason.'"

Sky lost to Bayley in a women's title match at WrestleMania 40. Bayley was cast out of Damage CTRL in the weeks after she won the 2024 women's Royal Rumble match.

Kai suggested that Bayley's win was a driving force for Sky.

"She's coming into WrestleMania again as champion, and she definitely wants to retain it obviously - who wouldn't? I think, for her, she definitely has something to prove to come out of the match on top, which she is," she said.

Sky will look to walk out of Allegiant Stadium as champion.