Iyo Sky has received negative treatment from her two WrestleMania 41 opponents Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair. Dakota Kai came to her defense.

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.

"She’s champion right now, you know what I mean? But I think with Rhea and Bianca, they’re so caught up in the issues that they have, they’re not even considering her a threat, but she’s champion for a reason," Kai said ahead of WrestleMania 41 Night 2. "She’s been my favorite for years even before she was on the Stardom scene.