After spending some weeks away to promote the movie Fighting with My Family, retired WWE wrestler Paige made a backstage appearance on the April 9, 2019, episode of SmackDown, where she announced that she would be bringing a new tag team to the SmackDown women's division to feud with The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.

[15][16] They successfully defended the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against Lynch and Flair, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross, and Bayley and Sasha Banks in a fatal four-way match at Starrcade.

This was done to write Sane out of the storylines as she announced her departure from WWE on Twitter as she was heading back to Japan to be with her husband, effectively disbanding The Kabuki Warriors.

Later that night, during a six-woman tag team match pitting Asuka with Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair against Damage CTRL (Bayley, Sky, and Sane), Asuka turned on her teammates to reunite with Sane and Sky and subsequently joined Damage CTRL the following week.

[33] On the December 15 episode of SmackDown, Asuka and Sane defeated Michin and Zelina Vega in their first return tag team match as The Kabuki Warriors.

[34] On the January 26, 2024 episode of SmackDown, The Kabuki Warriors defeated Katana Chance and Kayden Carter to become the new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.

The Kabuki Warriors went onto retain their titles against Chance and Carter in a rematch on the February 5 episode of Raw, and against Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell at the Elimination Chamber: Perth pre-show.

[37] On the December 16 episode of Raw, Sane was found attacked backstage that was meant to write her off due to a legitimate injury.

[38][39] Sane was supposed to participate in the tournament to crown the inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion alongside fellow Damage CTRL member Dakota Kai and was replaced by Sky.