Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 12 ga Afrilu, 2016, Estrella-Kadlec ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar WWE. Ta fara gwagwarmaya a gidan wasan kwaikwayo, a ranar 20 ga Oktoba, a cikin yaƙin sarauta, wanda Ember Moon ya ci nasara. Watanni uku bayan haka, a farkon bayyanarta a "NXT", Evans ta haɗu tare da Sarah Bridges a wasan tag team wanda suka rasa ga ƙungiyar Billie Kay da Peyton Royce. A cikin 2017, an ba Estrella sunan Lacey Evans, wanda shine sunan 'yar uwarta. An yi amfani da ita galibi a matsayin mai ba da izini ga masu fafatawa daban-daban. A watan Yuli, Evans ya halarci bikin bude
Mae Young Classic, ta doke Taynara Conti a zagaye na farko, amma ta yi rashin nasara a kan Toni Storm a zagaye na biyu.