Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 30 ga Yuni, wani bidiyo a gidan WWE a Tokyo, ya gabatar da Housako a matsayin "Kairi Sane" ga sashin ci gaban WWE, NXT, da kuma Mae Young Classic mai zuwa
gasar. A ranar 13 ga Yuli, ta doke Tessa Blanchard a zagaye na farko na gasar a wasan farko na WWE. Kashegari, Sane ya fara kayar da Bianca Belair a zagaye na biyu, sannan Dakota Kai a wasan kusa da na karshe kuma a karshe Toni Storm a wasan kusa da na karshe don ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe na gasar. A cewar rahotanni, Sane ya sha wahala duka biyu da kuma rauni a wuyansa a lokacin da ake yin fim. A ranar 12 ga Satumba, Sane ta doke Shayna Baszler a wasan karshe na gasar kuma ta haka ne ta sami damar zuwa gasar zakarun mata ta NXT a wasan NXT TakeOver na gaba.