Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi akadzoka musi waJune 21 episode ye "NXT" uye akakunda Peyton Royce. Musi waAugust 19 pa, Mwedzi akakundwa zvakare naAsuka, uyo akabudirira kuchengetedza NXT Women's Championship. Muna Nyamavhuvhu, Asuka aifanira kusiya NXT Women's Championship nekuda kwekukuvara. Musi waNovember 18, Mwedzi akakunda NXT Women's Championship yakasununguka mumutambo wakaipisisa-mana, achikunda Royce, Nikki Cross, naKairi Sane. Asuka akabva ashamisika ndokupa mukwikwidzi kuna Moon. Musi waZvita 27 episode ye "NXT", Mwedzi akabudirira kudzivirira zita rake kurwisa Sonya Deville. Mushure memutambo, Moon akatarisana naKairi Sane, uyo akabva arwiswa nemutambi Shayna Baszler. Muna, Mwedzi akachengetedza zita rake kurwisa Baszler, kunyangwe akakuvara (kayfabe) ruoko. Usiku hunotevera, akakwikwidza mumutambo wekutanga wevakadzi weRoyal Rumble pa2018 Royal Rumble
. Akapinda pa # 23 uye akabviswa naAsuka, mukundi wekupedzisira. Muna, Mwedzi akarasikirwa neNXT Women's Championship kuna Baszler kuburikidza nehunyanzvi hwekutumira, mumutambo wake wekupedzisira weNXT.