On June 22, Laith was announced as one of the 32 participants competing in the Mae Young Classic. She defeated Jazzy Gabert and Rachel Evers en route to the quarterfinals, where she was eliminated by Mercedes Martinez on September 4.&lt;ref name="MaeYoungClassic28/08/17"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="MaeYoungClassic04/09/17"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="MaeYoungClassic04/09/17QUATERFINALS"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; On the October 25 episode of "NXT", Laith participated in a battle royal to gain an spot at the fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at , but was unsuccessful. In March 2018, WWE released Frankele from her contract.