On 9 May 2018, Storm was advertised for the upcoming United Kingdom Championship Tournament events. On 24 May, Dave Meltzer reported that Storm had signed a WWE contract. On 18 June at the United Kingdom Championship Tournament, Storm defeated Killer Kelly and Isla Dawn in a Triple threat match to become the #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship. The following day at the NXT U.K. Championship, Storm was defeated by the defending NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler. On 28 October 2018, at WWE Evolution she defeated Io Shirai to win the 2018 Mae Young Classic.