Lyons debuted on the December 31, 2021 episode of 205 Live, losing to Amari Miller. She made her NXT debut on the February 22, 2022 episode, defeating Kayla Inlay. In April, Lyons entered into a feud with Lash Legend, beating her on the April 5 and 26 episodes of NXT. At NXT Spring Breakin', she teamed with Cora Jade to defeat Legend and Natalya in a tag team match. On the May 10 episode of NXT, Lyons participated in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament, defeating Arianna Grace in the first round. On May 24, it was announced that Lyons was removed from the tournament due to an injury. Lyons made her return on the June 28 episode of NXT, defeating NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose by disqualification.
On the July 19 episode of NXT, Lyons competed in a twenty-woman battle royal to determine the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship, eliminating Kayden Carter and Kiana James, but was eliminated by Tiffany Stratton. On the August 8 episode of Raw, it was announced that Lyons would be teaming with Zoey Stark in a tournament to determine who would be the next WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, which had been vacant since May. On the August 19 episode of SmackDown, Lyons and her tag partner were removed from the tag team tournament due to an injury to Stark. On September 13 at the NXT 2.0 One Year Anniversary Show, Lyons and Stark defeated Arianna Grace and Kiana James. On the November 8 episode of NXT, Lyons and Stark failed to capture the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships from Kayden Carter and Katana Chance, and Lyons was taken out by Stark after the match. Lyons lost to Stark on the December 20 episode of NXT and was injured by Blair Davenport on the January 24, 2023 episode of NXT.
Lyons returned to NXT on the December 5 episode, attacking Davenport. On the December 12 episode, she made her return to the ring after nearly a year-long absence in a tag team match with Lyra Valkyria, facing Blair Davenport and Cora Jade, where she and Valkyria failed to win. Lyons defeated Tatum Paxley on the December 19 episode of NXT. In March 2024, Lyons was revealed to have suffered another injury. She returned to in-ring action at an NXT house show on September 27, 2024 and returned to NXT on the October 15 episode, defeating Lola Vice after interference from Jaida Parker, showing signs of a heel turn. On the October 29 episode of NXT, Lyons turned heel for the first time in her career, as she was revealed as Adriana Rizzo's attacker following Lyons' defeat against Kelani Jordan.