On April 12, 2016 it was announced that Borne had signed with WWE, where she was assigned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. She made her WWE NXT debut shortly after at a live event, under her real name. Her television debut took place on the October 5, 2016, episode of NXT, working as an enhancement talent, where she was defeated by Peyton Royce. She made another appearance on the October 19 episode of NXT, where she was defeated by Nikki Cross, but the decision was later reversed because Cross continued to attack Borne. On June 28, 2017, Borne returned to television, where she defeated Jayme Hachey in a Mae Young Classic qualifier match. On July 13, she was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Serena Deeb. Towards the rest of the year and the beginning of 2018, Borne continued to compete against various competitors such as Liv Morgan, Nikki Cross, Kairi Sane, and Dakota Kai, however, she ended up on the losing side against all of them.
On February 13, 2019, Borne started an alliance with Aliyah, after she helped her defeat Taynara Conti. In their first match together, Borne and Aliyah defeated Conti and Xia Li. On the November 27 episode of NXT, she faced Li in a losing effort after Li injured Aliyah with a spin kick to her nose. After over a year of inactivity, she was released on May 19, 2021.