on the 12 december episode of "nxt uk", it was said that ray would defend the nxt uk women's championship against storm and piper niven in a triple threat match at . ray won the match at takeover: blackpool ii. on 27 february, she beat storm in a match for the title. because storm lost, she could no longer for the title as long as ray was champion. after the match, ray started a feud with niven.. on the 2 april episode of "nxt uk", ray and jinny defeated niven and dani luna.