Lacey Simon (Marie Malenko) has made her first appearance in an NXT ring. The dark match took place ahead of the May 26 episode of NXT. She faced Zena Sterling.
On May 22, WWE announced that Marie was part of the latest Performance Center recruiting class. She was part of the same class as Nicole Martinez (Blackheart) who recently had her own dark match debut. Simon is the daughter of former WWF/E talent Dean Malenko.