Earlier this month, WWE informed wrestler Sonya Deville (real name Daria Berenato) that they’d not be renewing her contract, ending a decade-long run with the corporate. Speaking on the podcast she co-hosts along with her wife, “Daria and Toni Unwrapped,” Deville offered her first public comments on the news.
“I used to be shocked,” Deville said. “You’re employed somewhere for 10 years consecutively, you change into like a family, so it was unexpected.”
Deville revealed that she was within the midst of negotiating her next contract with the corporate when she received the decision, and when she saw the number she was expecting to be met with news about a proposal. As a substitute, she was informed that the corporate had decided to not renew. Though she was surprised, Deville doesn’t appear to harbor any ailing will.
“I had the best 10 years of my life,” she continued. “The stories on the road, the traveling, the wrestling, the performing. I lived out dreams that I could have never imagined.”
After getting her start on the sixth season of “WWE Tough Enough,” Deville spent several years in developmental before hitting the predominant roster in 2017. Deville became a member of Absolution alongside Mandy Rose, with Paige as their manager. The partnership between Deville and Rose outlasted their association with Paige, though that eventually fell apart as well, resulting in a feud between the 2.
From 2021 onward, Deville adopted an onscreen management role while also continuing to wrestle. Most recently, Deville was seen leading the group Pure Fusion Collective prior to the news about her contract expiration.
