Sonya Deville has been a reckoning name in the roster of women in the WWE and she continues to impress with her hard-hitting skills. Debuting on the WWE main roster as a part of the Absolution, she has gone from strength to strength since then.
Like the way Sonya Deville is an active and explosive in-ring character, her life has been no less colourful either. She lights up the ring in scintillating fashion and continues to rule the roost with her aggressive wrestling flair. With all said and done, here are five facts about Sonya Deville that you should know.
#1 Sonya Deville MMA record
Sonya Deville has actively brought out the MMA outlook in her wrestling style. However, if people think that it is just a gimmick, that is a strong misconception as she has an ardent MMA background. Before arriving in WWE, Deville did fight three professional MMA fights, winning two of them while losing the other.
#2 Sonya Deville kidnap attempt
Deville did cut a very fascinating figure as an authority face but then the reason why she was not actively fighting in the ring was that she was braving an unfortunate incident where she was being stalked, suffered burglary and could have also been kidnapped.
— Daria/Sonya Deville (@SonyaDevilleWWE) June 20, 2023
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A video went viral where a man broke into Deville’s house. Things didn’t turn bad for Sonya because she wasn’t back home but then that incident turned her life upside down.
#3 She had an actively popular YouTube channel
YouTube has been an active social media platform where celebs have shared their wrestling skills and also shown why they should be a part of the wrestling roster. However, Sonya had a channel where she would talk about food and snacks, ideally in the shape of donuts. This was a mixed channel where she would partner alongside Mandy Rose and it was called Mandy and Sonya Damandyz Donutz.
#4 Working on Afterbuzz
Before Sonya finally got her big break in WWE, she had another illustrious stint where she was hosting Afterbuzz, working with Maria Menounos who is also a celeb and is a massive promoter of wrestling. Despite Sonya being questioned about her stint on this show, it was Menounos who told Deville about Tough Enough.
#5 Has a clothing brand
Sonya Deville may have found her gateway to glory through WWE but at the end of the day she has other branches too where she as a clothing brand called Rainbow Hearts which was in collab with Heavy Hearts.
How Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green became a tag team!#WWE #WWERAW pic.twitter.com/QaNe7LByuQ
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