Sonya Deville Explains How Her Character Evolved in WWE

– During a recent appearance on Busted Open Radio, former WWE Superstar Sonya Deville (aka Daria Berenato) spoke about changing her character in WWE. At first she was a Superstar who had an MMA background, but that changed over time after WWE started bringing in other former MMA fighters. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Sonya Deville on how her character changed in WWE over time: “When I first started, I was the first kinda female with the MMA background, and so it was cool when that was my character. But, as my character started to evolve, it was kinda like we started to drop the MMA stuff, but it was also the time they started to sign Ronda, Shayna, Jessamyn, and Marina, the Four Horsewomen of MMA. So, I was fine departing from that part of my personality and my character, because I was like, I have other stuff to offer, let them be the forefront of the MMA movement.”

On how an opportunity was missed with PFC: “I felt like it was kinda a missed opportunity to not capitalize on that more, especially with our group forming [PFC], I felt like their could’ve been a clearer direction of where we were going,” Deville said. “We were three chicks who were fed up with the system, anti-authority, that were gonna kick a** and take names.”

Deville recently exited WWE after she was informed that they would not be renewing her contract.