Sonya Deville opens up about her WWE release.
Several weeks ago, WWE did their annual cuts and the total list of names wasn’t too surprising. However, Sonya Deville’s name stood out as she was an active performer on television and there seemed to be a bright future for the 31-year-old.
Sonya Deville was with WWE for ten years. That’s not an accomplishment many wrestlers have. Deville’s name didn’t just take the WWE universe by surprise, but it also took Daria Berenato - Deville’s real name - by surprise as well. According to Berenato, she was actually in contract negotiations with the company before she got the unfortunate call.
"As a lot of you guys know, 10 days ago now, I got the call. My contract was not being renewed with the WWE,” Deville said on her Youtube channel. “I was in Washington, D.C. for a cheer tournament with our little one. I was actually running on the treadmill working out with our older one Giovanna, and I got a phone call. We were in the middle of negotiations, and so I thought the phone call was going to be the middle ground that we met on, an agreement, a contract. And it was, ‘We are not renewing your contract.’ So, complete transparency, which this is really the first time I’m saying this, I was shocked.”
Though the news was certainly unexpected for Berenato, she was at peace with her WWE tenure coming to an end. She feels that it was a sign that this chapter was meant to close. She's excited for what the future holds.
“First it was shock. At first it was like, ‘Whoa.’ But then it was almost like instantaneously, my trust in the universe allowed me to just be at peace with it instantly. Because you can’t fight fate. That chapter was meant to close, and all these new beautiful blessings were meant to come,” she said. “Just the way things happened, like is there anything more serendipitous? It happened for a reason, so how could you be mad at that? How could you be upset or frustrated or even wonder ‘What if?’ Life’s too short. I have so many dreams, so many things I want to do.
“And I still love everybody there. And I have a great — like, my memory from that place is nothing but positive. And I want to keep it that way. But also I respect that the universe is like, ‘Hey, that chapter’s closed.’ Right now, forever, whatever, it doesn’t matter. But onto the next, let’s go. I have two kids and a wife to take care of. We have a family. Like, we’ve gotta keep going. So I think that just allowed me to have like instant peace. It was like, it’s all good.”
Will the former WWE star continue wrestling? Daria never gets that deep into the conversation as the focus remains on the release itself, though she did mention a big film opportunity. She would make a solid addition to another roster, but it did sound as if she’s done with wrestling for the time being.