Sonya Deville is currently on a hot streak right now and is really picking up momentum
on Smackdown
A lot of fans were fearful of the breakup between Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, but
it seems that breaking them up really improved both of their careers and momentum for the
time being
Mandy Rose is managing Otis and the pairing of Otis and Mandy is already a fan favorite
Otis and Mandy have a special feeling to their characters.
Sure you can say Otis is a comedic character, but when it’s time to get serious and take
care of business in the ring, he definitely gets it done and it looks like Mandy Rose
is adapting that to her character as well
Like we saw with their date at the pool, these two are absolutely perfect for entertaining
and comedic segments, but they get serious when they have to be
The other character that has really benefited from the split is of course Sonya Deville
Sonya Deville has really wowed everyone over the last few weeks since she’s gone solo
Sonya Deville has technically been a part of the WWE since 2015
Sonya and Mandy both appeared during the 2015 season of “tough enough”, but Sonya really
wasn’t heavily featured as much as the other contestants were
Sonya was later eliminated from the show and as we see now, that was obviously the wrong
decision
But that’s not really a surprise because that’s how it always is with these WWE’s
competition shows.
Most of the winners of these competition shows flop and disappear from the company almost
immediately
Just take a look at 2015 tough enough winners as a perfect example of that.
Those winners were gone within months of winning tough enough, so after that happened, WWE
turned to some of the “losers” of the show and signed them instead
WWE signed Velveteen Dream, Mandy Rose, and Sonya Deville which turned out to be such
an amazing decision in all three cases
But for Sonya, she still wasn’t getting enough time and attention even on NXT and
Raw
It just always felt like Mandy Rose was the leader and main mouth-piece for Fire and Desire
Sonya would get a few lines here and there, but Mandy was most definitely featured more
than Sonya when they were a tag team
Like Sonya even said during one of her recent promos, they always walked out to Mandy’s
music and that’s why no one ever heard Sonya’s music before the breakup
Sonya also mentioned that the past five years has just been nothing, but standing in Mandy’s
shadow and that’s another great point by Sonya
It always felt like Mandy was the number one option for the team and Sonya was the number
two
So everything Sonya has been saying lately has been pure heat, all her promos are always
hard hitting and will leave you with a line to remember
Like we mentioned previously, there’s reports that Sonya Deville is heavily impressing WWE
management with her work over the past few weeks
One of the things that stand out the most has been Sonya’s character development and
her promos
You know how some superstars’ promo can feel weak at times.
You feel like they’re trying too hard, they’re screaming and yelling to make it sound more
intense, which is a bad habit that a lot of superstars do, or it’s just bad writing
and bad acting.
None of this has been the situation with Sonya’s recent promos
Sonya’s deliverance feels so genuine and impactful, and if she keeps that up, she’ll
be considered one of the elite top tier speakers in no time
Since Sonya never really had this much time and freedom for promos, she caught a lot fans
off guard with her skills, no one was really aware of her promo talent until these past
few weeks on Smackdown
On top of her promos, Sonya has also stepped up her character development overall.
We’re getting so much from Sonya that we’ve never seen before, so things are looking great
for her
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That brings us to today’s story, Sonya seems to have an alter ego and persona that’s
slowly building up and that persona is “Daddy Deville”
Sonya recently explained the meaning and story behind this persona during a recent interview
with the New York Post.
Sonya has this to say
“It came from a year ago when I was responding to a compliment that Becky Lynch gave me on
‘The Bump.’
She said I was the next rising star.
I felt like she was calling herself The Man, but I felt like I could be superior to her
in a type of way.
And what’s bigger than The Man is being The Man’s Daddy.
I was just trying to level up at that time and it kind of just transpired into having
a life of its own.”
“I think in the day and age of the women’s evolution (in WWE) and redefining what being
a female in sports entertainment means, I think it’s kind of cool to take gender roles
out of it, showing people that Daddy can mean anything.
It’s not attached to a certain gender, but it obviously comes with a dominant title because
when we think of dad we think of this dominant, large-and-in-charge person in our lives, and
I kind of feel like I’m that dominant large-and-in-charge person in the division now.”
So an interesting story and explanation there for this Sonya Deville persona.
The idea does play off Becky Lynch’s man persona and was inspired from Becky Lynch
Everyone remembers the success that Becky Lynch had due to her uprising with “The
Man” persona
Despite being extremely talented, Becky Lynch was constantly being overlooked and ignored
by the WWE.
Nothing changed until for Becky until summer of 2018 where Becky Lynch decided to call
herself “The Man” one day on a Instagram post
Little did Becky know that calling herself “The Man” randomly on Instagram would
change the direction of her career forever
The Man started picking up pace in social media, as always social media can really be
a superstar’s number one tool to get something rolling for themselves and that’s exactly
what Becky did
It wasn’t WWE’s idea, it was Becky Lynch’s idea that the WWE then capitalized on and
truly turned Becky into an iconic figure in WWE
So you see how far one little nickname and persona could really take a superstar in WWE.
Becky Lynch is living proof that a little social media nickname can quickly turn into
a driving force for your on screen character.
It’ll be interesting to see if history will repeat itself here with Sonya’s “Daddy
Deville” nickname
The nickname is pretty much all social media.
I saw the nickname a handful of times and that’s when I decided to look it into it.
The backstory and explanation behind it is amazing.
It’s a name that shows Sonya’s dominance over the locker-room, so I’m definitely
a fan of the name.
Sonya was just thinking of a title that’s bigger and better than “The Man” and that’s
when she came up with Daddy Deville
Sonya also explained there that she finds that name as a dominant and fitting title
because she’s the one that’s dominant and in charge of the division now, basically
being the Daddy to the entire Smackdown women’s locker room
So the backstory and explanation of the name makes perfect sense.
Daddy Deville has a really catchy ring to it and some of Sonya’s fans are already
calling her by this name.
So if WWE wants to market it and make it her official nickname, it has the potential to
be a big time hit with fans
So what started off as a joke and knock-off of Becky Lynch’s nickname is actually becoming
a big nickname for Sonya, we’ll have to see where WWE takes Sonya next and if they
will be implementing this name to her WWE character
What are your thoughts on Sonya’s Daddy Deville nickname?
Are you a fan of it or not a fan of it?
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