Welcome back to Good Day
Stateline WWE Superstars Sonia Deville is with us tonight.
Hello.
Hi, how are you?
So good. So good to talk to you.
We are excited to welcome WWE back to record this weekend.
But before we get to that, we know everyone becomes a
WWE superstar just a little differently.
Tell us about your journey.
So I originally started I was fighting MJ
and that was kind of like the goal, the dream.
And then I found out about this
reality show called WWE Toughen Up,
which is like a competition series.
And I'm a competitor at heart.
A fighter at heart.
So I was like, oh, let me let me check it out.
Went to the audition,
went to the try out, fell in love,
didn't know that I was actually going
to make it on to the show, but I ended up making on
to the show, getting offered a contract.
And I kind of realized that it was like this world
that I didn't know existed, but ended up
being like the perfect
combination of the two things that I loved the most
which was performing and competing.
So I kind of just fell in
love with it and found my dream career.
You guys
only have fun, which is like what I only do to only the fun.
So I imagine every day going to work is just, like, exciting.
It is.
I mean, we're always traveling.
We're always on the road in different cities and places,
and we get to work out and wrestle for a living together.
So it's super fun.
You know, that brings me to one question.
It's fitness week on our show this week.
So obviously fitness is like part of your day to day life,
but what is your favorite way to make sure
you stay fit and keep fitness in your life?
Your favorite ways,
I mean, like the gym is always the highlight of my day.
When I'm home, I have a personal trainer.
We do like sports performance workouts
that I'm absolutely obsessed with.
But my days off, I like to take bike rides to the beach.
So that's probably
one of my favorite
kind of like
relaxing activities, but also kind of getting some cardio in.
So yeah, I love a good bike ride or a good jog outside.
Is there like a fitness move
or like some workout move that you absolutely hate?
Like, I hate riding bikes.
I just don't want to really.
That's so funny. I hate squats.
Like leg days, like my least favorite day.
So like putting a barbell on my back
and just doing like, regular squats is brutal for me.
So I'll always think of like
some sort of alternative or subsequent move.
All right.
Totally changing the vibe here as we head into Pride Month.
A few years ago, you made history
by being the first openly gay female wrestler in WWE.
How inspiring is that, knowing
that there are so many fans looking up to you?
Yeah, I mean, I think it's just one of those things where
I went through my journey and it happened to be
in the public eye.
I got signed a w b when I was 21, and I came out
on the reality show tough enough
kind of spontaneously when I was just asked
if I was in a relationship on air.
And so it kind of started out as this like nerve
wracking thing that just happened
and it's kind of spiraled into this
like really cool, empowering thing that
helped me kind of accept who I am more so,
but also hopefully inspired others around me to kind of
understand that it's OK to be whoever they are.
And, you know,
we're all kind of meant to be exactly who we are
because everyone else is already taken right So it's been it's
been this kind of whole journey along with my fans.
It's like I started accepting myself and
telling my story and hopefully, yeah, it's been able to inspire
a lot of people, so it's really cool.
Yeah, well,
you got to be true to yourself or else what are you doing?
That's
the WWE is at the BMO Harris Banks that are in Rockford
on Saturday.
What can fans expect when they're at a live
event versus when we watch it here on Fox?
39 every Friday night Yeah.
WWE shows are like no other.
I mean, it's a fan engaged experience.
Everyone's involved. It's never been to one.
You are missing out.
It's like very interactive.
Everyone knows the chants. They know the signature moves.
They know the entrance music of every superstar.
The favorite hand signals and everything.
So it's a very interactive experience.
I remember being blown away the first time
I went to a wrestling event and just being like,
I didn't even know this was like a thing.
It's fine.
It's high energy, so just be prepared
to get involved a little.
Oh, we are so excited to have you back in Rockford.
One more question for you before we go.
We do a lot of good day moments here on Good Day State.
So wondering what makes you feel like,
oh, my gosh, how is this my life?
Like, what's your good moment every day?
Oh, I love that Well,
practicing gratitude and just being grateful for
for what you have going on and being in the moment
is something that's always been really important to me.
But I think
it's always surreal when I'm kind of
stepping out onto the stage every single night.
And I just kind of
I always no matter if I'm in character or what
I always try to take a moment
and just look around and be like, wow,
all these people are here for us.
They're here to have a good time.
They're here to escape whatever's
going on in their lives for a couple of hours.
Everyone has stuff going on and things can be hard.
So I just think I, I look at it as like just
a couple of hours for people
to let go of whatever is going on and just enjoy
and have fun and let loose.
And I'm proud that I could be a part of that.
We love that so much.
Mine is when I get to talk to people like
you just sitting here at work, I'm like, man,
I'm really lucky to.
Thank you so
much for spending some time with us
and I have so much fun this weekend.
Thank you.
Bye. Coming up next, Tim Mahoney is joining us
to talk about the hottest trial in Hollywood right now.
And then we're making drinks with Laurie
from the Hard Rock Casino Rockford.
We'll be right back.