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If you’ve been following wwe closely over the last few years then you already know that
there currently isn't any LGBT story lines going on
This dates back to 2016 where Stephanie McMahon revealed in a interview that it was something
that wwe had plans for and was working on for the near future
Stephanie had this to say way back in 2016:
“when it makes sense … absolutely we will integrate the storylines into our programming."
Stephanie revealed that it wasn’t something they were working on immediately but that
there would be an opportunity for it real soon
WWE also has a partnership with GLAAD, a media advocacy organization, to speak with the WWE
writers and advice them what words to use and what words to stay away from and not use
So it was looking like wwe was making real progress on making something happen, but we’re
here now several years later and still no story has come from it
But there was a huge missed opportunity just most recently
This opportunity of course being Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose
Sonya and Mandy first came into wwe back in 2015 as a part of the tough enough season
They came into the wwe scene back then with Mandy having modeling experience and Sonya
having her mma background
The two of them quickly became friends on tough enough and that rolled into their close
friendship that they have today
Neither Sonya or Mandy actually won the tough enough competition though
The winners of tough enough, Josh and Sara Lee, both really went no where with their
wwe careers
Josh was fired for some Backstage controversy and Sara Lee was taken off the road and never
heard from again after her pregnancy
But wwe did sign three of the losing competitors and they were the ones that turned out to
be the big stars, these three of course being Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, and the velveteen
dream
Sonya made her wwe debut in NXT back in 2017 as this very serious MMA like character
And by late 2017, Sonya and Mandy were already on the main roster alongside paige as part
of the group “absolution”
They made a heavy impact upon their debut, The group was short lived though due to Paige’s
injury, but Mandy and Sonya would continue their tag team and went by the name of Fire
and Desire
Being the first ever female superstar to come out, Sonya felt like she had an entire community
behind her that she had to be a role model for, so that’s exactly what she started
to do
She started to wear all rainbow attire and if you pay close attention, she’ll often
have a rainbow flag hanging out her back pocket just as a way to send a message to the fans
she is representing
But Sonya soon realized that wearing Multi color gear just wasn’t enough, she wanted
a story line and wasn’t going to stop until she got it
Sonya revealed that she was constantly pitching ideas to wwe creative and that they would
listen to her and informed her that if they ever come up with a way to use it, they’ll
let her know and in mid 2019, Sonya got some of the best news ever
Wwe had pulled Sonya and Mandy to the side and told them that they were going though
with a romantic storyline between the two of them, something that has never been done
before in wwe
Sure wwe hinted at the idea way back in the day with Torrie Wilson and sable for example,
but wwe never had a full written out story for a female couple ever before
So Sonya and Mandy were really about to make wwe history with this story
Sonya was beyond excited and Mandy was fully accepting and loved the idea as well
The story would just be about Mandy and Sonya falling for each other and tearing up the
women’s tag team division at the same time
We did even get the first teaser of this story way back in June 2019 when Sonya was adjusting
Mandy’s hair in the middle of the ring after their match and it made the Internet buzz
with excitement
Another issue that had popped up for Sonya is that her actual real life girlfriend wasn’t
so thrilled about story line with Mandy either
But they later on got news from creative that the idea was scrapped and that they were dropping
it
That’s why we never got a follow up to that moment that they had in the ring
And it really is unfortunate that it was cancelled because there was just so much story that
you could’ve pulled from that on screen relationship
They could’ve gone the direction of Mandy turning on Sonya and revealing that she was
lying and manipulating her the whole time, which could’ve really turned Mandy into
the heel and Sonya would’ve been the heartbroken sympathetic babyface
Or you could’ve gone another direction and reveal something like Sonya cheating with
another girl, making Mandy Rose the baby face in the situation, but hopefully that wouldn’t
have turn out anything like rusev and Lana’s story
there was just so much potential and story to tell there that you really could’ve gone
any direction with, so it really is unfortunate that wwe gave up so fast on the idea before
it really got rolling
Sonya was the one who took the news the hardest and was really emotional and upset about the
entire situation
Sonya revealed that this isn’t over yet and that she will still constantly push for
some version of this story to actually happen again in the near future
what are your thoughts on wwe canceling this story line between Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville?
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