History Wrestling / SonyaDeville

After eventually splitting up with and feuding against Rose, Deville lost a [[LoserLeavesTown "Loser Leaves WWE"]] match to her at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2020'' and took time off from wrestling to deal with personal issues. When she returned at the start of 2021, she became an on-screen authority figure alongside Adam Pearce, trading her ring gear for [[LadyInAPowerSuit a sharp suit]]. While initially seeming neutral, she quickly established herself as a heel through petty abuses of power against female competitors such as Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Bianca Belair, stacking the deck via her official powers to achieve in-ring success with minimal effort. Due to her actions, Pearce terminated her role as a WWE official on the May 9, 2022 edition of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]''.

After eventually splitting up with and feuding against Rose, Sonya lost a [[LoserLeavesTown "Loser Leaves WWE"]] match to her at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2020'' and took time off from wrestling to deal with some personal issues. When she returned at the start of 2021, she became an on-screen authority figure alongside Adam Pearce, trading her ring gear for [[LadyInAPowerSuit a sharp suit]]. While initially seeming neutral, she quickly established herself as a heel through petty abuses of power against female competitors such as Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Bianca Belair, stacking the deck via her official powers to achieve in-ring success with minimal effort. Due to her actions, Pearce terminated her role as a WWE official on the May 9, 2022 edition of ''Raw'' and continues to compete as an in-ring competitor. On July 17 2023, Deville would win the Women's Tag titles alongside Chelsea Green, the first championship of her career.

After eventually splitting up with and feuding against Rose, Sonya lost a [[LoserLeavesTown "Loser Leaves WWE"]] match to her at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2020'' and took time off from wrestling to deal with some personal issues. When she returned at the start of 2021, she became an on-screen authority figure alongside Adam Pearce, trading her ring gear for [[LadyInAPowerSuit a sharp suit]]. While initially seeming neutral, she quickly established herself as a heel through petty abuses of power against female competitors such as Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Bianca Belair, stacking the deck via her official powers to achieve in-ring success with minimal effort. Due to her actions, Pearce terminated her role as a WWE official on the May 9, 2022 edition of ''Raw'' and continues to compete as an in-ring competitor.

After eventually splitting up with and feuding against Rose, Sonya lost a [[LoserLeavesTown "Loser Leaves WWE"]] match to her at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2020'' and took time off from wrestling to deal with some personal issues. When she returned at the start of 2021, she became an on-screen authority figure alongside Adam Pearce, trading her ring gear for [[LadyInAPowerSuit a sharp suit]]. While initially seeming neutral, she quickly established herself as a heel through petty abuses of power against female competitors such as Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Bianca Belair, stacking the deck via her official powers to achieve in-ring success with minimal effort. Due to her actions, Pearce terminated her role as a WWE official on the May 9, 2022 edition of ''Raw''.

Berenato was a contestant in the 2015 season of ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'', coming in eleventh. In October 2015, she signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to their developmental brand [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]] to begin her training. Initially competing under her real name, she usually came up short; however, after re-debuting under the new ring name Sonya Deville, she would began a winning streak and enter a feud with Wrestling/{{Ruby Riot|t}}.

After eventually splitting up with and feuding against Rose, Sonya lost a [[LoserLeavesTown "Loser Leaves WWE"]] match to her at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2020'' and took time off from wrestling to deal with some personal issues. When she returned at the start of 2021, she became an on-screen authority figure alongside Adam Pearce, trading her ring gear for [[LadyInAPowerSuit a sharp suit]]. While initially seeming neutral, she quickly established herself as a heel through petty abuses of power against female competitors such as Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Bianca Belair, stacking the deck via her official powers to achieve in-ring success with minimal effort. Due to her actions, on the May 9, 2022 edition of ''Raw'', Pearce terminated her role as a WWE official.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Zig-zagged -- as in, Sonya being gay is not ambiguous at all, but it's occasionally been implied (though not openly stated) that she has romantic feelings for her friend Mandy Rose. She voluntarily gave up her spot in a ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank'' for Mandy's benefit, said she'd sooner eliminate herself in the Wrestling/RoyalRumble than fight Mandy for a Wrestling/WrestleMania title opportunity and for a time, she and Mandy would enter the ring and/or celebrate by holding and caressing each other in intimate ways.[[note]]Apparently Sonya and Mandy pitched a potential lesbian story to WWE creative, but creative were leery of such a controversial angle (now that they can't just play it for GirlOnGirlIsHot points like they could in the Attitude or Ruthless Aggression eras) and rejected it. Sonya's opinion on the subsequent Liv Morgan/Lana lesbian angle (played for cheap heat) they did at the end of 2019 was not recorded.[[/note]]

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After eventually splitting up with and feuding against Rose, Sonya lost a [[LoserLeavesTown "Loser Leaves WWE"]] match to her at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2020'' and took time off from wrestling to deal with some personal issues. When she returned at the start of 2021, she became an on-screen authority figure alongside Adam Pearce, trading her ring gear for [[LadyInAPowerSuit a sharp suit]]. While initially seeming neutral, she quickly established herself as a heel through petty abuses of power against female competitors such as Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Bianca Belair, stacking the deck via her official powers to achieve in-ring success with minimal effort. Due to her actions, on May 9, 2022 edition of ''Raw'', Pearce terminates her role as a WWE official.

* TemptingFate: Not really smart to say "a single person in that locker room that's gonna make her get out of this ring." Not when you have Creator/RondaRousey.

After eventually splitting up with and feuding against Rose, Sonya lost a [[LoserLeavesTown "Loser Leaves WWE"]] match to her at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2020'' and took time off from wrestling to deal with some personal issues. When she returned at the start of 2021, she became an on-screen authority figure alongside Adam Pearce, trading her ring gear for [[LadyInAPowerSuit a sharp suit]]. While initially seeming neutral, she quickly established herself as a heel through petty abuses of power against female competitors such as Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Wrestling/BiancaBelair, stacking the deck via her official powers to achieve in-ring success with minimal effort. Due to her actions, on May 9, 2022 edition of ''Raw'', Pearce terminates her role as a WWE official.

After eventually splitting up with and feuding against Rose, Sonya lost a [[LoserLeavesTown "Loser Leaves WWE"]] match to her at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2020'' and took time off from wrestling to deal with some personal issues. When she returned at the start of 2021, she became an on-screen authority figure alongside Adam Pearce, trading her ring gear for [[LadyInAPowerSuit a sharp suit]], until in 2022, Sonya would abuse her power, as she desperately tries to win the Raw women's championship from Bianca Belair, but failed. Due to her actions, on May 9, 2022 edition of ''Raw'', Pearce terminates her role as a WWE official.

** To Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon. In 2021, she returned as an on-screen authority figure wearing business attire, much like some other women before her, most notably Stephanie. Initially, Sonya wasn't particularly heelish and could come across as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure (similar to Stephanie's run as General Manager back in the early 2000's). However, she has since become more [[FaceHeelTurn of a heel]], particularly in her recent feud with Naomi, much like how Stephanie would become a more detestable heel character as the years of her on-screen career progressed. The difference, of course, being that Sonya was and still is officially an actual wrestling talent, while Stephanie, despite having decent enough ability for someone in her position, was never actually an official wrestler as such. It's also worth noting that both women, during their time as authority figures, when making their long awaited return to in-ring action, opted for dark coloured dominatrix style attires (Stephanie at ''[=SummerSlam=] 2014'' and Sonya against Naomi on an episode of ''[=SmackDown=]''), further reflecting the similarity between their characters.

After eventually splitting up with and feuding against Rose, Sonya lost a [[LoserLeavesTown "Loser Leaves WWE"]] match to her at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2020'' and took time off from wrestling to deal with some personal issues. When she returned at the start of 2021, she became an on-screen authority figure alongside Adam Pearce, trading her ring gear for [[LadyInAPowerSuit a sharp suit]].

* BaldHeadOfToughness: Attempted. She was booked into a Hair vs. Hair match with Mandy Rose where the loser would have her head shaved, and fans predicted that she would be booked to lose and get a bald look, especially after she managed to cut chunks of Rose's hair weeks before the match. Unfortunately, real-life legal issues (not perpetrated by Sonya) meant she had to spend some time appearing in court, and the match was changed to "Loser Leaves WWE" to give her time to deal with her court dates. (It's also believed that the "going bald" stipulation was removed so that she could maintain a professional look in court.)