History Wrestling / SonyaDeville

* CowardlyBoss: Since becoming a WWE Official, she's shown shades of this in her feud with Naomi, relying on dirty tactics such as ordering the bell rung at the first opportunity in matches or getting Wrestling/ShaynaBaszler to wrestle as her proxy (in matches with heavily unfair stipulations), going out of her way to avoid actually facing Naomi in the ring. During the 2022 Royal Rumble, she sat at ringside until the number of competitors became small enough, and then, after being eliminated, waited until Naomi was knocked to the outside of the ring apron before grabbing her feet and pulling her to the floor.

* DrivenByEnvy: How she was overshadowed by Mandy. [[spoiler:She secretly allied with Dolph Ziggler to keep Otis away from Mandy, and she would manipulate her in the early 2020.]] She tries to apologize to her former friend, [[BackhandedApology only to call her a selfish human being]]. She would later rants on her that she has no talent. Desperate enough, she vows to ruin Mandy's life.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Part of Wrestling/{{EC3}}'s (ultimately ill-fated) WWE main roster run had him trying to hit on Deville and Mandy Rose, telling them that he was a hot commodity while also complimenting them by telling them that they must know what "hot" is. While it was quite on point to try his luck with Mandy, who has a seductress gimmick, EC3 was also directing this at Sonya (he turns to her in particular when he says "hot"), despite at this point being well-established that Sonya was a lesbian.

** To Stephanie McMahon. 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.

** She's had another one of these yet again in 2021, as her new ring attire as of her return to in-ring action is essentially [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonya_dominatrix.jpg a dominatrix costume]], complete with a shiny black all body suit, copious amounts of eyeshadow, lipstick, and nail polish. Her status as an in-ring wrestler and tough ex-MMA fighter has also been downplayed in favour of making her a devious and somewhat cowardly authority figure, constantly hiding behind other muscle to help her in her feud with Naomi. At this point, she leans more towards dark feminine than tomboy.

** To Becky Lynch. Sometime after Becky began referring to herself as "The Man", Sonya also began calling herself "Daddy Deville" as a response. However, while Becky has [[TomboynessUpgrade adopted a more masculine personality and wardrobe over time]], Sonya has gone in the opposite direction (see GirlinessUpgrade above). Despite her intentions to copy Becky's tomboyish gimmick, Sonya's character has ironically become increasingly feminine in recent years.

* GirlinessUpgrade: Downplayed. She still has an overall tomboy look (some of her out-of-the-ring wear would make Wrestling/{{Raven}} proud), but after her main roster debut she seemed to progressively ditch her BraidsOfAction and TomboyishPonytail hairstyles in favor of conventionally femenine straight hair, making her lean more towards TomboyWithAGirlyStreak. Just compare [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonya_deville.png before]] and [[https://i.redd.it/w42wcu6zne931.jpg after]].

* BaldWomen: 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.)

As usual, [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Deville a more extensive article]] on her life and career.

* AlliterativeName: Her nickname (and current Twitter name) of "Daddy Deville."

* BaldWomen: 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 an awesome bald look. Unfortunately, real-life legal issues (not perpetrated by Sonya) meant she had to appear in court and maintain a professional look. The match was changed to "Loser Leaves WWE" to give her time to deal with her court dates.

* LadyInAPowerSuit: In 2019 and 2020, she presented a look consisting of an all-black suit, which won the Internet's approval instantaneously.

* BaldGirl: 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 an awesome bald look. Unfortunately, real-life legal issues (not perpetrated by Sonya) meant she had to appear in court and maintain a professional look. The match was changed to "Loser Leaves WWE" to give her time to deal with her court dates.

-->'''Deville:''' Everyone's gonna realize who's the real champion of Fire and Desire was... An actual fighter, not [[PrecisionFStrike some centerfold bitch]]!

* BadassGay: WWE's second openly gay wrestler (after Wrestling/DarrenYoung) and she's a badass MMA fighter, both in and out of {{Kayfabe}}.

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 thir 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}}.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Put your hair up and square up".

* TheGlovesComeOff: When she has an opponent on the ropes or gets pissed she takes off her gloves and unloads punches.

* 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 the Liv Morgan/Lana lesbian angle (played for cheap heat) they did at the end of 2019 was not recorded.[[/note]]

%%* DrivenbyEnvy: How she was overshadowed by Mandy. She secretly allied with Dolph Ziggler to keep Otis away from Mandy, and she would manipulate her in the early 2020. She tries to apologize to her former friend, [[BackhandedApology only to call her a selfish human being]]. She would later rants on her that she has no talent. Desperate enough, she vows to ruin Mandy's life.

%%DrivenbyEnvy

* InformedAbility: The commentators play up the fact that she was previously a MMA fighter. Although she does have some respectable training and it shows on her wrestling matches, the company tries its best to not bring up Sonya's actual fight record, which is 2-1.

* 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.

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* BadassGay: WWE's second openly gay wrestler (after [[Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers Darren Young]]) and she's a badass MMA fighter, both in and out of {{Kayfabe}}.