Sonya Deville had turned into a heel persona by conspiring against Mandy Rose and her budding relationship with Otis. Eventually, she turned on her former best friend leading to the build of WrestleMania 36. The feud between the two former Fire & Desire tag team members had been one of the key storylines on SmackDown. The bad blood between these two superstars has been pretty high that produced some great matches.
Moreover, it provided Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose an opportunity to show their potential as singles competitors. The storyline has been so great that it seemed pretty real in public eyes. It raises questions about whether these two have differences between them in real life. As per the villain in this angle, that’s the great thing about a WWE program.
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While speaking to Newsweek, Sonya Deville discussed the ongoing storyline with Mandy Rose. She was asked if there are any real-life tensions between them and those were dropped during any of her passionate promos seen on SmackDown. Deville explained that as an entertainer, she has to make a storyline great and showcase bit elements of reality in the mix.
“You have to, in my opinion. What makes a great storyline, you have to put some real in there. Obviously, everything is magnified and has a creative spin to it, but I think it’s very important to bring real life elements in there. When I was working on the first promo I did with Mandy, I was helping write it and threw in there that she came to my sister’s wedding with me, and she was my roommate. Those are things that maybe the writers or someone wouldn’t have known. So you’re sitting at home [and] hopefully that gives you the ability to be like, “Wow, this cuts deep. They weren’t just friends on TV–they are actually real-life friends and sisters,” Sonya Deville stated. (courtesy ringsidenews.com)
The former MMA star cut quite a few passionate in-ring promos on Mandy Rose talking trash about her. The interview progressed asking Sonya Deville whether the lines were produced by herself or WWE was involved in it. She stated that it is a collaborative process with WWE’s writers where them two were able to put their own spin on the ideas to personalize them,
“For sure a collaboration. They’ve done a great job in taking our ideas from the beginning and running with it and putting a spin on it. It’s been a mutual effort that’s been really fun for us as creators to have a part in what we do. It’s really cool.”
Via this feud, Sonya Deville Sonya got more opportunities on WWE television, earlier this year. But she lost a loser leaves WWE match to Mandy Rose at Summerslam. Additionally, Deville is also trying to get the role of Batwoman, too. The production team will decide whether she will be granted a leading role on a CW superhero series.