[3.0] "Sonya was below average in ring, and just bad after the injury. But I think her style was good and she could cut a promo. Her role as a manger is where she was best cast, making her work is what caused the end of her run. She had a match with IYO SKY that was so bad it got "this is boring" chants."
[7.0] "Sonya Deville is a wrestler I've always believed had far more potential than what we ever got to see on screen. From her MMA background to her confident mic work, she had all the tools to become a standout performer in WWE's women's division. She brought a level of realism and grit that made her feel different from the typical roster -- her strikes looked legit, her promos had presence, and her look stood out in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, I feel like WWE never really gave her the opportunity to shine in a consistent, meaningful storyline. She often played a supporting role -- whether as a sidekick to Mandy Rose or as an authority figure -- and while she played those roles well, they didn't capitalize on her in-ring ability or her real-life passion for wrestling. When she finally did get a push, it was either cut short or sidelined by other circumstances. Her personal strength and openness outside the ring also deserve respect. But strictly from a wrestling career standpoint, I give her a solid 7/10. She had the talent, the look, and the attitude -- but not the consistent creative backing to elevate her to the top, which is a real shame."
[2.0] "Maybe when she was something new to the main roster with her tag partner but the more year she spend in the main roster worst her ring skill and gimmick was i don't know why WWE have keep pushing her for so long"
[8.0] "Sonya Deville is an exceptional striker and promo talker because she brings a level of authenticity and danger that few others can match. With a legit MMA background, her strikes aren't just for show--they're fast, precise, and hit with intent, making every kick, punch, and knee feel like a finishing blow. She moves like a trained fighter because she is one, and that realism sets her apart in a world of choreography. On the mic, Sonya's delivery is calm, calculated, and razor-sharp--she doesn't need to yell to command attention. Whether she's playing a manipulative authority figure or standing toe-to-toe with a rival, her promos drip with confidence and quiet menace. She speaks with purpose, never wasting a word, and her presence oozes control. There's a chill in her voice that says she's already three moves ahead of you--and probably planning the fourth just for fun. Sonya isn't just talking or fighting; she's outthinking and outstriking the competition, and that's what makes her truly dangerous."
[9.0] "Amazing heel her work, she was one of the vocal points of the covid era with her feuds with Naomi and Bianca. She truly had potential to be the mega heel, the next Vickie Guerrero. Imo the best GM figure we've had in a while. The 2 current guys and Ava are just so bland and uninteresting, they cant cut it. Every time Sonya was handed a mic she was heard and she got nice heel heat and got the crowd to boo her. On her wrestling I never had a problem with her in the ring, she seemed pretty good to me. Imo she was much better than Mandy and she deserved the push Mandy got. Mandy never progressed as a wrestler or in the mic, while Sonya was the one that naturally grew in one of the best heels of her time. They really killed off her career by putting her in the female version of Retribution -> PFC. She was put with two women that have absolutely 0 charisma and presence, Zoey and Shayna just dont work as entertainers. Cant wait for her to go to TNA Sonya vs Masha and vs Tessa (in a loser leaves TNA, would be epic). Im 100% she will reach the level Deonna and Gordynne reached. Daria Deville also has such a ring to it, cant wait."
[5.0] "Sonya is a bit slow in the ring but has good mic skills, her attitude is interesting to watch. She should improve her speed and agility a bit so that she can position herself as a good threat."
[3.0] "My god, how is this woman still employed? She's been on the main roster for 7 years and hasn't had a single good match or promo or anything. She's just plain bad. Think of how many talented women were called up and fired within the same time Sonya Deville was on the main roster."
[8.0] "The Jersey Devil is an incredible force in WWEs womens division, only her run as a general manager even in real time was forgettable at best. Her breakthrough story aftershock podcast eventually got her attention by WWE, also her tough enough audition tapes added to the buzz. Daria came out during production of the tough enough program, making WWE history being an active gay pro athlete to come out on camera. Her journey had one problem with the first elimination by the judges. It didnt stop her though to get better with presence as she would get signed regardless. She had continued to train in the PC for two years and added her own experience of cage fighting to the game, her first official matchup on a July episode of NXT tagging and facing amongst debutants Mandy Rose, Liv Morgan and Nicola Glencross respectively. She would later debut as Sonya Deville the following year, marked an incredible year streak which she received a NXT Womens title shot against Ember Moon which was unsuccessful thus ending her streak and called up to RAW with her bff Mandy Rose. Crap stories later on, a crap hair vs hair match turned loser leaves WWE battle that seen her return months later on and before the world knew it, her general manager run happened as Daddy Deville butted heads with Adam Pearce and invoked herself in a RAW Womens championship match with Bianca Belair, losing the match and her job shortly after. She returned full time on RAW, losing to another returning female superstar Alexa Bliss. Always steered her to greatness has graced the stage stakes more appearances. More tag teams with the likes of Chelsea Green have bubbled her fans to the service. Her faction flowed with Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark as the Pure Fusion Collective. She seems like the decagon type of performer, marking lines of symmetry up to what holds her career up is to highlight others without stealing the spotlight, very professional and yet as a wrestler she is sporty enough and tough enough to evolve womens wrestling significance tenfold. She is the pride fighter who doesnt not back down."
[1.0] "Since 2023, she has been very injury-prone and lacks the self-awareness to improve alongside her peers. She has descended from a serviceable worker to honestly the worst in the company. Her promos are all over the place and rarely hit. She is the worst in-ring women's worker in the company. With 8 years of in-ring experience, she still feels very green. She botches a lot, and brings actually great women's workers down in their match, destroying the quality and creating a snoozefest of a match. Shes been really on a downhill slope recently."
[4.0] "Despite her many years of hard work in the WWE. Sonya just isn't it. She lacks charisma and is overall mid in the ring. She does do good in promos from time to time. But what she may be good in talking. She is just plain bad everywhere else. Sonya is a 4."
[4.0] "Her promo skills are actually pretty good, but her problem is her lack of in-ring skills, her skills in the ring are just boring. It seems like instead of getting better every year, she just gets worse, to be honest, I liked her a lot more when she was General Manager of Smackdown."
[4.0] "A lot of people choose to ignore how painfully average she is in the ring just because she can cut a decent promo & was alright in her manager role. Having a bad match with Iyo when Iyo has been having great match after great match annoyed me. This faction with Zoey & Shayna isnt moving me either, just very boring."
[4.0] "Haven't liked what I've seen from Sonya. Her in ring stuff is particularly notable for how poor it is, I can never forgive her for getting a match with Iyo Sky and managing to get "this is boring" chants. Her character is OK, but pretty uninteresting in my opinion"
[2.0] "My former trainer for wrestling had a great summation of WWE's Performance Center. He said, "That's where you go to finish up and get polished after spending a few years working". He's right. While not everyone who only trains at the PC and works for WWE is lacking, (Lesnar, Batista, Cena, Orton), there's more that just aren't complete wrestlers and promos. The PC is going to teach you to find the hard cam, develop a pose, choreograph your entrance, and talk in sound bites. That's important but it shouldn't be all you know. Sonya Deville is a perfect representation of limited experience."
[1.0] "Truly terrible. Good presentation but that's where the positives end, her matches all move at a complete crawl, she has an underwhelming moveset, is a bad promo, and isn't a good seller. She's had bad matches with Iyo Sky, Bianca Belair (TWICE), and Charlotte Flair (TWICE), which should be actually impossible with the level of talent those three have."
[3.0] "Boring alert. I don't want to keep sounding like a hater, but these ratings are too high. I'm forced to write a comment. I don't recall ever watching a good Sonya Deville match. She can stay as a General Manager instead of a wrestler. She's really annoying. 3/10"
[4.0] "To be honest WWE sees something with Sonya Deville that I can not really see. She's pretty awful in the ring, pretty awful at building feuds, pretty awful on the microphone and she has a stale personality. Even her authority role was not good as well."
[6.0] "I think Sonya deserved more presence and could improve greatly. His arsenal is a little out of the ordinary, with impact attacks based on knee strikes. Her speed is a real asset and her physical condition could have allowed her to be more effective, if she had had the opportunity to practice more. I think she is quite adaptable and if, in fact, she was rather inconsistent while being General Manager, she sometimes proved that it was possible for her to be interesting, like during her (bad) story with Mandy Rose."
[9.0] "7 years ago Daria Berenato made her NXT debut when she lost to Carmella, Liv, and Nikki Cross. Years later she has always been a favorite of mine. Yes, some people don't like her in-ring work and to be fair she does need to work on it but her overall demeanor just sets off something for me. She is a true heel in any given character for her from Fire & Desire to solos against Mandy to her WWE Official to her recent work with Chelsea Green. I just know her return if Chelsea does still have the tag team championship will be heated with Piper and her. Excited for her road to recovery."
[2.0] "Yeah to start out, I'm not really sure why this woman was given an authority role when she hadn't done anything significant prior. I mean I can't even think of one aspect that Deville that isn't below average. Her promo skills, wrestling, gimmick, none of it is interesting & if we are going to be really honest here, you would think WWE would have made the right move & to release her prior to the pandemic. Her need to associate MMA to her character was beyond laughable and it's safe to say that she's 1 of the few individuals I do not mind turning off the TV to go watch or do something else."
[6.0] "Always liked Sonya. In the ring she is solid but could add more to her arsenal. On the mic she is alright, and she has charisma that shines through at times. Is best as the member of a heel team."
[3.0] "She is just bad, character has never been entertaining, and in ring is just sloppy and slow. There is so many awkward slow movements or times where she just looks like she is going through the motions to the next spot"
[7.0] "Enjoyable first match to kick of Raw. I know you get flack for interference etc but the Sonya/Chelsea tag gimmick allows for this. I was very pleased to see Sonya get some offensive set in aswell and the appearance of Trish & Zoey at top of the ramp had me questioning myself who was going over. Its becky so that's enough said about that."
[7.0] "I think her feud with Mandy showed the type of wrestler WWE have on their hands if they know how to use her right. You can slot her into alot of roles and she will fit in pretty well She plays a bitch really well, great promos and as for In-Ring I would have to see more in a meaningful feud, The MMA Background does give a legit vibe to her and they should tap in to this more but not by making it her entire character. I feel it would have been a really good idea for her to return to NXT after her break to create a more substantial character and to build a better connection with the fans"
[6.0] "I believe she's better served as a wrestler than an on-screen authority figure. She's still lacking in her promo ability and isn't believable in her current role. With that said she always impressed me in the ring."
[3.0] "I do not rate Sonya Deville as a performer. She wrestles like she is confused on what is actually happening next. Every single character she has portrayed has not come across one bit good. As a wrestler, inadequate, as a general manager, stinky, a promo, awful. I suppose you can have her be a stepping stone for those coming up until she finds something because she has nothing that screams "IT" factor."
[5.0] "Deville had a lot of potential as a fighter - especially as Daria Berenato, she could be someone like Baszler or Ripley but that was lost. She does not have the character to be a "GM assistant" - such a role does not suit her, she should be brutal, fight, dominate, and never look for easy victories."
[6.0] "Sie ist ganz solide im Ring, kann Performan und weiss Aktionen zu verkaufen. Sie ist gut am Mic und kann unterhalten, hat nur derzeit schlechtes Gimmick. Wird häufig das Opfer für Storylinie anderer, was schade ist bei ihrem Potenzial. Da ist mehr drin. Braucht auch Mal Push. Wir derzeit unter Wert verkauft."
"[7.0] Im Grunde hatte ich die Hoffnung verloren, als es mit ihrem Tag Team mit Mandy Rose zu Ende ging, was man definitiv besser und kreativer hätte handhaben können. Ihr Comeback als Autoritätsperson war auch nicht wirklich interessant und ich hatte den Eindruck, dass ihr dieses Gimmick nicht steht, anders als ihr früheres mit MMA-Background. Jedoch muss ich ehrlich sagen, dass sie in den letzten Wochen das Ruder herumgerissen hat und die momentan mit Abstand beste Heel-Work unter den Divas liefert. Mic-Work, Aussehen, Charisma sind allesamt on spot, einzig und allein im Ring ist noch zu wenig Fortschritt erkennbar (was aber am Booking liegt und nicht an Sonya). Wenn sie dieses Niveau also halten und im Ring noch abliefern kann, sehe ich in ihr ein Gesicht, das die Women's Division in den nächsten Jahren anführen kann."
[6.0] "Sonya has worked pretty well in any role WWE has put her into. Honestly, I think she's a better promo than she gets credit for, but her career has sort of been unfortunately derailed due to things out of her control."
[8.0] "Sonya Deville is really talented. She is good in the ring, commands a presence on the mic, and has a good look. It's a shame she was stuck in Mandy Rose's shadow for so long, but she's finally broken out on her own and I am very much excited for her future."
[3.0] "Sonya Deville hat einige gute Ansätze um einen glaubhaften Shoot Style zu wrestlen. Natürlich bei dem Background. Allerdings konnte sie ihr angebliches Potenzial noch nie oder kaum unter Beweis stellen. Eventuell hat sie auch nie die Chance bekommen längere Singles Matches zu wrestlen im WWE Kosmos und wird meines erachtens etwas übererschätzt. Vielleicht gelingt es ihr noch irgendwann ihr Talent zu zeigen. Die Zeit läuft aber langsam gegen sie."
[7.0] "My goodness Sonya has improved. Her moveset is beginning to tighten up, becoming more explosive, aggressive, and believable. Her mic work has been absolutely on fire lately. I hope to see her continue to improve and see this push evolve into something much more serious assuming she keeps flourishing."
[5.0] "Gefällt mir bisher besser als ihre Tag Team Partnerin Mandy Rose. Sie hat den Badass Look und mitsamt ihrer MMA Vergangenheit strahlt sie eine gewisse Bedrohung aus. Wrestlerisch ist das ganz ok aber mit noch viel Luft nach oben."
[4.0] "I guess she is fundamentally solid, yet she is one of the least entertaining wrestlers in WWE's main roster. She is Mandy Rose's Janetty, and Mandy Rose is also bad."
[5.0] "Very average worker with a generic as hell tough shooter persona. I guess she's alright for someone who only started wrestling less than 4 years ago."
[5.0] "The MMA fighter gimmick is done to death at this point by both men & women. But it especially does Sonya a disservice considering she's working in the same ring as much more credible MMA stars. She's pretty basic in the ring, but not terrible. I do think her character needs an overhaul before people will feel invested in her in any meaningful way. She's someone who was called up to the main roster way too soon & should have spent more time in developmental finding herself."
[4.0] "Another one of the women who simply cannot work an entertaining wrestling match. She has fighting skills but they just cannot be transferred to anything nearing a decent wrestling exchange, let alone a series of worked moves. She is improving and is one of the few women who are between trash and very good."
[6.0] "I am going to give the same descriptions to both Mandy and Sonya Deville for my ratings on them because I believe they're in a similar boat. Before I begin I just want to say I think Sonya is better then Many but I still feel bad for her because she was ripped from NXT when she was still green and was expected to keep up with workers leagues ahead. Paige getting injured was the killing blow to her current career now she is just a jobber. If sent back to NXT I think she can really be a contender in a few years because you can tell she WANTS to learn. Sad for all involved."
[2.0] "Sonya has such a literal look and mannerisms (Sooooooooo MMA) that it annoying. No mic skills, no ring psychology and can't tell a story/get a reaction in or out of the ring. Due to her lack of experience, she is also very green and sloppy."
[4.0] "She got some moves, but you can easily notice her inexperience. Sometimes she stare at her opponent and doesn't know what to do. Should have stayed in NXT to improve her skills and initiative"
[5.0] "Sonya Deville comes to the forefront with legitimate MMA experience and a pretty intimidating look. She had a match with Asuka in NXT that raised eyebrows and showed promises. Unfortunately, she was lost in the shuffle and then abruptly called up with her best friend Mandy Rose to be apart of Absolution with Paige. Deville is still a work in progress, for an MMA fighter she can't throw a believable worked punch which is concerning. I think Deville can be a solid addition to the women's division, and can improve with the right talent but right now she's still stumbling out of the gates."
[5.0] "Spielt ihr Gimmick nicht besonders gut. Da war Shayna Baszler im Mae Young Classic durchaus glaubwürdiger und auch Zeda nehme ich die ehem. MMA Fighterin mehr ab, auch ohne den MMA Aufzug, auf den man bei Sonya Deville setzt, der aber ihre mangelnden Fähigkeiten nicht überdecken kann. => 2 Punkte // Update: 12. 02. 2018: Seit dem Call Up sehe ich bei ihr eine massive Verbesserung, was sicherlich auch an dem Recht simplen "Hau drauf! "-Booking liegt und den wenigen Worten, die sie spricht. Dennoch gehe ich hier auf 5 Punkte hoch!"
[3.0] "Average at best in wrestling, wooden in mic delivery and definitely not main roster ready as of yet, lacks seasoning in all facets. I would like to know if WWE hired her because of her skills or because she's an openly lesbian wrestler. Wouldn't surprise me the latter one given the company's penchant to appear cool to the major media outlets."
[2.0] "Super green and sloppy, hasn't improved much at all since she's started appearing on tv, and she's got the cringiest MMA gimmick I've ever seen in pro wrestling. I'm pretty baffled by the high ratings on here. I guess she's still got room to improve but as of now, big nay"
[9.0] "I watch Daria face Asuka in a dark match at NXT San Jose and it shattered my expectations. The crowd started chanting "Asuka's gonna kill you! " before the match started, but 10 minutes later they were shouting, "This is awesome! " It was honestly the match of the night. I thought she was a scrub before, but now I see her as a big-time player."
[4.0] "Giving her a 4 isn't to imply that I dislike Daria Berenato. Honestly, DB is really refreshing to see. Her MMA background, striking offense, and attire helps her to stand out from other women's wrestlers in the WWE. That being said, I'm not sure if she is TV ready yet. A vicious spear/double leg takdown, and strikes in the corner don't fully flesh out a character, or a wrestlers, and right now, that is all we have seen from her. I do want to see her wrestle more, beause she is really unique, and has a style that contrasts from most wrestlers."
