Former WWE star Sonya Deville spoke with PIX11 News on a number of topics, including the origins of her WWE ring name. The interview took place before her WWE release.
Deville explained the creative process behind selecting her name:
“It’s a process different for everybody. You kind of make a list of names. You submit it to creative and the powers that be. They give you a list of names and you kind of go back and forth until you find something that makes everybody happy. It’s actually a funny story. My name was supposed to be NJ Deville at one point, standing for New Jersey Devil, because my MMA fight name was The Jersey Devil. But at the time I was like, I don’t want my first name to be NJ. I don’t think, let’s think of something else, and I loved Mortal Kombat and Sonya, so Sonya Deville it became.”
You can check out Deville’s full comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
