Birth name | Daria Rae Berenato |
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Born |
Shamong Township, New Jersey, United States |
September 24, 1993
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Daria Berenato Sonya Deville |
Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Billed weight | 130 lb (59 kg) |
Billed from |
Los Angeles, California Shamong, New Jersey |
Trained by |
Booker T Billy Gunn Lita WWE Performance Center |
Debut | December 30, 2015 |
Daria Rae Berenato (born September 24, 1993) is an American professional wrestler and former judoka and mixed martial artist currently signed to WWE, performing on their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Sonya Deville.
Berenato was a contestant in the 2015 season of WWE Tough Enough, where she came in eleventh. In October, 2015, she signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Berenato was born in Shamong Township, New Jersey and attended Seneca High School in Tabernacle, New Jersey. At the age of 17, she began training and competing in mixed martial arts.
In June 2015, Berenato was announced as one of the thirteen finalists for the sixth season of the WWE competition Tough Enough. She was the third competitor eliminated from the competition.
In October 28, 2015, it was announced that Berenato had signed a contract with WWE, and was assigned to their developmental brand NXT to begin her training. She made her in-ring debut on December 30 during a live event against Nia Jax, which she lost. Berenato made her first televised appearance and in-ring debut on the August 17 episode of NXT, where she competed in a six-woman tag team match along with Mandy Rose, and Alexa Bliss, in which they were defeated by Carmella, Liv Morgan, and Nikki Glencross. Berenato returned to television on the November 23 episode of NXT in another six-woman tag team match with Billie Kay and Peyton Royce, where they lost to Aliyah, Ember Moon and Liv Morgan. On the December 21 episode of NXT, Berenato competed in her first televised singles match, where she was defeated by Billie Kay due to a distraction by Peyton Royce.