Former WWE Star Says Their Faction Name Was Terrible

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A former WWE star has shared their honest thoughts on a previous alliance, calling the faction name terrible.

Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark officially joined forces with one another in July 2024, going on to call themselves Pure Fusion Collective.

This team only lasted a matter of months, with it revealed that WWE had opted not to renew Deville and Baszler’s contracts earlier this year.

Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Sonya Deville noted that, while she was optimistic about Pure Fusion Collective, she thought that name was terrible.

Discussing the origins of the group, she explained:

“(WWE) had this idea for this faction, and so that was where we were gonna go.

“I will say, while I was out, I did pitch coming back in my MMA gimmick, like a modified version, but I did pitch going back to my roots, and I think Triple H had the same kind of idea. He was like, ‘Yeah, that’s what I was thinking, let’s do this group.’

“When he told me the group, I was like, Okay, interesting. I didn’t know how the three of us were going to blend together, me, Zoe (Stark) and Shayna (Baszler) in PFC. I was open minded to it, and of course, whatever he wants. I saw myself more as the mouthpiece in that scenario and I was like, okay, but we couldn’t get our footing.

“Then we were given the name ‘Pure Fusion Collective’, and I thought that was terrible. I don’t think it was ever going to be the thing, but we tried to make it work.”

Also in this interview, Sonya Deville stated that she’s retired from wrestling “for now.”

To read her full comments on her in-ring future, click here.

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• Pure Fusion Collective
• wwe
• sonya deville
• shayna baszler
• departure
• Zoey Stark

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