6 WWE Superstars in desperate need of Character Development

#4 Sonya Deville

Sonya Deville comes from MMA background and entered the WWE main roster more than a year ago as a part of a group called Absolution having Paige and Mandy Rose as her partners. Though the group was broken a few months later due to the retirement of Paige, Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose continued to be partners.

While Sonya Deville was initially not one of the best in-ring performers, she has shown great improvement in her wrestling skills during her stint of one year on the main roster and now looks ready to be propelled to the main event scene. But she has been stuck in a team which performs regularly but wins rarely and is mostly involved in meaningless feuds. This has affected the individuality of her character, which needs a lot of work before she can be considered a main eventer.

Current Scenario

Sonya Deville is currently involved in two different angles in SmackDown. The first one is her partner Mandy Rose is trying to draw a rift between Jimmy Uso and Naomi and Deville is trying to stop her while the second one is her online feud with Carmella against whom she will likely have a match in the coming weeks. None of these storylines is likely to add anything meaningful to her character.

What can change?

Sonya Deville should break free from her current alliance with Mandy Rose and both should go their separate ways. Rather than just using her as fodder for the top women on SmackDown, WWE should build her as their credible opponent. WWE should start by giving her a rivalry against a well-established superstar and then let her develop the character in the process.