Released WWE Star Slams Triple H For Giving Their Faction Terrible Name

A former WWE superstar has spoken out against Triple H and the creative team regarding the name of a particular group.

The Triple H era of WWE has lasted approximately three years since Paul Levesque was named Chief Content Officer of WWE. In that time, the company has had more stables than ever because it’s something that Paul “Triple H” Leveque likes from a creative standpoint.

A stable allows multiple people to be on the show without necessarily being in a match. When a stable breaks up, there are ready-made feuds involving the wrestlers.

Sonya Deville is a former WWE superstar who was released in February 2025 after spending a decade with the company, where she began her career on Tough Enough. In her last year in the company, Deville was part of a stable called Pure Fusion Collective (or PFC for short) with Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark.

Pure Fusion Collective didn’t win tag team gold or any singles gold together, but they were portrayed as three tough women who wouldn’t be easy to defeat in matches.

Triple H And WWE Creative Team Using Pure Fusion Collective As A Name Was Terrible According To Sonya Deville

While speaking with Insight’s Chris Van Vliet about her career, Sonya Deville discussed the origins of the Pure Fusion Collection, and she made it clear that she didn’t like the name.

“They 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 and Shayna, in PFC. So 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.

And 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.”

Deville didn’t specifically mention Triple H in her criticism, but he does oversee the creative team and makes the final call on everything that makes it on WWE TV, so he must have signed off on the name at some point.

In the interview, Deville also said she felt like she was retired from wrestling for now, but added the “never say never” phrase that many professional wrestlers use when discussing their careers.