Sonya Deville Thought Pure Fusion Collective Name Was ‘Terrible’

The Pure Fusion Collective group was discussed by Deville.

For the latter half of 2024 into early 2025, Pure Fusion Collective was a group on WWE television that consisted of Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler, and Zoey Stark.

The group was discussed by Deville during her appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet. While speaking about the group’s formation, Deville said she thought the ‘Pure Fusion Collective’ name was terrible.

“They just didn’t wanna go back to it (partnership with Chelsea Green). They didn’t wanna go back to it and I had pitched that it would be a natural angle to go after Piper (Niven) and be like, what the hell? B*tch, that’s my f*cking championship! Very natural angle. But they had this idea for this faction and so that was where we were gonna go… 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 and he was like, ‘Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Let’s do this group,’ and 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, Zoey (Stark) and Shayna (Baszler) in PFC. So, I was open-minded to it and of course, whatever he wants, let’s do… I saw myself more as the mouthpiece in that scenario and I was like, oh, 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.”

Present day, Deville and Baszler are no longer with WWE. Stark is sidelined after undergoing surgery for ACL, MCL, and meniscus injuries.

If the quote in this article is used, please credit Insight with Chris Van Vliet with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.