WWE: Sheamus on His Issues with WWE Dropping the Ball with Brawling Brutes, Sonya Deville, A&E WWE Ratings

Sheamus Comments on His Issues with WWE Not Really Capitalizing on The Brawling Brutes

The Metro held a recent interview with Sheamus. One of the topics discussed included Sheamus’ thoughts on his belief that WWE has not really capitalized on The Brawling Brutes as a group in the company.

“I just don’t think they’ve really capitalized on the group, I don’t think they’ve really let us show what we can do. This stop/start stuff is really hard when you’re trying to highlight young talent.

It’s frustrating, you know? So I dunno, maybe we’ll get an opportunity to show what we can really do as a group because a lot of those other groups who are out there now have definitely got an opportunity that we haven’t had to do some storyline stuff, some character stuff.

That’s kinda been a shame, mate, to be honest, considering the talent that’s in there.”

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Sony Deville Comments on “Living in Fight or Flight Mode” Following Attempted Kidnapping Incident

A recent episode of the Heal Squad x Maria Menounos podcast featured Sonya Deville as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Deville’s thoughts on how she was feeling in the aftermath of her being the victim of an attempted kidnapping incident in 2020.

“There’s just so many layers to it. First of course, it’s fight or flight, and you’re just in the situation, and you deal with the situation, and that night after the incident, I thought I was gonna go back to the house and sleep there because I was stubborn and I was in shock, and I didn’t know what was going on. I didn’t know left from right at that point. Then, the sun goes down, and I’m uncontrollably shaking, and I’m in a hotel room under an alias name because I’m so paranoid that even though he’s arrested, he’s somehow gonna find me, and I have the dresser pushed up against the door. I made Mandy slide the dresser in front of the door on the fifteenth floor of this high rise, and paranoia starts to set in. It’s fight or flight, and then it’s shock, and I went into an autopilot of, ‘What needs to be done? What do we have to do?’ I don’t feel first. I do first, and then I feel later. You do what has to be done, and then you feel later, so I didn’t feel the full effect for what had happened for months. I was in full-blown fight-or-flight, I was living in fight-or-flight mode for months, maybe years.”

Deville also stated that she had lived in a safe house for a month following the incident and this period being a “weird phase” of her life.

“I didn’t realize that until, no one knows this either, I went and lived in a safe house for a month because we didn’t know if he was gonna be able to get bail. It was a 24/7 armed security house. Guys with guns standing at each door, entrance of this home, in a secured location 24/7. It’s just weird. I would go work out at the local LA Fitness and he would come work out with me. That was a weird phase of my life. I didn’t know what was going on. My mom flew down and stayed with me for as long as she could, but then she has to go back to work. My dad came down right away, of course, then he has to go back to work. It’s this really weird thing where something so messed up happens to you, but then life goes on. So that was something that was hard for me to deal with at that time because I am such a ride-or-die and I feel my emotions very hard and true, so I’m like, wait a second, I almost had all this taken away from me, and then life just goes on.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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A&E WWE Programming Ratings – June 18, 2023

This past Sunday’s WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures episode drew 276,000 viewers on A&E. This episode also drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demographic and a #30 ranking in the key demographic rankings. This was down from last week episode’s 386,000 viewers, 0.12 key demographic rating, and #15 key demographic ranking. This episode focused on lost Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero historic memorabilia.

This past Sunday’s Stone Cold Takes America episode drew 211,000 viewers on A&E. This episode also drew a 0.06 rating in the 18-49 demographic and a #59 ranking in the key demographic rankings. This was down from last week episode’s 229,000 viewers and #45 key demographic ranking.

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