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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rhea Ripley, Kairi Sane and More React To Gruesome Zoey Stark Injury On WWE RAW
Prayers go out to Zoey Stark. On this week's episode of WWE Raw, Zoey Stark battled Kairi Sane and Rhea Ripley in a Money in the Bank qualifying match. When Stark attempted a missile dropkick on Sane, however, her landing resulted in her knee bending in a way it shouldn't and an official carrying her to the backstage area. Advertisement As of now, the severity of Stark's apparent knee injury is unknown. Still, a number of her peers are rooting for her and a quick recovery. 'I truly hope we get to face each other again when you're ready. Wishing you a smooth recovery. #Respect @ZoeyStarkWWE,' wrote Kairi Sane on X. Rhea Ripley, who went on to pin Sane in the qualifier, offered up similar words to her fellow Raw star. 'Professional wrestling can be very real and dangerous… Tonight continued to prove that anything can happen. Wishing @ZoeyStarkWWE a speedy recovery,' she wrote. Elsewhere, former AEW Women's Champion Thunder Rosa reminded fans that pro wrestling is both a beautiful and dangerous sport, while adding her hopes for Stark and her injury. 'We give our all everytime we step in the ring and we also risk a lot when we do what we love,' Rosa wrote. '@ZoeyStarkWWE I love you sister and I hope you recover soon.' Advertisement The love for Stark continued with the messages from the likes of Natalya, IYO SKY, and Daria Rae (fka Sonya Deville). In Rae's case, she posted an image of her, Stark, and Shayna Baszler from their time working together as Pure Fusion Collective. Baszler and Rae both departed from WWE in recent months, with this week marking Stark's first match on Raw as a solo competitor. RELATED: WWE Raw Results: Review, Grades, Card For May 19 The post Rhea Ripley, Kairi Sane and More React To Gruesome Zoey Stark Injury On WWE RAW appeared first on Wrestlezone.
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Former WWE Tag Team Champion suffers injury on WWE RAW
Image via WWE A top WWE women's division prospect legitimately injured herself during an important match on Monday Night RAW this week. WWE superstars are some of the most amazing and athletic individuals who mesmerize the audience each week. However, they take real risks and there can be times that one wrong move can lead to devastating injuries. A similar instance took place on this week's edition of Monday Night RAW emanting from the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Which RAW superstar got injured this week? On the May 19th, 2025 edition of Monday Night RAW, a triple threat Money in the Bank qualifying match was scheduled to take place. The bout pitted Rhea Ripley, the returning Kairi Sane, and the dominant Zoey Stark . The match kicked off to an explosive start. However, tragedy happened just a few moments into the match. As Zoey Stark attempted to do a Sniper Missile dropkick off the top rope, she landed awkwardly and injured her knee as she was seen grabbing it right after doing the move. During the commercial break, WWE medical personnel helped Stark to the back. Her injury seemed so bad that she was not even able to walk to the backstage area, and the official had to carry her in his arms. However, the match continued between Ripley and Sane, and in the end, saw Mami put down the Pirate Princess with the Riptide to secure her place in the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match this year. As for Zoey Stark, she suffered a similar injury in the past, which took months off her career. While there is no update at the moment, it can be expected that she could be out of action for an extended period. Stark has been a formidable superstar on RAW, who is a former NXT Tag Team and Speed Champion. She has been a singles performer for a while after her Pure Fusion Collective faction cohorts, Shayna Baszler and Sonya Deville were released. So it remains to be see how long Stark will be out after suffering the devastating injury. Also read: WWE RAW Results & Highlights (5/19/25): Logan Paul knocks out Jey Uso, Women's Money in the Bank qualifiers and more Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sonya Deville considering MMA return after WWE departure, discusses 'shock' phone call that delivered the news
Few professional wrestlers ever truly leave the game behind. That's often the case with MMA too. Daria Berenato — aka WWE's Sonya Deville — can prove the old cliches right on both fronts. Berenato, 31, parted ways with the WWE in February after a decade-long run with the company. Before jumping into the deep end of the pro-wrestling pool, Berenato aspired to become an MMA champion in the women's flyweight division, even competing three times as an amateur from 2014-15. Now that she's back on the open market as a free agent, Berenato revealed Monday on Uncrowned's "The Ariel Helwani Show" that a fighting future may still exist for the former WWE superstar. "I don't know what I want to do yet, and that's the truth," Berenato said. "I have had conversations with people, but nothing decided yet. "I love wrestling but I love fighting MMA just the same. They're in the same boat right now." As her Deville character in WWE, Berenato burst onto the pro-wrestling scene in 2015 with her MMA background utilized prominently within her promotional and in-ring work. Over time, she evolved to become a more notable figure in a managerial role alongside Adam Pearce on "WWE SmackDown," which helped to maximize her opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Regarding in-ring accomplishments, Berenato held the WWE Women's Tag Team titles once with current WWE Women's United States Champion Chelsea Green. She holds a 2-1 record over her three-fight amateur MMA career, and had her last fight in 2015 mere months before the WWE offered her a deal. "The only reason I stopped fighting MMA was because I got the opportunity for WWE," Berenato said. "I was broke and bartending in L.A. and WWE offered me a salary to work out and train, so I was like, 'Oh my God, yeah. I would be stupid to say no.' "It led me down this path that the last decade was, and fell in love with it, but yeah, my first love was fighting and acting. I was in L.A., so that door's not closed yet either." Pro-wrestling free agency wasn't expected to be a part of Berenato's 2025 plans. After such a noteworthy career that began with WWE as early as it did, she thought the company would be her home for life. Ultimately, though, it was nothing personal, Berenato said. "I was completely under the impression that it was going well and we would sign [a new contract]," Berenato said. "Then I was on a trip with my daughter for a cheerleading competition, and I got a phone call from the powers that be and they were like, 'Hey, we're going to go our separate ways.' "I was kind of surprised, I'm not going to lie. I was like, 'Is there a reason?' And they were like, 'No, creatively it just hasn't worked out and we're going to go our separate ways.'" Berenato's final WWE program saw her align with a fellow ex-fighter Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark as the Pure Fusion Collective stable. Unfortunately, a torn ACL suffered in August 2023 hindered the tail-end of Berenato's days as a WWE in-ring performer. While she figures out which professional path to take next, Berenato is set to star in an upcoming film — the details of which she can't divulge — and launched a new podcast, "Unwrapped," with her wife Toni Cassano. But when it comes to opportunities in the combat sports world, options are on the table. "Initially, it was shock," Berenato said of her WWE departure. "Like, what the hell? I did not expect that. "I had feelings over the last year — I tore my ACL and I came back from the injury and I felt rusty. So I wanted to get back to where I was prior to the injury, but that was just a matter of time, in my mind. It wasn't like a 'if,' it was like a 'when.' So I was just trying to get my footing again and dive into this new character and storyline that they had for me. "I had been there for 10 years, I had great relationships with everybody," she continued. "I really saw us renewing the contract, and then after the shock wore off, I was kind of just like, 'OK, this is the end of a chapter. It's the end of an era.' It was a decade long. I'm so grateful for it. I had so many good times, good memories there. I learned so much. So now it kind of felt like it was meant to be [to leave] and it's time for the next chapter of my life."
