17 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (April 16)

11. Sonya Deville Isn’t A “WWE Official”?

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Sonya Deville has played assistant to default authority figure Adam Pearce on SmackDown since January. The gig seems temporary (Deville hasn't appeared every single week, and she rarely makes decisions herself), but that could change.

Note the wording in that screenshot. It says "WWE Official" above Adam Pearce. WWE didn't go plural, which suggests that Sonya isn't actually officially part of SmackDown's on screen management team. Perhaps they'll come back to this and she'll oust Pearce from power.

They haven't being seeing eye-to-eye lately.

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