217. Daria Berenato: WWE Superstar breaks down the business behind professional wrestling and MMA, building the Sonya Deville persona, and monetizing outside of the franchise in real estate
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5 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Daria rose to prominence as a contestant in the 2015 season of WWE Tough Enough. Following her elimination, she signed a contract with the WWE where she performed under the WWE’s development brand NXT before moving to the main roster. She has spent the better part of her last eight years making her mark in WWE’s Raw and SmackDown brands. One of her biggest moments might have been in 2015 when she came out as the WWE’s first openly gay female wrestler and is now married to her wife Toni.
Daria breaks down why she thought that MMA would be the answer to long-term professional growth after high school, the crossovers between MMA, WWE, and content creation, hustling in LA leading to her hosting jobs and WWE, the audition process for Tough Enough, and what she finds the hardest part of WWE is. Daria also reveals her first steady paycheck with WWE, working up from NXT, being a part of the women’s evolution, the need to amplify emotions of the audience, creating your stage persona, how to monetize outside of the contract, her work in real estate, and the love/hate relationship with social media.
Daria reveals all that and so much more in another episode you can’t afford to miss!
Host: Jason Tartick
Co-Host: David Arduin
Audio: John Gurney
Guest: Daria Berenato
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of trading secrets. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm your host, Jason Tardik, and welcome to the pre-market trading segment. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm just going to tell you a little bit about our guest today, one quick financial update and something going on in my personal life before we ring in the bell. |
| 0:25.1 | Now, before you do anything, please go check us out on YouTube. |
| 0:27.8 | Just put in Jason Tardick. |
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| 0:38.4 | as well and just let us know who you think we should have on or a theme we should cover, |
| 0:43.0 | that would be great as well. But let's get into this episode. We have the one and only Darya |
| 0:48.8 | Baranado on. Now, she is known as Sonia DeVille in the WW.W.E. But it's so fascinating to hear about the acting, |
| 0:58.2 | the actual physical intensity, how she got to where she is, the money behind the industry. |
| 1:03.1 | And there's one thing about this WWU superstar that no other WWE superstar has come |
| 1:09.2 | out and done before, and you're going to hear all about it on |
| 1:12.0 | this episode. A lot of trading secrets here. Now, one quick financial tip I want to give you. Make sure |
| 1:18.2 | that you are paying very close attention to the credit cards you have, the annual fees you have, |
| 1:23.6 | and the benefits. This is a great time to do it. If you're paying an annual fee, make sure |
| 1:28.4 | that you know when your credit card renews. So you can make a decision if that credit card |
| 1:32.9 | is best for you or not. And make sure you understand the benefits that come with it. Because |
| 1:37.4 | in today's day and age with how competitive the credit card marketplace is, for those people |
| 1:42.1 | that pay on time, they're handsomely rewarded in benefits. |
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