Deonna Purrazzo is a commercial star.
Earlier this year, Southern New Hampshire University released a TV ad that featured and promoted Deonna Purrazzo as one of their graduates. The ad eventually made it to television, playing for some viewers during episodes of AEW Dynamite and WWE Raw.
While speaking with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp for a recent interview, Purrazzo talked about making her way into the commercial.
"How crazy. Honestly, I don’t even know what I did to make this come about. I submitted to a thing and 10 months later they were like, ‘Hey, we love your story.’ I just thought it was like part of like an exit interview thing. So I also had no idea it was as national as it was, but I feel like they were very strategic in where they picked their commercial placement."
Then, Purrazzo went on to reveal that the ad has inspired a few of her fans to go back to college.
"Honestly, it's so cool because so many people have tweeted and come forward about like, ‘I'm going to school,’ and someone just tweeted at me the other day like, ‘You inspired me and now I'm 40 something years old and I have a kid and I'm back for my bachelor's.’ To reach such a different audience this late in my career, that has absolutely nothing to do with wrestling, but then also is inspiring people later in life to go back to college, that’s what it’s all about. So it's just been a really great mix of being able to reach a different audience, but then also like, hehehe, I'm not on Dynamite but I'm on Dynamite."
Elsewhere in the interview, Purrazzo spoke about The Vendetta's future in AEW. Her full comments on the matter can be found by clicking here.
Also, check out Fightful's full interview with Deonna Purrazzo in the video linked at the top of this article.
