Sweet Saraya
Sweet Saraya | |
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Penzance, Cornwall , England | |
Spouse(s) |
Roy Bevis (stepson) Zak Zodiac |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Saraya Knight Sweet Saraya |
Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 126 lb (57 kg; 9.0 st)[2] |
Billed from | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
Trained by | Ricky Knight[1] |
Debut | 1990[3] |
Julia Hamer-Bevis (née Hamer; born 19 October 1971), better known by her
Early life
Hamer was born in
Professional wrestling career
Early career
In 1990, Hamer landed a job as a chef at a
Shimmer Women Athletes and Shine Wrestling (2011–2020)
Saraya made her debut for the
Knight made her first defense of the title at the
World Association of Women's Wrestling (2011–2020)
In November 2011, Knight revived her all-female promotion WAWW, the sister promotion to her husband's World Association of Wrestling. The first show was called "The Return" and featured Shimmer Women Athletes wrestler Allison Danger in the main event against Knight for the vacant World Championship, which Danger would win.
The company's second show "
Personal life
Hamer married professional wrestler Patrick Bevis, better known by his ring name
In July 2012, Channel 4 produced a documentary about the Knights entitled The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family.[20][21] The documentary was turned into a 2019 feature film by Stephen Merchant with Dwayne Johnson producing, titled Fighting with My Family, where she was portrayed by Lena Headey.[22]
In June 2020, she was accused by former trainees of verbal and physical abuse. After the allegation, she took a step back from social media, claiming she and the Knight family prepare to take legal action against those who have made such allegations.[23] She then returned to professional wrestling in December 2020, wrestling for WAW.
Championships and accomplishments
- All Star Wrestling
- British Women's Championship (four times)[24]
- German Stampede Wrestling
- GSW Women's Championship (one time)[25]
- Herts & Essex Wrestling
- HEW Women's Championship (three times)[26]
- New Horizons Pro Wrestling
- IndyGurlz Australia Championship (one time)[27]
- Premier Wrestling Federation
- PWF Ladies Tag Team Championship (one time)Britani Knight
- PWF Ladies Tag Team Championship (one time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 3 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2013[28]
- Ranked No. 3 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the
- Queens of Chaos
- Queens of Chaos Championship (one time)[3]
- Real Quality Wrestling
- RQW Women's Championship (one time)[3]
- Shimmer Women Athletes
- one time)[12]
- TNT Extreme Wrestling
- TNT Women's Championship (one time)
- Bellatrix Female Warriors
- World Association of Wrestling
- WAW Peoples Champion (one time, current)
References
- ^ a b "CageMatch profile" (in German). CageMatch.de. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ a b "EVE profile". Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Knight, Saraya". Shine Wrestling. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Colt Cabana's podcast, Art of Wrestling, episode 251.
- ^ Reslo programme guide (including listings for matches by Superflies, Jimmy Ocean and Ricky Knight with Saraya in their corner) ITV Wrestling, JNLister
- ^ "WAW profile". Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ British Women's title, Title Histories
- ^ a b Martin, Adam (28 March 2011). "Indy News #2: SHIMMER Vol. 37, 38, 39, 40 results". WrestleView. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2 October 2011). "Report of the SHIMMER Volume 41, 42 tapings". WrestleView. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ Csonka, Larry (2 October 2011). "Shimmer DVD Taping Results (Volume 43)". 411Mania. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ a b Martin, Adam (3 October 2011). "Shimmer Volume 43, 44 taping results". WrestleView. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ a b Cooper, Chad (19 March 2012). "Results of Shimmer Vol. 47 and 48 tapings". WrestleView. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Namako, Jason (6 April 2013). "4/6 Shimmer 53 iPPV Results: Secaucus, New Jersey". WrestleView. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Sweet Saraya: Profile & Match Listing". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Trionfo, Richard (2 October 2015). "COMPLETE SHINE 30 iPPV COVERAGE: ANYTHING GOES WITH SARAYA KNIGHT AND ALLYSIN KAY, SU YUNG VERSUS MADISON EAGLES, SANTANA DEFENDS THE TITLE VERSUS EVIE, THE STATUS OF THE TAG TEAM TITLES, AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Saxton, Bryon (25 July 2013). "Meet the first NXT Women's Champion: Paige". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ Harding, Robert (4 August 2015). "WWE: 10 takeaways from 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's interview with 2-time Divas Champion Paige". The Auburn Citizen. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Zak Zodiak's WAW profile". Freewebs.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "bellatrixuk.co.uk". bellatrixuk.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ Deacon, Michael (19 July 2012). "The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family, Channel 4, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ Ford, Rebecca; Ritman, Alex (7 February 2017). "Dwayne Johnson Gets in the Ring for 'Fighting With My Family' Wrestling Film (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Paige defiende a su madre, Saraya Knight, de las recientes acusaciones de abuso". 27 June 2020.
- ^ "British Women's Title". www.wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "GSW Ladies Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "HEW Championship history" (in German). Cagematch. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Knight, Saraya". New Horizons Pro Wrestling. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Female 50 for 2013". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ a b c "Saraya Knight | Bellatrix Elite - WAW Wrestling". wawuk.com. 15 April 2019.