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Paige (wrestler)

British professional wrestler and actress

Saraya-Jade Bevis (born 17 August 1992) is an English professional wrestler currently she works for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Saraya.

Paige
Bevis in 2018
Birth nameSaraya Jade Bevis
Born (1992-08-17) 17 August 1992 (age 31)
Norwich, England
PartnerRicky Knight (2008–present)
Zak Zodiac (2008–present)
Roy Bevis (2010–present)
Ricky Knight Jr. (2018–present)
Children4
Parent(s)Ricky Knight and Sweet Saraya
RelativesRicky Knight (father)
Sweet Saraya (mother)
Zak Zodiac (brother)
Roy Bevis (half-brother)
Ricky Knight Jr. (nephew)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Britani Knight[1]
Paige[2][3]
Saraya[4][5]
Billed height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1][2][3]
Billed weight120 lb (54 kg)[1]
Billed fromNorwich, England[1][2][3]
Trained byJason Cross[6]
Ricky Knight[7][8]
Roy Bevis[7][8]
Sweet Saraya[6]
Zak Zodiac[7][8]
Debut2005[1][7]

She is also known for her time in the WWE where she wrestled under the ring name Paige. During her time in WWE, she was a two-time WWE Divas Champion and one-time NXT Women's Champion. She is also known under the ring name Britani Knight. She used that name while performing on the independent circuit. Bevis is a member of the British wrestling's Knight family which is made up of her real life family. It includes her parents, Saraya and Ricky, and her brother, Zak Zodiak

Career change

On 7 April 2014 episode of Raw, Paige made her main roster debut in the WWE. She gave her congratulations to WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee on her successful title defense at WrestleMania XXX. Lee challenged Paige to a match and put her championship on the line. In the match, Paige was able to defeat AJ and win her first Divas Championship in WWE. When she won the championship, she became the first female wrestler to hold a developmental (NXT Women's) and primary (WWE Divas) championship at the same time and also became the youngest Divas Champion.[9] On the 30 July 2014 episode of Raw, AJ Lee returned to the WWE and defeated Paige for the Divas Championship.[10]

Paige has since won multiple Divas and Raw Women's Division championships. She currently holds a title of General Manager, appointed by Daniel Bryan. [source?]

On 21 September 2022 at Grand Slam, Saraya made her debut for All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[11]

On 27 August at All In, Saraya won the AEW Women's World Championship. She defeated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., Toni Storm, and former champion Hikaru Shida in a four-way match in front of her home country fans.[12] On the October 10 episode of Dynamite, Saraya would lose the AEW Women's World Championship back to Shida.[13]

Other media change

In July 2012, Channel 4 made a documentary about Bevis and her family titled The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family.[14][15] The documentary was turned into the 2019 film Fighting with My Family, with Florence Pugh playing Bevis.[16]

Bevis has appeared in seven WWE video games. She made her in-game debut as a downloadable character in WWE 2K15,[17] and is featured as a playable character in WWE 2K16,[18] WWE 2K17,[19] WWE 2K18,[20]WWE 2K19[21] WWE 2K20.[22] and WWE 2K Battlegrounds

In October 2014, Bevis joined the cast of Total Divas, a reality television show produced by WWE and E!, for the second part of the show's third season, which began airing in 2015.[23] In June 2015, Bevis became one of the judges on the sixth season of Tough Enough.[24] On 3 August 2015, Bevis was a guest on Stone Cold Steve Austin's Stone Cold Podcast, which aired on the WWE Network.[25]

Bevis has appeared in two WWE Studios films: Santa's Little Helper, released in November 2015,[26][27] and Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon, in which she performed a voice role and was released in July 2016.[28] She also peformed a voice role in the WWE Studios and Sony Pictures Animation film Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, which was released in 2017.[29][30]

Bevis was featured in the WWE Network special WWE Chronicle that premiered on 26 January 2019.[31]

Personal life change

She is in a relationship with Ronnie Radke of Falling in Reverse and has appeared in the music video for their song "I'm Not a Vampire (Revamped)".[32] She also uses their song "Zombified" as her entrance theme in AEW.[33]

Films and television change

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Santa's Little Helper Eleanor USA TV movie[26][27]
2016 Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon Herself Voice performance
Straight-to-DVD[28][29]
2017 Surf's Up 2: WaveMania Paige
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Wrestlers: Fighting With My Family Herself Documentary
2015 WWE Tough Enough Judge Season 6
Conan Herself Season 5, episode 155
2015–2019 Total Divas Main cast (seasons 3–6; 8)
Guest (season 9)
2016 Ridiculousness Season 7, episode 12
2018–2019 Total Bellas Guest (seasons 3 & 4): 3 episodes
Miz & Mrs. Episode: "Proud Papa"
2019 What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage Episode: "Havenbrook"
2019–2020 WWE Backstage Contributor
2023 AEW All Access Main cast

Championships change

  • All Elite Wrestling
  • German Stampede Wrestling
    • GSW Ladies Championship (one time)[35]
  • Herts & Essex Wrestling
    • HEW Women's Championship (two times)[36]
  • Premier Wrestling Federation
    • PWF Ladies Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Sweet Saraya)[37]
  • Pro-Wrestling: EVE
    • Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship (one time)[38]
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • She was ranked #12 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2013.[39]
  • Real Deal Wrestling
    • RDW Women's Championship (one time)[40]
  • Real Quality Wrestling
    • RQW Women's Championship (one time)[41]
  • Swiss Championship Wrestling
    • SCW Ladies Championship (one time)[42]
  • World Association of Women's Wrestling
    • WAWW British Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Melodi)
    • WAWW Ladies Hardcore Championship (one time)
  • World Association of Wrestling
    • WAW British Ladies Championship (one time)[43]
  • WWE NXT
  • WWE

References change

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Britani Knight profile". Pro Wrestling: EVE. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Paige profile". Florida Championship Wrestling/NXT. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "WWE Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Martin, Adam (6 January 2012). "New UK Female Wrestler Debuts in FCW this week". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Wilkes, Joe. "Norwich wrestler Britani Knight aka Saraya-Jade Bevis signed to America's WWE proving ground, in Tampa, Florida". Norwich Evening News. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "A NEW PAIGE IN HISTORY – Interview with Paige (Issue 106 May 2014)". Fighting Spirit Magazine. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Wortman, James (14 May 2014). "Exclusive interview: How Paige became the youngest Divas Champion ever in only 7,903 days". World Wrestling Entertainment. pp. 1–3. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Saxton, Bryon (25 July 2013). "Meet the first NXT Women's Champion: Paige". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Raw results: Bryan's miracle continues, RVD returns, Cesaro switches allegiances and NXT standouts make an impact". WWE. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  10. ↑ "AJ Lee def. Paige to become the new Divas Champion". WWE. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  11. ↑ ""Saraya Makes AEW Debut On 9/21 Dynamite Grand Slam". Fightful. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  12. ↑ "AEW All In results: Powell's live review of MJF vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship, Will Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho, CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe for the Real World Title, Stadium Stampede". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Hikaru Shida Becomes Three-Time AEW Women's Champion On 10/10 AEW Dynamite". Fightful. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  14. ↑ Deacon, Michael (19 July 2012). "The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family, Channel 4, review". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  16. ↑ Ford, Rebecca; Ritman, Alex (7 February 2017). "Dwayne Johnson Gets in the Ring for 'Fighting With My Family' Wrestling Film (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  17. ↑ "2K Announces WWE 2K15 Downloadable Content and Season Pass Program". WWE.com. 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  18. ↑ "Superstars and Divas featured on WWE 2K16 roster list". WWE.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  19. ↑ "See who's on the WWE 2K17 Superstar roster". Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  20. ↑ Mazique, Brian. "'WWE 2K18' Roster Reveal Part 1: Paige And Sanity Highlight First Batch Of Superstars". Forbes. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  21. ↑ "WWE 2K19 Roster". WWE 2K. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  22. ↑ "WWE 2K20 Roster". WWE 2K. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  23. ↑ Mrosko, Geno. (20 October 2014). "Paige, Alicia Fox join cast of Total Divas". Cagesideseats.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  24. ↑ "Hulk Hogan, Chris Jericho, Paige and Daniel Bryan headline new season of WWE Tough Enough". WWE.com. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  25. ↑ "HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AWARD-WINNING WWE NETWORK'S STONE COLD PODCAST LIVE! AND LIVE! WITH CHRIS JERICHO". WWE. Archived from the original on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "WWE Studios announces 'Santa's Little Helper' with The Miz and Paige". WWE. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "The Miz, Paige and Annalynne McCord star in 'Santa's Little Helper'". WWE. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "See Scooby-Doo and WWE team up to solve another mystery now on Digital HD!". WWE.com. 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Middleton, Marc (1 March 2016). "WWE Studios Releasing New Animated Movie, Triple H And Others Voice Characters (Photos)". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  30. ↑ "WWE Superstars get animated in 'Surf's Up 2: WaveMania': photos". WWE. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  31. ↑ "Paige on WWE Chronicle". 26 January 2019. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  32. ↑ "Falling In Reverse Release Revamped Version Of 'I'm Not A Vampire' With Cinematic Music Video". Music Mayhem Magazine. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  33. ↑ "Saraya: WWE's Paige shocks fans in debut for rival firm AEW". BBC News. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  34. ↑ "AEW Women's World Championship history". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  35. ↑ "GSW Ladies Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  36. ↑ "HEW Women's Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  37. ↑ "PWF". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  38. ↑ "Championship Tournament Results!". Pro Wrestling EVE. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  39. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Female 50 for 2013". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  40. ↑ "RDW Women's Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  41. ↑ "HEW Final Fight - The Christmas Spectacular 2009". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  42. ↑ "Charity Night Fight Results 2011". Swiss Championship Wrestling (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  43. ↑ "Bellatrix British Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  44. ↑ "NXT Women's Championship - Paige (July 24, 2013 - April 24, 2014)". WWE. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  45. ↑ "Divas Championship - Paige (April 07, 2014 - June 30, 2014)". WWE. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved 2014-04-08.

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