About Sweet Saraya
Born 1971. Sweet Saraya is a British professional wrestler and film director.
Shimmer Women Athletes and Shine Wrestling (2011–2020) Saraya made her debut for the Berwyn, Illinois based all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes on 26 March 2011, at the tapings of Volume 37, alongside her daughter and tag team partner Britani Knight. Saraya and Britani were managed by the returning Rebecca Knox and made an open challenge, which was answered by Nikki Roxx and Ariel. The Knight Dynasty won the match via disqualification after Saraya tried to hit Ariel with brass knuckles and Ariel grabbed them and got caught hitting Saraya with them. Later that same day, at the tapings of Volume 38, the Knight Dynasty unsuccessfully challenged the Seven Star Sisters (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship. Saraya and Britani faced each other in a no disqualification match on Volume 44, where Britani managed to pick up the win in her final Shimmer appearance, before heading to WWE.
Knight made her first defense of the title at the Shine Wrestling SHINE #4 iPPV in Ybor City, Florida on 19 October, defeating Jazz, and again at All American Wrestling (AAW) in Berwyn on 26 October, against MsChif. Knight successfully defended her Shimmer Championship during the October 2012 tapings, defeating Athena on Volume 49, Kellie Skater, MsChif and Hiroyo Matsumoto in a four-way elimination match on Volume 51, and in a rematch with Cheerleader Melissa on Volume 52. On 6 April 2013, at Volume 53, Knight lost the Shimmer Championship back to Cheerleader Melissa in a steel cage match. At Volume 65, Knight teamed up with Rhia O'Reilly to unsuccessfully challenge Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship. In October, Knight formed a tag team with Mayumi Ozaki, and the duo would defeat Kana and LuFisto at Volume 68, and would unsuccessfully challenge Kellie Skater and Tomoko Nakagawa for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship at Volume 69 in a no disqualification tag team match.
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 "Bellatrix" was held in March and was main evented by Busty Keegan teaming with Destiny to face "The Twisted Sisters" of Sweet Saraya and EWW Women's Champions Skarlett in a 2 out of 3 falls tag team match, which The Twisted Sisters defeated Keegan and Destiny 2 falls to 1. At the company's third show in June, Saraya unsuccessfully challenged Liberty for the British Championship, a title Liberty won from Knight's daughter Britani Knight. In September 2012, WAWW held The Queen of the Ring Tournament featuring Knight, Skarlett, Destiny, Lady Lori, Violet O'Hara, Miss Mina, Chanel and Penelope. The finals saw Destiny face Knight with Destiny victorious after interference from Jetta, who then brawled with Knight, causing the WAW roster to separate them.
Personal life Hamer married professional wrestler Patrick Bevis, better known by his ring name Ricky Knight, For a time, WWE Hall of Famer Jake "The Snake" Roberts lived with the family. The family runs the World Association of Wrestling (WAW) promotion in Norwich. She owns and operates Bellatrix Female Warriors, a women's wrestling promotion also based in Norwich.
In July 2012, Channel 4 produced a documentary about the Knights entitled The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family. 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.
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. She then returned to professional wrestling in December 2020, wrestling for WAW.
Championships and accomplishments All Star Wrestling British Women's Championship (4 times) German Stampede Wrestling GSW Women's Championship (1 time) Herts & Essex Wrestling HEW Women's Championship (3 times) New Horizons Pro Wrestling IndyGurlz Australia Championship (1 time) Premier Wrestling Federation PWF Ladies Tag Team Championship (1 time) Queens of Chaos Queens of Chaos Championship (1 time) Real Quality Wrestling RQW Women's Championship (1 time) Bellatrix European Championship (2 times, current) Bellatrix British Championship (2 times) Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2025 World Association of Wrestling WAW Peoples Championship (1 time, current)
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Sweet Saraya?
British professional wrestler
When was Sweet Saraya born?
Sweet Saraya was born on 19 October 1971 in Penzance.
What is Sweet Saraya's occupation?
Sweet Saraya is a professional wrestler and film director.
What nationality is Sweet Saraya?
Sweet Saraya is British.
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