Paige
Saraya-Jade Bevis (born 17 August 1992) is an English professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE where she performs under the ring name Paige.
Bevis made her debut in 2006 in the World Association Of Wrestling, a promotion that her family runs, as Britani Knight. She went on to hold several regional championships on independent circuits inside and outside of England. In 2011, she signed a contract with WWE and eventually debuted on WWE's main roster in April 2014 and immediately won the WWE Divas Championship. Still currently holding the Divas Championship, she was also the inaugural NXT Women's Champion of the company's developmental branch NXT, at one point holding both titles concurrently.
Early life
Bevis was born and raised in Norwich, England. She grew up with her father, Ricky Knight and her mother, Sweet Saraya, who unintentionally wrestled while she was seven months pregnant.Bevis said that she was scared of wrestling because of the injuries her family received, but she was intrigued following their footsteps.When Bevis was 10 years old, her father ran a training school, the World Association Of Wrestling (WAW) Academy every month. She did that in three years, before making her debut.
When I got a little older, like, 10 or 11, my dad would run a training school every month, teaching people how to become wrestlers. I would get in the ring now and again and mess around with one of my brothers, and he’d teach me some stuff. I did that for a couple of years, until I was 13. ”
Professional wrestling career
World Association Of Wrestling and various promotions (2006–2011)
She made her debut in 2006, at the age of 13 with her father running the show when one of wrestlers did not show up. Bevis with her ring name Britani Knight teamed her mother, Sweet Saraya in a triple threat tag team match in a loss.Knight would then allied Melodi in creation of a tag team, The Norfolk Dolls.Because of their winning streak in the women's tag team division, they won the World Association of Women's Wrestling (WAWW) Tag Team Title in October 2007,but it became inactive due to the lack of title defenses.After sending résumés to numerous companies, she traveled around the world, even though she was not getting paid that much.
Knight competed in singles competition as she had a chance to win the World Wide Wrestling League (W3L) Women's Title, but lost to Sara in the finals.In December 2007, Knight took part in a tournament where the winner would become the first WAWW British Champion, she made it all the way to the final but was eliminated by Jetta.Knight then lost a three way match in August 2008 where the winner would become the number one contender for the RQW Women's Championship with her mother as the guest referee.On August 2009, Knight defeated her mother, Sweet Saraya, in a best of three match to become the Herts and Essex (HEW) Women's Champion. She was also victorious against her for the WAWW British Title.After that, Knight captured the Real Deal Wrestling (RDW) Women's Title in an elimination match and the RQW Women's Title by winning over Jetta in a champion vs. champion match.On May 2010, Knight with her mother challenged Amazon and Ananya for the PWF Ladies Tag Team Title which they won. On October 2010, Knight took part in a one night ladies tournament in which she achieved victorious by defeating Sweet Saraya. Once again, she took on her mother but this time it was for the HEW Women's Championship but her mother won.On 11 November 2011, Knight won an elimination match to become the first WAWW Hardcore Champion. However, her jubilation was to be short lived as she lost the WAWW British Championship a few days later to Liberty.
Bevis made her debut in 2006 in the World Association Of Wrestling, a promotion that her family runs, as Britani Knight. She went on to hold several regional championships on independent circuits inside and outside of England. In 2011, she signed a contract with WWE and eventually debuted on WWE's main roster in April 2014 and immediately won the WWE Divas Championship. Still currently holding the Divas Championship, she was also the inaugural NXT Women's Champion of the company's developmental branch NXT, at one point holding both titles concurrently.
Early life
Bevis was born and raised in Norwich, England. She grew up with her father, Ricky Knight and her mother, Sweet Saraya, who unintentionally wrestled while she was seven months pregnant.Bevis said that she was scared of wrestling because of the injuries her family received, but she was intrigued following their footsteps.When Bevis was 10 years old, her father ran a training school, the World Association Of Wrestling (WAW) Academy every month. She did that in three years, before making her debut.
When I got a little older, like, 10 or 11, my dad would run a training school every month, teaching people how to become wrestlers. I would get in the ring now and again and mess around with one of my brothers, and he’d teach me some stuff. I did that for a couple of years, until I was 13. ”
Professional wrestling career
World Association Of Wrestling and various promotions (2006–2011)
She made her debut in 2006, at the age of 13 with her father running the show when one of wrestlers did not show up. Bevis with her ring name Britani Knight teamed her mother, Sweet Saraya in a triple threat tag team match in a loss.Knight would then allied Melodi in creation of a tag team, The Norfolk Dolls.Because of their winning streak in the women's tag team division, they won the World Association of Women's Wrestling (WAWW) Tag Team Title in October 2007,but it became inactive due to the lack of title defenses.After sending résumés to numerous companies, she traveled around the world, even though she was not getting paid that much.
Knight competed in singles competition as she had a chance to win the World Wide Wrestling League (W3L) Women's Title, but lost to Sara in the finals.In December 2007, Knight took part in a tournament where the winner would become the first WAWW British Champion, she made it all the way to the final but was eliminated by Jetta.Knight then lost a three way match in August 2008 where the winner would become the number one contender for the RQW Women's Championship with her mother as the guest referee.On August 2009, Knight defeated her mother, Sweet Saraya, in a best of three match to become the Herts and Essex (HEW) Women's Champion. She was also victorious against her for the WAWW British Title.After that, Knight captured the Real Deal Wrestling (RDW) Women's Title in an elimination match and the RQW Women's Title by winning over Jetta in a champion vs. champion match.On May 2010, Knight with her mother challenged Amazon and Ananya for the PWF Ladies Tag Team Title which they won. On October 2010, Knight took part in a one night ladies tournament in which she achieved victorious by defeating Sweet Saraya. Once again, she took on her mother but this time it was for the HEW Women's Championship but her mother won.On 11 November 2011, Knight won an elimination match to become the first WAWW Hardcore Champion. However, her jubilation was to be short lived as she lost the WAWW British Championship a few days later to Liberty.
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