1. Saraya-Jade Bevis is an English professional wrestler.
52 Facts About Saraya Bevis
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Saraya Bevis is known for her time in All Elite Wrestling, where she performed mononymously as Saraya, and in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Paige.
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Saraya Bevis was the youngest female champion in WWE history, a two-time WWE Divas Champion, and the inaugural NXT Women's Champion.
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Saraya Bevis remains the only woman to hold both a WWE and NXT Women's Championship simultaneously.
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In 2005, at the age of 13, Bevis made her debut under the ring name Britani Knight for her family's World Association of Wrestling promotion.
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Saraya Bevis went on to hold several championships on the European independent circuit.
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Saraya Bevis made her surprise debut on the main roster in 2014 and immediately won the Divas Championship, making her the youngest Divas Champion at the age of 21.
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In 2015 and 2016, Saraya Bevis went on hiatus due to injury, undergoing neck surgery in October 2016.
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Saraya Bevis suffered another neck injury in December 2017 that forced her into retirement.
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Saraya Bevis ranked No 1 in Pro Wrestling Illustrateds Female 50 in 2014, and was named Diva of the Year by Rolling Stone that same year.
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Saraya-Jade Bevis was born in Norwich on 17 August 1992, the daughter of professional wrestlers Julia Hamer-Bevis and Patrick Bevis.
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Saraya Bevis grew up in a council house in Norwich, where she attended The Hewett School.
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Saraya Bevis made her debut in 2005, at the age of 13, when her father, who was running a wrestling show, asked her to replace a wrestler who failed to turn up.
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Saraya Bevis's earliest recorded match was in April 2006 when she, using the ring name Britani Knight, teamed with her mother for a loss in a triple threat tag team match in World Association of Wrestling.
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Saraya Bevis began to compete for singles championships without much initial success.
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Saraya Bevis, again billed as Britani Knight, debuted for the American all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes on 26 March 2011 at the tapings of Volume 37 in Berwyn, Illinois.
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In October 2011 at Volume 42, the Knight Dynasty lost another Shimmer Tag Team Championship match against champions Ayako Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara when Saraya Bevis refused to help Britani.
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Saraya Bevis was first informed that there would be try-outs for WWE when a talent scout came to a show in England.
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Saraya Bevis was unsuccessful in her first try in November 2010, but succeeded in April 2011.
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In September 2011, Saraya Bevis signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to its then-developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling.
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Saraya Bevis made her debut for FCW at a house show on 5 January 2012, using the ring name Saraya.
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Saraya Bevis chose the name in homage to Paige Matthews from Charmed, who had "a butt chin like me".
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Saraya Bevis defeated Tamina Snuka and Alicia Fox en route to the final, in which she defeated Emma to become the inaugural champion.
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Saraya Bevis later explained that she had not failed a drug test, but that the suspension was due to a procedural issue.
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Saraya Bevis's father released a statement saying she had been prescribed medication for her neck injury.
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On 21 September 2022, Saraya Bevis made her debut for AEW at Grand Slam in Queens, New York.
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In late 2023, Saraya Bevis started to intervene in Cool Hand Ang and Soho's budding relationship after it was revealed he was her secret admirer.
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Saraya Bevis added Harley Cameron to the Outcasts as her puppet.
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Cameron kissed Parker behind Soho's back which Saraya Bevis was revealed to be the brains behind the operation.
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Saraya Bevis would interrupt the pre-show of All In with her entire family claiming to be neglected over the past year.
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At Collision Grand Slam, Saraya Bevis created a match stipulation, Saraya Bevis's Rules Match, where all the rules were in her favor.
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On 26 March 2025, Saraya Bevis announced her departure from AEW, ending her near three-year tenure with the promotion.
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On March 19,2023, Saraya Bevis was the subject of an episode of Biography: WWE Legends.
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Saraya Bevis guest starred on 14 January 2016 episode of the MTV series Ridiculousness.
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In March 2015, Saraya Bevis was featured in Smosh's 131st installment of Game Bang, along with Xavier Woods, Seth Rollins, and Daniel Bryan.
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In June 2015, Saraya Bevis became one of the judges on the sixth season of Tough Enough.
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On 3 August 2015, Saraya Bevis was a guest on Stone Cold Steve Austin's Stone Cold Podcast, which aired on the WWE Network.
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Saraya Bevis provided a voice role in the WWE Studios and Sony Pictures Animation film Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, which was released in 2017.
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Saraya Bevis was featured in the WWE Network special WWE Chronicle that premiered on 26 January 2019.
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On 6 February 2024, Saraya Bevis attended the Phoenix Suns vs Milwaukee Bucks NBA game, where she suplexed the Suns' gorilla mascot after helping with the halftime show.
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In September 2015, Saraya Bevis co-launched a coffee company called The Dark Gypsy with Blackcraft Cult clothing company owners Bobby Schubenski and Jim Somers.
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However, in October 2016, Saraya Bevis tweeted that she was no longer affiliated with the company.
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Saraya Bevis announced that she would extend her brand to a brick and mortar store.
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Saraya Bevis was engaged to American musician Kevin Skaff, best known as the guitarist of A Day to Remember, in early 2016; they split up at an unknown date.
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Saraya Bevis became engaged to Mexican wrestler Alberto Del Rio in October 2016, and referred to him as her husband during this time and many news outlets stated they had been married after a 5 month engagement, they ended their relationship in late 2017.
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From 2018 to December 2024, Saraya Bevis was in a relationship with American musician Ronnie Radke, best known as the lead singer of Falling in Reverse.
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Saraya Bevis has since appeared in two Falling in Reverse music videos and performed backing vocals on their song "Bad Guy".
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Saraya Bevis cites "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Alundra Blayze, Edge, Bret Hart, Lita, Bull Nakano, and Rikishi as some of her favourite wrestlers.
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Saraya Bevis suffers from scoliosis but was unaware that she had the condition until after signing with WWE, when a trainer noticed that her back looked "wrong".
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Saraya Bevis has several tattoos, one of which is dedicated to her younger brother who died when she was 13.
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Saraya Bevis responded that she was "looking into the future and being happy" and that she was hoping her "mistake could help people's future[s]".
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Saraya Bevis later revealed that she suffered from "stress-induced anorexia" and considered suicide due to the incident.