Stevie Knight was born on 4 February 1976 and is a former English professional wrestler.
25 Facts About Stevie Knight
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Stevie Knight began training in April 1991 and started putting up rings and taking photographs for promoter Max Crabtree.
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Stevie Knight made his professional debut in June 1991 at Whitby, Yorkshire, at the young age of 14.
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Stevie Knight wrestled extensively in and around Europe for the following ten years working as many as 10 shows a week for various promoters.
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In 1997, Knight travelled to Germany and France and a tour of the Middle East.
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Stevie Knight wrestled a match for the UWA in a three-way with Doug Williams and Kerry Cabrero.
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Stevie Knight wrestled in the United States of America for 12 weeks in late 1999, picking up extra bookings and the offer of work in Puerto Rico.
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Stevie Knight needed surgery to remove fragment of bones from his spinal column.
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Stevie Knight worked with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance from 2003 to 2006.
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Stevie Knight became a regular with the FWA as a heel, appearing at Hotwired 2003 and as a guest ring announcer at FWA British Uprising 2 on 18 October 2003, where he insulted female wrestler Nikita.
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In July 2004, Stevie Knight began a quest to win back the tag team title, which saw him try out various partners including Dirk Feelgood.
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In 2005, Stevie Knight embarked on a quest to win the FWA British Flyweight Title, even though his ground-based 'old school' brawling and scientific wrestling style were not exactly the typical lucha libre style used by most flyweight wrestlers.
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On 18 June 2005, Stevie Knight turned 'babyface' after he tried to retire from wrestling, only to be challenged to an FWA Title match by his former partner Alex Shane, which Stevie Knight lost.
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Stevie Knight agreed to continue his career for one more match, and beat Shane in a non-title lumberjack match back at The Dome on 30 July 2005.
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On 4 March 2006 Stevie Knight made a surprise return to the FWA and attacked Johnny Angel at War On The Shore 2.
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On 13 May 2006 Stevie Knight captained FWA to reclaim the Cup from Brookside's ASW squad, although Stevie Knight himself tapped out to Brookside in a Survivor-style elimination match due to an ankle injury.
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Stevie Knight resumed his feud with Johnny Angel and they wrestled at Cleethorpes on 23 September 2006 and at Worcester on 19 November 2006.
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The feud was decided in an 'I Quit' match at Morecambe on 3 February 2007 when Stevie Knight lost, the referee stopping the match after Stevie Knight was knocked cold by an Angel tombstone piledriver and had to be helped from the ring.
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Stevie Knight, who had been omitted from the XWA's team to defend the British Inter-Federation Cup against WAW because XWA owner Greg Lambert was concerned over Stevie Knight's various injury problems, turned heel on this show by blasting Darren Burridge with a kendo stick, costing XWA the Cup.
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Stevie Knight received a blistering heel reaction from the Morecambe crowd on 29 June 2007, when he pinned Declan O'Connor and declared himself 'Mr Deal Or No Deal'.
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On 5 July 2008 Stevie Knight was the final survivor in a Final Four elimination match at XWA Vendetta against Sam Slam, Johnny Phere and 'The Wonderkid' Jonny Storm, lastly pinning Storm after a series of piledrivers, becoming the British Heavyweight Champion for the first time.
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On 6 September 2008, Stevie Knight lost the title to Sam Slam and announced retirement.
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Stevie Knight returned to The Dome for Vendetta 2009 for a farewell match against 'RockStar' Spud and was given an emotional send-off by the XWA roster before going to live in Cyprus.
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Stevie Knight was the regional promoter for several FWA shows at the Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes from 2003 to 2006.
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In July 2007, Stevie Knight appeared on Britain's biggest game show Deal or No Deal on Channel 4.