Julia Hamer-Bevis
better known by her ring names Sweet Saraya and Saraya Knight, is an English professional wrestler and promoter. Hamer was born in Penzance, Cornwall. As a child, she was abused by her stepfather,and ran away from home at the age of 15. She lived on the streets and used public swimming pools to bathe herself. She was also raped and became a drug addict, later stating that she now has "no relationship" with her mother due to her mother's refusal to help her during this time. At the age of 18, she overdosed on pills and had her stomach pumped, which prompted her to get clean Hamer married professional wrestler Patrick Bevis, better known by his ring name Ricky Knight, in May 1990, adopting the hyphenated surname Hamer-Bevis as a result.Together they have two children, both of whom are professional wrestlers: Saraya-Jade, who performs in WWE under the ring name Paige, and Zak, who performs as Zak Zodiac. She is also the step-mother of Roy Bevis, who performs as Zebra Kid and Roy Knight. Hamer-Bevis once wrestled while she was unknowingly seven months pregnant with Saraya-Jade.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
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- 2024 · AEW All In: London - Zero Hour as Sweet Saraya
- 2020 · The Rise and Fall of Blackcraft Wrestling as Herself / "Saraya Knight"
- 2020 · EVE Wrestle Queendom 3 as Saraya Knight
- 2019 · Headstrong as Saraya Knight
- 2019 · Fighting with My Family as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Blackcraft Wrestling: Spirits Of The Dead as Saraya Knight
- 2018 · Blackcraft Wrestling: Burning Bridges as Saraya Knight
- 2018 · RISE 9: RISE Of The Knockouts as Saraya Knight
- 2018 · SHIMMER Women Athletes Volume 104 as Saraya Knight
- 2018 · RISE 7: Sensation as Saraya Knight
- 2016 · SHIMMER Volume 87 as Saraya Knight
- 2016 · GWF Women's Wrestling Revolution 1 as Sweet Saraya
- 2015 · SHIMMER Volume 79 as Saraya Knight
- 2015 · SHIMMER Volume 77 as Saraya Knight
- 2015 · SHIMMER Volume 76 as Saraya Knight
- 2015 · SHINE 30 as Sweet Saraya Knight
- 2015 · SHIMMER Volume 74 as Saraya Knight
- 2015 · SHIMMER Volume 75 as Saraya Knight
- 2015 · Shimmer Volume 72 as Saraya Knight
- 2015 · SHINE 26 as Sweet Saraya Knight
- 2014 · SHIMMER Volume 70 as Saraya Knight
- 2014 · SHIMMER Volume 67 as Saraya Knight
- 2014 · SHINE 18 as Sweet Saraya Knight
- 2013 · Total Divas as Herself
- 2013 · SHINE 9 as Saraya Knight
- 2012 · SHINE 4 as Saraya Knight
- 2012 · The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family as Herself (Julia Knight / Sweet Saraya)
- 2011 · EVE Championship Tournament - Day 2 as Saraya Knight
- 2011 · EVE Championship Tournament - Day 1 as Saraya Knight
- 2011 · SHIMMER Volume 37 as Saraya Knight
- 2010 · EVE The Sequel as Saraya Knight
- 2010 · EVE Debut Show as Saraya Knight
- 2002 · Flitterwochen im Treppenhaus as