Julia Hamer-Bevis

Birthday: 1971-10-19
Birthplace: Penzance, Cornwall, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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

Credits

Year Title Character
2024-08-25 AEW All In: London - Zero Hour Sweet Saraya
2020-01-11 EVE Wrestle Queendom 3 Saraya Knight
2019-02-19 Headstrong Saraya Knight
2018-12-15 Blackcraft Wrestling: Spirits Of The Dead Saraya Knight
2018-08-24 Blackcraft Wrestling: Burning Bridges Saraya Knight
2018-07-07 RISE 9: RISE Of The Knockouts Saraya Knight
2018-04-15 SHIMMER Women Athletes Volume 104 Saraya Knight
2018-04-14 RISE 7: Sensation Saraya Knight
2016-11-12 SHIMMER Volume 87 Saraya Knight
2016-03-09 GWF Women's Wrestling Revolution 1 Sweet Saraya
2015-10-11 SHIMMER Volume 79 Saraya Knight
2015-10-10 SHIMMER Volume 76 Saraya Knight
2015-10-10 SHIMMER Volume 77 Saraya Knight
2015-10-02 SHINE 30 Sweet Saraya Knight
2015-04-12 SHIMMER Volume 74 Saraya Knight
2015-04-12 SHIMMER Volume 75 Saraya Knight
2015-04-11 Shimmer Volume 72 Saraya Knight
2015-04-03 SHINE 26 Sweet Saraya Knight
2014-10-19 SHIMMER Volume 70 Saraya Knight
2014-10-18 SHIMMER Volume 67 Saraya Knight
2014-04-18 SHINE 18 Sweet Saraya Knight
2013-04-19 SHINE 9 Saraya Knight
2012-10-19 SHINE 4 Saraya Knight
2011-04-09 EVE Championship Tournament - Day 2 Saraya Knight
2011-04-08 EVE Championship Tournament - Day 1 Saraya Knight
2011-03-26 SHIMMER Volume 37 Saraya Knight
2010-10-16 EVE The Sequel Saraya Knight
2010-05-08 EVE Debut Show Saraya Knight
2002-05-07 Flitterwochen im Treppenhaus