Sweet Saraya is always vocal about how proud she is of Paige, and she recently discussed this with The Sun! She also talks about the possibility of a full series about her family. You can check out the article in full, below.

THE MUM of the girl tipped to be the WWE’s next hottest Diva has spoken of her pride in an interview with SunSport.

Julia Hamer-Bevis, better known as female wrestler Sweet Saraya, is well known on the UK scene as part of the Knight dynasty along with husband ‘Rowdy’ Ricky Knight and three wrestling children, Zac, Roy and Britani.

They recently starred in a Channel 4 documentary that followed their children trying out for WWE, which ended with Britani getting signed and rechristened Paige ahead of sure-fire US stardom.

And Shimmer World Champion Saraya revealed that the one-off show maybe turned into a full series.

She told us: “The documentary came about when the producer/director Max Fisher contacted us. He is a huge fan of Ricky’s and wanted to do something with him.

“But when he talked to us and found out about the whole family being involved in wrestling it expanded.

“The upcoming WWE trials made it interesting too. I’d love to see it released on DVD, but for now it looks like it may become a series.”

Saraya added: “Ricky and I love the fact that our family followed us into wrestling and love it as much as we do. We are especially proud that they have made a living out of the job and that they have excelled too.

“I was there when Britani (Paige) was told. It was amazing, she was bouncing off the walls. We as a family were buzzing for her, but inside we all knew we would have to lose her to the States.

“We knew she was going to be huge and are so proud. Now it is the rest of the world’s turn to find that out.

“It is the boys turn to go for it next. We are all rooting for them to follow their sister to the WWE.”

Speaking about the scene in Britain, Saraya is confident that indie promotions such as her husband Ricky’s Norfolk-based WAW will continue to thrive thanks to hard work.

She told us: “Crowd wise, Scotland is doing really well and selling out. Up north the houses are quite big too. In East Anglia it’s profitable, but the work that has to go into getting the bums on seats is endless.

“We have survived as a company since 1994, so we know our market and our shows at Epic Studios in Norwich are a huge attraction.

“What everyone has to understand is wrestling’s popularity turns around every five years. There is a bumper year that tails off over a period of time then it rejuvenates itself.

“It is how it has always been, but every show is a gamble and its one we are willing to keep taking.”

The Krupy is back with another great interview, this time with Paige’s mother, Sweet Saraya! In the interview she mentions Paige throughout, so take a look at what she had to say and also check out Art of Wrestling’s awesome site!

The Krupy: Please tell us what some of your favourite matches have been from your career.

Saraya Knight: Damn, I’ve had so many, I obviously loved working Luna Vachon who was an idol of mine, and Karma was cool, wrestling Yoshida was amazing!! Wesna I think was my most memorable as it was outside in a thunderstorm, with torrential rain and a vinyl canvass, and we still pulled the crowd in, it was just after my return from the knee injury. I always adored wrestling my daughter Saraya-Jade, as she is a fantastic opponent. We had a great match in Norway and she beat me with her finisher the Rampaige on her first attempt ..the bitch! She knocked me out!!

The Krupy: Where does the name Sweet Saraya come from?

Saraya Knight: I thought up the name when I was about 16 years old, I was moshing in a metalclub and the DJ said that was the latest song by Slayer, I was pissed and thought he said Saraya, and loved it as a name, and decided if I ever had a baby girl I would name her Saraya, but my wrestling career came first so I took it, and Sweet was added later by Orig Williams a Bigtime Welsh Promoter who put me into his magazine to the headline ‘Sour Touch from the Sweet Saraya’ but I still got my little girl with the name!!

The Krupy: What will be the lasting legacy for Sweet Saraya?

Saraya Knight: My children will be my legacy and their children will be theirs as the next generation of Knights are now already breaking through!

The Krupy: Since your SHIMMER debut, I’m a huge fan of your daughter Paige. She’s now doing very well in WWE, so I want to ask you, How it feels to see your daughter shine in the biggest wrestling company on this planet?

Saraya Knight: There isn’t a drug that could top the buzz I get when I watch her, She is one of my heros and I adore her for staying the same and not letting anything turn her head. She is and will always be my little girl and I wish I could bottle her aura I would make a fortune.

The Krupy: Please choose a few words to best describe these people:

Saraya Knight: Paige – Phenomenal

Next Wednesday at 10PM, Channel 4 will finally be airing their brand new TV Series on the Knight family. Paige’s mother spoke with TV Choice Magazine and mentioned her daughter. You can check out the full interview at the link below in this article.

In the programme, we watch your children Zak and Saraya try out for WWE. While it’s Zak who seems to want it more, it’s Saraya who gets in…
It broke his heart, but he was so proud of Saraya. Zak has always wanted to be a wrestler. He used to throw himself out of his cot at seven months and at nine months old, he was dropping elbows onto his dad. I felt Zak’s devastation that he didn’t make it. But they’ve told him there’s a place for him, so when he tries again in November (2012) he’s got as much chance as his sister. He was crushed, but he’s back on the circuit now and his heart is back in it, and he can’t wait. He and Saraya are so close. They talk on Skype every day. I thought Saraya going to Florida would break up the family unit, but it’s made us stronger and prouder. We feel like we’re walking on air. Zak and his brother Roy are only a short step away.

We see you waving Saraya (pictured left) off at the airport and it’s very emotional…
I haven’t seen it yet! I’ll probably end up crying all the way through it when I watch it. I remember howling like a banshee. Even talking about it now, my throat is constricting a bit. As a mum, I want to put her in a little box and wrap her up and protect her. But that wouldn’t allow her to be herself. This is her life now and I’ve done the hard bit. I’ve got her here safely and now it’s down to her to make her own mistakes. But I don’t think this is going to be a mistake. I think this is going to be the making of her.

And how is she getting on over there, because she was very homesick when she first arrived wasn’t she?
Oh she was unbelievably homesick. We were getting around 16 or 17 phone calls a day. And I remember saying to her that I’d send money over and she could buy a ticket home. But she had friends going over to see her and then I was going over, and then it was Wrestlemania. So as much as she was homesick and wanted to come home, she was defiant and stubborn enough to say, ‘No, I only get one shot and I’m not going to come home and sit there regretting it because of homesickness.’ Within a month, she was sending us emails about how happy she was. She sent a beautiful email the other day and the whole family sat and cried. She said that she can’t believe at 19, she’s living her dream, which we made possible for her.

You can see how proud you are of her when you’re watching her first fight on TV…
That was so strange. She’s our little girl, our little princess. But now we’re seeing her transform from a teenager into a young woman. It’s amazing. Your stomach goes, your heart pounds and your head goes dizzy. Pride is such an amazing thing. She doesn’t belong to her dad and I anymore, she now belongs to the world. They’d better treat her right. She’s an amazing, amazing girl, and a b****y good wrestler, too. But they’re all great kids.

The WWE gave her a new name, didn’t they?
Yes. Her birth name is Saraya-Jade, and then we named her Britani Knight, which is an anagram of the word Britain, which we thought would be a good fighting name for her. But they wanted to put their stamp on her, so they named her Paige.

Related Links:
Website: TV Choice Magazine Interview with Julia Knight