Sweet Saraya
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Julia Hamer is an English professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Sweet Saraya.

Professional wrestling career

In 1990 Hamer left her home in Halifax to take up employment as a chef at the Pontins holiday camp in for the summer season. One day while working in the restaurant she met Ricky Knight, a professional wrestler, part of the cabaret circuit. The two became inseparable, and Julia soon left Pontins to travel with Rick full-time. She became involved in making wrestling costumes and putting the rings up and down. A few months later, Ricky said he wanted her to be part of the show, as a manager in his corner. At Camber Sands, Julia made her debut as Saraya. When the summer season finished Julia joined the Sensational Superflys (Ricky & Jimmy Ocean) as their manager. In 1993 Ricky put it to Saraya that she may want to wrestle. She readily agreed, and was a quick learner, debuting in later that year against Nikki Best.

Shimmer Women Athletes

Saraya made her debut for the all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes
SHIMMER Women Athletes
Shimmer Women Athletes is an American, Chicago based female independent professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005...

 on March 26, 2011, at the tapings of Volume 37, along her daughter and tag team partner Britani Knight
Britani Knight
Saraya-Jade Bevis is an English professional wrestler better known by her ring name Britani Knight, who is currently signed to WWE.-Professional wrestling career:...

. Saraya and Britani were managed by the returning Rebecca Knox
Rebecca Knox
Rebecca Quin is an Irish former professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Rebecca Knox.Quin began training as a professional wrestler under Fergal Devitt and Paul Tracey in June 2002, and made her debut five months later. Initially working in Ireland and occasionally teaming with her...

 and made an open challenge, which was answered by Nikki Roxx
Nicole Raczynski
Nicole Raczynski is an American professional wrestler, best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Roxxi...

 and Ariel
Ana Rocha
Ana Rocha is an Portuguese-American professional wrestler and manager known by her ring name "The Portuguese Princess" Ariel, who has competed in Northeastern independent promotions including Ring of Honor, IWA Mid-South and the National Wrestling Alliance.-Early life and career:Born in São...

. The Knight Dynasty won the match via DQ after Saraya tried to hit Ariel with brass knuckles and Ariel grabbed them and got caught hitting Saraya with them. Later that same day, at the tapings of Volume 38, the Knight Dynasty unsuccessfully challenged the Seven Star Sisters (Hiroyo Matsumoto
Hiroyo Matsumoto
is a joshi puroresu wrestler in Japan who wrestled for Mariko Yoshida's Ibuki promotion. Emi Sakura gave her the nickname of Lady Destroyer because Hiroyo broke a wall in the Ichigaya arena during her Ice Ribbon debut...

 and Misaki Ohata) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship
Shimmer Tag Team Championship
The Shimmer Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Shimmer Women Athletes...

. Later that same day, at the tapings of Volume 38, the Knight Dynasty unsuccessfully challenged the Seven Star Sisters (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship. During the October 1 and 2, 2011, tapings Britani entered a losing streak, which eventually caused Saraya to turn on her. Saraya and Britani faced each other in a No Disqualification match on Volume 44, where Britani managed to pick up the win in her final Shimmer appearance, before heading to Florida Championship Wrestling
Florida Championship Wrestling
Championship Wrestling from Florida was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida wrestling office existing from 1961, when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion, until 1987, when it closed down. It is also referred to as Florida Championship Wrestling...

.

Personal life

Julia is married to Ricky Knight and together they have 2 kids, who are both professional wrestlers Britani Knight
Britani Knight
Saraya-Jade Bevis is an English professional wrestler better known by her ring name Britani Knight, who is currently signed to WWE.-Professional wrestling career:...

 and Zak Zodiac.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
    • Superplex
  • Signature moves Moves
    • Samoan drop
    • Facebuster
      Facebuster
      A facebuster, also known as a faceplant, is generally a takedown move in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler forces his/her opponent down to the mat face-first without involving a headlock or facelock...

    • Sitout powerbomb

  • Managers
    Manager (professional wrestling)
    In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...

    • Rebecca Knox
      Rebecca Knox
      Rebecca Quin is an Irish former professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Rebecca Knox.Quin began training as a professional wrestler under Fergal Devitt and Paul Tracey in June 2002, and made her debut five months later. Initially working in Ireland and occasionally teaming with her...


Championships and accomplishments

  • Herts & Essex Wrestling
    • HEW Women's Championship (1 time)
  • Queens of Chaos
    Queens of Chaos
    Queens of Chaos is a French based female independent professional wrestling promotion created in 2005. Queens of Chaos promotes its own shows but also showcases matches on its parent promotion Fighting Spirit Federation, which mainly deals with the male side of professional wrestling...

    • World Queens of Chaos Championship (1 time)
  • Premier Wrestling Federation
    • PWF Ladies Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Britani Knight
  • Real Quality Wrestling
    Real Quality Wrestling
    Real Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...

    • RQW Women's Championship
      RQW Women's Championship
      The Real Quality Wrestling Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Real Quality Wrestling. It is competed for in independent promotions across Britain and Europe, most notably for RQW and its subordinate promotions International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, World...

       (1 time)
  • World Association of Wrestling
    • WAWW British Championship (1 time, current)

External links

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