Name: Saraya Bevis
Lived: 17 August 1992 – still alive
Film dates: 2005 to 2014, mostly 2010 to 2014
Film made in 2019
This is the story of the WWE wrestler known as Paige. The young woman from
Norwich had a whirlwind career, leading to winning the WWE
women's championship
Saraya started wrestling when she was 13. Her parents and her two elder
brothers were all wrestlers in the family owned business, the World
Association of Wrestling. In 2011 she and her brother Zak auditioned for the
WWE in London. Saraya was accepted, Zak wasn't. This was heart-breaking for
both of them. It had been Zak's dream all his life to join the WWE. It hurt
Saraya because she loved her brother and didn't want to be separated from him.
The training in Florida is hard. At first Saraya, who's now taken the name
Paige, isolates herself from the other female trainees. She's the only woman
from a wrestling family. The others are models or cheerleaders.
People who don't understand professional wrestling say that it's fake. It's
not fake, it's scripted. The level of athletic prowess needed to perform in
the ring is immense. Despite Saraya's former experiences in England she had
difficulty getting through the training programme.
The film ends with Paige's debut on Monday Night Raw on 7th April 2014. It's
unusual for a true story to be made so soon after the real events. Florence
Pugh does an excellent job portraying Paige. She had help and coaching from
the real Paige. Several real wrestlers appear in the film, including the Rock
(Dwayne Johnson), the Miz and the Big Show.
Success Rate: + 1.8
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