Paige Saraya - Jade Bevis ( 17 August 1992 ) is an English professional wrestler and actress currently signed to WWE under the ring name Paige , performing on the " Raw " brand . She is a two - time Divas Champion and was the inaugural NXT Women ' s Champion in WWE ' s developmental branch , NXT . She is the only person to have held both championships concurrently , and as of September 2016 , her 308 - day reign as the NXT Women ' s Champion is the longest in the title ' s history . In 2005 , at the age of 13 , Bevis made her debut in the World Association of Wrestling , a promotion run by her family , under the ring name Britani Knight . She went on to hold several championships on independent circuit s within Europe . In 2011 , she signed a contract with WWE and started wrestling within its developmental systems , eventually debuting on WWE ' s main roster in April 2014 . In her debut match on the main roster , she won the Divas Championship , becoming the youngest champion in the title ' s history at the age of 21 . Early life . Bevis is part of a professional wrestling family . Both her mother and father , known as Sweet Saraya and Ricky Knight respectively , are professional wrestlers , as are her older brothers , Roy and Zak . The family run the World Association of Wrestling ( WAW ) promotion . In July 2012 , Channel 4 produced a documentary about the Knights entitled " The Wrestlers : Fighting with My Family " . Professional wrestling career . World Association of Wrestling ( 2006 – 2011 ) . Singles competition ( 2006 – 2011 ) . Bevis was trained at the WAW Academy by her family , Klondyke Kate and Jason Cross . She made her debut in 2006 for World Association Of Wrestling ( WAW ) when she teamed up with her mother , Sweet Saraya and lost to Destiny and The Pink Lady , Kharisma and Pixie were also involved . During her time at WAW she would team up with and take on various members of her close family . In December 2007 , Knight took part in a tournament where the winner would become the first WAWW British Champion , she made it all the way to the final but was eliminated by Jetta . Knight would also lose a fatal four way match for the championship which included Jetta , Sweet Saraya and her former tag team partner , Melodi . In Augest 2008 , Knight lost a three way match to Jetta where the winner would become the number one contender to the RQW Women ' s Championship . On Augest 31 , 2009 , Knight defeated her mother , Sweet Saraya , in a best of three match to become the WAWW British Champion . In the rematch the result was the same , two pinfalls for Knight and one for Saraya . In 2010 , she took part in one night ladies tournament which she won by defeating Sweet Saraya . Once again , she took on Saraya but this time it was for the HEW Women ' s Championship and this time Saraya won . On November 11 , 2011 , Knight won an elimination match to become the first WAWW Hardcore Champion . However , her jubilation was to be short lived as she lost the WAWW British Championship a few days later to Liberty . The Norfolk Dolls ( 2006 – 2008 ) . Bevis , using the name Britani Knight , would begin to team up with Melodi to form the Norfolk Dolls . In their first match together in June , they lost to Nikki Best and The Pink Lady . The Norfolk Dolls would go on a large winning streak , if you discount handicapped matches , remaining undefeated until the beginning of 2007 in tag team competition . During this time they would compete not only for WAW but also Premier Promotions and others . At World Association Of Women ' s Wrestling , the female only side project of WAW , the Norfolk Dolls defeated the Legion of Womb to become the first WAWW Tag Team Champions , they held the championship for about a year before vacating it . Their final match together as a tag team took place in French promotion International Catch Wrestling Alliance where they lost to Bulla Punk and Sweet Saraya . Pro - Wrestling : EVE ( 2010 – 2011 ) . Bevis , using the ring name Britani Knight , made her debut for the European all - female promotion on 8 May 2010 , along with her mother Saraya Knight . She did not start well for the promotion ; although she appeared in the main event at the first taping , she lost to Greek wrestler Blue Nikita . She also lost to Jetta in what was purportedly her opponent ' s last tour of wrestling . On 16 October 2010 she had her first win against Shanna . On 8 April 2011 she participated in a two - night tournament to crown the first ever Pro - Wrestling : EVE Champion . In the first night , she won a Last Chance Battle Royal , then defeated Jenny Sjödin in the quarter final match . The next day , she defeated Jetta in the semi - final match , and later in the finals defeated Nikki Storm to win the Pro Wrestling EVE Championship . On 4 June 2011 at the " XWA War On The Shore 7 " show , she lost the Pro Wrestling EVE Championship to Sjödin . Shimmer Women Athletes ( 2011 ) . Bevis ( again billed as Britani Knight ) made her United States wrestling debut for the all - female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes on 26 March 2011 , at the tapings of " Volume 37 " , alongside her mother and tag team partner Saraya Knight . She and her mother ( billed as the Knight Dynasty ) were managed by the returning Rebecca Knox and made an open challenge , which was answered by Nikki Roxx and Ariel . The Knight Dynasty won the match via disqualification 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 and Misaki Ohata ) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship . Prior to reporting to Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) , Knight took part in her final Shimmer tapings on the 1st and 2 October 2011 . After several losses , which included the Knight Dynasty again failing to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship , Saraya slapped Knight . This resulted in Knight brawling with her mother , before challenging her to a match . On " Volume 44 " , Knight wrestled her final Shimmer match , defeating Saraya in a No Disqualification match . WWE ( 2011 – present ) . Developmental territories and NXT Women ' s Champion ( 2012 – 2014 ) . Bevis received try - outs with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) tryout , and another in April 2011 . In September 2011 , it was reported that Bevis had signed a contract with WWE and would report to their developmental territory , Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) . Bevis made her debut for FCW at a house show on January 5 , 2012 , using the ring name Saraya . Bevis ' ring name was then changed to Paige as she made her television debut in a backstage appearance on the February 26 episode of " FCW TV " . From March 2012 , Paige formed an alliance with Sofia Cortez , dubbing themselves as the Anti - Diva Army . On the March 19 episode of " FCW TV " , Paige made her televised in - ring debut in a tag team match alongside Cortez , which the duo lost to Audrey Marie and Kaitlyn . Paige and Cortez then formed a brief association with APOC . On the May 6 episode of " FCW TV " , Paige pinned Raquel Diaz , the FCW Divas Champion in a non - title triple threat match , which also involved Audrey Marie . This earned Paige a title shot against Diaz on the May 27 episode of " FCW TV " , where Diaz ' s chicanery led to Paige being disqualified and Diaz retained her title . Dissention was teased within the Anti - Diva Army as Paige moved on to feud with Audrey Marie ; Paige lost to Marie on the June 10 episode of " FCW TV " after Cortez interfered against her , signalling the end of the alliance . On the July 1 episode of " FCW TV " , Paige was disqualified during a match with Marie . On the final episode of " FCW TV " on July 15 , Paige and Marie ended their feud with Marie victorious in a no disqualification match . In July 2012 , Bevis , as Paige , debuted on the third episode of the sixth season of WWE NXT taped at Full Sail University , where she lost to Sofia Cortez . From September 2012 , Paige would go on a singles winning streak defeating the likes of Audrey Marie , Sasha Banks , Emma , Aksana and notably multiple wins over former WWE Divas Champion Alicia Fox . On the January 30 episode of " NXT " , Paige was attacked by ring announcer Summer Rae after accidentally bumping her , mainly due to Rae ' s jealousy of Paige ' s popularity and success . After being attacked , Paige began feuding with the evil Summer Rae . On the February 13 episode of " NXT " " , " Paige was defeated by Summer Rae . Paige suffered an injury and was put out of action for an entire month . Paige returned on the March 13 episode of " NXT " " " after a match between Summer and Emma . Paige teamed with Sasha Banks on the April 3 episode of " NXT " " " to defeat the team of Summer Rae & Audrey Marie . On the May 1 episode of " NXT , " Paige defeated Summer Rae . On the June 5 episode of " NXT , " Paige entered the NXT Women ' s Championship tournament and defeated Tamina Snuka in the first round . On the July 3rd episode of NXT Paige defeated Alicia Fox in the second round to advance to the finals . On the July 24th episode of " NXT " , Paige defeated Emma to become the first ever NXT Women ' s Champion . Paige made her first successful title defense on the August 14 episode of " NXT " , defeating Summer Rae . In the following months , Paige teamed up with Emma to feud with Summer Rae and Sasha Banks . On the December 4 episode of " NXT " , Paige successfully defended her title against Natalya . At NXT Arrival on February 27 , Paige defeated Emma via submission to retain the title . The April 24th episode of NXT began with General Manager , JBL stripping Paige of her Women ' s Championship , citing it wasn ' t fair to NXT for one of their champions to be traveling the world also defending a WWE championship . Paige at first refused , but eventually gave in , vacating the title without having been pinned to lose it . Her reign ended at 308 days . Divas Champion ; Heel Turn ( 2014 ) . Paige debuted on the main roster on the 7 April 2014 episode of " Raw , " the night after WrestleMania XXX . She congratulated WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee on her successful title defense at the pay - per - view event . AJ slapped Paige and challenged her to an immediate match with the championship on the line . It resulted with Paige quickly defeating AJ to capture her first Divas Championship and end AJ ' s 295 day reign . This resulted in Paige becoming the youngest WWE Divas Champion in history at the age of 21 . Paige had her first successful title defense on the 28 April episode of " Raw " in an impromptu match against Brie Bella which went to a no contest due to interference from Kane . In her first successful title defense on pay - per - view , Paige defeated Tamina Snuka on 4 May at Extreme Rules . She suffered her first main roster defeat on the 19 May episode of " Raw " to Alicia Fox in a non - title match . Because of the result , she defended and retained her title against Fox at Payback . In June , Paige feuded with Cameron and defeated her in two non - title matches . However , Cameron ' s tag team partner Naomi went on to beat Paige in a non - title match , leading to Naomi being granted a title match at Money in the Bank , which Paige won . During this time , WWE was criticized for failing to develop Paige ' s character despite being able to do so for Paige ' s opponents , and for portraying Paige as a vulnerable champion while she was proving herself in the storyline . On the post - Money in the Bank episode of " Raw , " on 30 June , a role reversal occurred when a returning AJ Lee quickly defeated Paige in a title match to regain the Divas Championship , in which Paige was initially reluctant to face AJ but agreed to the match per request of the live audience . Despite the championship loss , Paige acted as if she were best friends with AJ during tag matches in which they teamed together . At Battleground , Paige lost a rematch for the Divas Championship to AJ . On the post - Battleground episode of " Raw " on 21 July , Paige and AJ won a tag match , but Paige launched a post - match assault on AJ , thus furthering the feud with AJ and turning heel . This eventually set up another title rematch for Paige against AJ at SummerSlam on her twenty - second birthday , which Paige won after she countered AJ ' s " Black Widow " with the " Ram - Paige " , to capture her second Divas Championship . One month later at Night of Champions , Paige lost the title to AJ in a triple threat match also involving Nikki Bella and failed to regain it the following month at Hell in a Cell . Paige later dissolved their alliance by attacking Fox the following night on " Raw " . At Survivor Series , Paige participated in a 4 - on - 4 elimination tag team match where she was the last person from her team to be eliminated , courtesy of Naomi . Team PCB ( 2015 – 2016 ) . On the 5 January 2015 episode of " Raw " , Paige rescued Natalya from a post - match assault by the Divas Champion Nikki Bella , turning her babyface . This led to a non - title match between Paige and Nikki the following night on " Main Event " , which Paige won . Following weeks of tormenting by the Bella Twins , Paige unsuccessfully challenged Nikki for the Divas Championship at Fastlane , and in a rematch that took place on the 2 March episode of " Raw " . Following the latter of the matches , Paige ' s former rival AJ Lee saved her from an attack from the Bella Twins . Paige and AJ subsequently teamed up to challenge the Bella Twins , defeating them in a tag team match at WrestleMania 31 , which was Paige ' s WrestleMania debut . On the April 13 episode of " Raw " , Paige won a battle royal to become the # 1 Contender to Nikki ' s Divas Championship , lastly eliminating Naomi . Paige later gave a post - match interview , but was later attacked by Naomi , who turned into a villainess in the process . Paige returned on May 18 and saved Nikki Bella from an attack by Naomi and Tamina , before attacking Nikki herself . She received a Divas Championship opportunity in a triple threat match at the Elimination Chamber event , but she lost when Nikki pinned Naomi . On the June 1 episode of " Raw " " , " Paige received a singles opportunity at the Divas Championship , but she lost after the Bellas utilized " Twin Magic " , reverting the Bellas to villains once again . After the same outcome at Money In The Bank , as well as Alicia Fox aligning with the Bellas , Stephanie McMahon called for a " Divas Revolution , " which led to NXT Divas Charlotte and Becky Lynch aligning with Paige to form the " Submission Sorority , " which was later changed to PCB . Team PCB defeated Team BAD ( Naomi , Tamina , and Sasha Banks ) and Team Bella ( Nikki Bella , Brie Bella , and Alicia Fox ) in a three team elimination match at SummerSlam when Lynch pinned Brie . On the following night on " Raw " , PCB participated in a Divas Beat the Clock challenge to determine the # 1 Contender for the Divas Championship . Paige competed to a time - limit draw against Sasha Banks , and as a result , Charlotte was named the # 1 Contender . Paige began a rivalry with Banks since then , but she was on the losing end on back - to - back singles matches on the September 7 and 14 episodes of " Raw . " At Night of Champions , Charlotte captured the Divas Championship , and Paige and Becky were part of the celebration . On the following night ' s " Raw , " Paige became a heel during Charlotte ' s championship celebration , when turned against her PCB partners and berated the Divas Division in a worked shoot promo and claimed that Charlotte only got where she was because of her father . On " SmackDown " three nights later , Paige justified her actions and claimed that she started the Divas Revolution , and later delivered a slap to Natalya after she confronted her again . Paige received title shots against Charlotte at Survivor Series and TLC , which she both lost . Hiatus ( 2016 – present ) . As part of the 2016 WWE draft which took place on 19 July , Paige was drafted to Raw . On 3 August , her mother revealed on Twitter that she was on a hiatus due to injury . On 17 August , Paige was suspended for 30 days after violating the company ’ s wellness policy . She later explained that she had not failed a drug test , but that the suspension was due to a procedural issue . In September 2016 , Paige revealed that she would be undergoing neck surgery and would not be wrestling for an undisclosed amount of time . On 10 October , Paige was suspended again for her second violation of the wellness policy ; this time for 60 days . Bevis subsequently tweeted , " Same shit different day . Kids . . Please don ' t get prescriptions or doctors notes . Not acceptable " . Her father released a statement saying she had been prescribed medication for her neck injury . However , WWE issued a statement , saying that she had " tested positive for an illegal substance , not a prescription drug " . On 19 October , she underwent successful neck surgery . Personal life . Bevis is part of a professional wrestling family . Her parents , Julia Hamer - Bevis and Ian Bevis , and her older brothers , Roy Bevis and Zak Frary , are professional wrestlers . The family runs the World Association of Wrestling ( WAW ) promotion in Norwich . Her mother owns and operates Bellatrix Female Warriors , a women ' s wrestling promotion also based in Norwich . For a time , WWE Hall of Fame r Jake " The Snake " Roberts lived with the family . Bevis cites Bull Nakano , Alundra Blayze , Lita , Rikishi , and Stone Cold Steve Austin as some of her favorite wrestlers . Bevis suffers from scoliosis . She was unaware that she had the condition until after signing with WWE , when a trainer noticed that her back looked wrong . On the WWE reality television show " Total Divas " , Paige acknowledged having previously " been with another woman " . " Total Divas " also featured Paige having a relationship with Emarosa singer Bradley Walden . She dated A Day to Remember guitarist Kevin Skaff from May 2015 until February 2016 . In May 2016 , Bevis and fellow professional wrestler José Rodríguez , better known as Alberto Del Rio , went public with their relationship . The two became engaged in October 2016 . In March 2017 , nude photos and videos that featured Paige in sexual situations were leaked onto the internet after her phone was hacked . Paige confirmed the leak on Twitter saying , " Personal and private photos of mine were stolen and unfortunately they were shared publicly without my consent . "