Patrick David Frary (born 24 December 1953) is an English
professional wrestling
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trainer, promoter, owner, and former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Ricky Knight.
[ He is the owner of the World Association of Wrestling promotion in ]Norwich
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.
Professional wrestling career
Knight was working as a bouncer when he first met professional wrestler Jimmy Ocean. Ocean trained Knight, and the duo formed a tag team
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.S4C
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. The Superflys wrestled in All Star Wrestling, holding the British Open Tag Team Championship four times together.[All Star Wrestling British Tag Team Championship, Wrestling-Titles.com]
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Knight, Sweet Saraya, and Jimmy Ocean formed the World Association of Wrestling in 1994 in Norwich
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. Ocean left the business one year later.[ The promotion also included a wrestling school, The WAW Academy, which trained Roy Knight and The ]UK Pitbulls
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. The WAW Academy is Europe's longest running wrestling school.[ As a member of the roster, Knight has held the WAW World Heavyweight Championship one time. He also held the WAW Tag Team Championship with Ocean.][
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Personal life
Knight was in prison for eight years, mostly due to violent offences.[
Knight is married to Julia Bevis, who wrestles under the name Sweet Saraya.][ They have two children, and he has two other from a previous marriage. His sons Roy Knight and Zak Zodiac wrestle on the British wrestling circuit as the UK Hooligans. Their daughter Paige wrestled for WWE, winning the NXT Women's Championship and the WWE Divas Championship twice before retiring due to a serious neck injury.][ The documentary was adapted into a feature film, '' Fighting with My Family'', by ]Dwayne Johnson
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's production company Seven Bucks Productions. The film was directed by Stephen Merchant
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, with Nick Frost
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playing the role of Knight, and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
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The festival has acted ...
in 2019.
Championships and accomplishments
* All Star Wrestling
** British Open Tag Team Championship (5 times) - 4 with Jimmy Ocean[
*Herts and Essex Wrestling
**HEW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)][
**HEW Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Jimmy Ocean(1), Chuck Cyrus(1), and Karl Kramer(1)
*Independent Pro Wrestling Germany
**IPW Senior Championship (1 time)
*Playhouse Wrestlefest
**Wrestlefest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Zack Zodiac
**PWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)][
**PWF Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1 time)][
**PWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Roy Knight][
* '']Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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''
** Ranked No. 457 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2019
*Real Deal Wrestling
**RDW British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[
**RDW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Zak Zodiac][
*The Wrestling Alliance
** British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)][
** British Open Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Roy Knight][
* World Association of Wrestling
**WAW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)][
**WAW Pontins Open Championship (1 time)
**Eastern Area Championship (1 time)
*World Wide Wrestling League
**W3L Heavyweight Championship (1 time)][
*X Wrestling Alliance
**British Inter-Federation Cup (2007) - with Jo FX, Kraft, and Zack Zodiac]
References
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1953 births
20th-century male professional wrestlers
English male professional wrestlers
Ricky
Sportspeople from Norwich
Living people