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{{Short description|British wrestler (born 1976)}}
Stevie Knight, born February 4 1976) is a well known British Proffesional Wrestler who has recently branched out into other forms of Entertainment.
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STEVIE STATS
{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name=Stevie Knight
Height- 5ft 11
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Weight- 205 Lbs
|names='''Stevie Knight'''
Pro Debut- 1991
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Finishing Move- Knight Driver II
|height= {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
Favorite Opponents- Doc Dean, Mike Roberts, Doug Williams, Jodie Fleisch
|weight= {{convert|205|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
Biggest Influence ( Favorite wrestlers) Mark Rocco, Danny Collins, Ric Flair
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|4|df=y}}
Nicknames – Hot Stuff, The Shining Light, Mr FWA, Mr Deal or No Deal
|death_date =
|birth_place = [[Grimsby, England]]
Stevie Knight has been featured in just about every British promotion in the last 15 years and has appeared on both the only nationally televised wrestling shows in Britain in the last 16 years.
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|resides=
He began training April 1991 after being a big wrestling fan his entire life and started putting up rings and taking photographs for Famous Promoter [[Max Crabtree]]. He made his professional debut June '91 at Whitby, Yorkshire at the young age of 14. He wrestled extensively in and around Britain for the following five years working as many as 10 shows a week for various promoters.
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Stevie is known as one of UK wrestling's best talkers with fantastic charisma, brawling and technical skills.
|debut=June 1991
|retired= July 2009
STEVIE KNIGHT – THE FWA YEARS
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'''Stevie Knight''' (born 4 February 1976) is a former [[England|English]] [[professional wrestler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xwawrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=337:stevie-knight-the-final-interview-&catid=6:features&Itemid=21|title=Stevie Knight - The Final Interview (?)|date=13 June 2009|publisher=XWA Wrestling|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>
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==Professional wrestling career==
Stevie Knight enjoyed his highest profile run on the British wrestling scene with the FWA from 2003 to 2006.
He began training in April 1991 and started putting up rings and taking photographs for promoter [[Max Crabtree]]. He made his professional debut in June 1991 at [[Whitby, Yorkshire]], at the young age of 14. He wrestled extensively in and around Europe for the following ten years working as many as 10 shows a week for various promoters.

On August 2 2003 Stevie – who had recently made a comeback to the ring after injury - won the FWA tag team Title with Alex Shane at the Dome in Morecambe. The title reign was short-lived as Knight and Shane dropped the belts back to The Family two days later at his home stomping ground of Cleethorpes.
In 1997, Knight travelled to Germany and France and a tour of the Middle East. The following year, he worked for numerous promoters on a full-time basis and made a short tour of Belgium.

Knight became a regular with the FWA as a heel, appearing at Hotwired 2003 and as a guest ring announcer at FWA British Uprising 2 on October 18 2003 where he insulted female wrestler [[Nikita]]. This led to speculation that Knight was the wrestler who had placed a bounty on Nikita’s head. It wasn’t. ‘The Shining Light’ eventually got a one-on-one match with the glamorous grappler in Morecambe on May 29 2004, which he lost by clean pinfall.
In 1999, he worked on British television for Ultimate Wrestling Alliance (UWA), the first nationally televised wrestling show in Britain in over 10 years, and was crowned UWA television champion in June of that year. He also wrestled a match for the UWA in a three-way with [[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Doug Williams]] and [[Kerry Cabrero]]. He wrestled in the United States of America for 12 weeks in late 1999, picking up extra bookings and the offer of work in Puerto Rico. While living in America was a guest trainer at the [[Jimmy Valiant]] wrestling camp.

In July 2004 Knight began a quest to win back the tag team titles, which saw him try out various partners including Dirk Feelgood. He eventually settled on Mark Sloan, and the two struck up an unlikely alliance. As they chased the belts then belonging to Hampton Court, the wisecracking Knight and the straight-laced Sloan appeared on Sky TV’s The Wrestling Channel FWA TV show in several hilarious segments where ‘The Specialist’ tried to train Knight, who never took his training seriously. The Knight-Sloan tag team came to an end after they lost to Hampton Court on November 13 2004 at the Coventry SkyDome at British Uprising 3.
In 2000, he cut back on wrestling schedule due to a neck injury suffered in the US when the ring collapsed after a move of the top rope. Knight needed surgery to remove fragment of bones from his spinal column. In April 2000, he opened up the "Steve Knight School of Wrestling". In June 2003, after having intense physical therapy returned to wrestling with numerous promoters and was soon wrestling 3 – 4 times a week for numerous British promoters and was crowned BCW Champion on 5 December 2003 in [[Kilmarnock]], by defeating [[Drew Galloway]], who was declared champion the same night.

In 2005 Knight embarked on an equally ridiculous quest to win the FWA British Flyweight Title, even though his ground-based ‘old school’ brawling and scientific wrestling style wasn’t exactly the typical ‘lucha libre’ style used by most Flyweight wrestlers. In several matches Stevie would precariously try to climb to the top rope to attempt a moonsault, only to think better of it when the fans chanted: “You can’t do it!” Stevie’s quest flopped as he was pinned by newcomer Stevie Lynn at War On The Shore on March 26 2005.
===Frontier Wrestling Alliance===
Knight worked with the [[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]] (FWA) from 2003 to 2006. On 2 August 2003, Knight – who had recently made a comeback to the ring after injury - won the [[XWA Tag Team Championship|FWA Tag Team Championship]] with [[Alex Shane]] at the Dome in Morecambe. The title reign was short-lived as Knight and Shane dropped the belts back to The Family two days later at his home ground of [[Cleethorpes]].
On June 18 2005 Stevie turned babyface after he tried to retire from wrestling, only to be challenged to an FWA Title match by his former partner [[Alex Shane]]. ‘The Shining Light’ accepted the challenge but lost to Shane in a tremendous brawl. After the match Knight received a standing ovation from The Morecambe Dome crowd. He agreed to continue his career for one more match, and beat Shane in a non-title lumberjack match back at The Dome on July 30 2005. After this bout Stevie was attacked by a face from his past, a former opponent from the 90s Johnny Angel.

Knight became a regular with the FWA as a heel, appearing at Hotwired 2003 and as a guest ring announcer at FWA British Uprising 2 on 18 October 2003, where he insulted female wrestler [[Nikita (wrestler)|Nikita]]. This led to false speculation that Knight was the wrestler who had placed a bounty on Nikita's head. They had a one-on-one match in Morecambe on 29 May 2004, which he lost by clean pinfall.
Stevie and his wife briefly moved to Spain in autumn 2005 with the intention of starting a new life there, but things didn’t work out and he returned to the UK in early 2006.

In July 2004, Knight began a quest to win back the tag team title, which saw him try out various partners including [[Dirk Feelgood]]. He eventually settled on Mark Sloan. The Knight-Sloan tag team came to an end after they lost to Hampton Court on 13 November 2004, at the Coventry SkyDome at British Uprising 3.
On March 4 2006 Stevie made a surprise return to the FWA and attacked Johnny Angel at War On The Shore 2. He and Angel were then the final two in the Gold Rush rumble only for All-Star Wrestling’s Five Star Flash to interfere, ruling the battle royal a no-contest. Afterwards Flash and Robbie Brookside attacked Stevie, who cut a memorable promo on Brookside to set up the FWA v All-Star Inter-Federation Cup match for the next Morecambe show. On May 13 2006 Stevie captained FWA to reclaim the Cup from Brookside’s ASW squad, although Knight himself tapped out to Brookside in a Survivor-style elimination match due to an ankle injury.

In 2005, Knight embarked on a quest to win the FWA British Flyweight Title, even though his ground-based 'old school' brawling and scientific wrestling style were not exactly the typical ''lucha libre'' style used by most flyweight wrestlers. In several matches, Knight would precariously try to climb to the top rope to attempt a moonsault, only to think better of it when the fans chanted: "You can’t do it!” Knight's quest flopped as he was pinned by newcomer Stevie Lynn at War on the Shore on 26 March 2005.
Stevie resumed his feud with Johnny Angel and they wrestled in brutal arena-wide brawls at Cleethorpes on September 23 2006 and at Worcester on November 19 2006. The feud was decided in an ‘I Quit’ match at Morecambe on February 3 2007 when Knight lost, the referee stopping the match after Stevie was knocked cold by an Angel tombstone piledriver and had to be helped from the ring.

On 18 March 2005, he teamed with long-time friend [[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Doug Williams]] in a match with [[Mitsuharu Misawa]] and [[Yoshinari Ogawa]] for BCW in Carluke, Scotland. The following day at TWC International Showdown, an event that drew 3,500 fans to the Coventry SkyDome, Knight teamed with Stixx and Mark Sloan to lose to Jack Xavier, Aviv Maayan and Ross Jordan.
STEVIE KNIGHT – THE XWA YEARS

On 18 June 2005, Knight turned 'babyface' after he tried to retire from wrestling, only to be challenged to an FWA Title match by his former partner [[Alex Shane]], which Knight lost. He agreed to continue his career for one more match, and beat Shane in a non-title lumberjack match back at The Dome on 30 July 2005. After this bout, Knight was attacked by a face from his past, a former opponent from the 1990s, Johnny Angel.
As of 2007 Stevie Knight is semi-retired from pro wrestling Despite still being in his early thirties and pretty much wrestles exclusively for the XWA in Morecambe.

On 4 March 2006 Knight made a surprise return to the FWA and attacked Johnny Angel at War On The Shore 2. He and Angel were then the final two in the Gold Rush rumble only for All-Star Wrestling's Five Star Flash to interfere, meaning Knight and Angel were co-winners. Afterward, Flash and Robbie Brookside attacked Knight. On 13 May 2006 Knight captained FWA to reclaim the Cup from Brookside's ASW squad, although Knight himself tapped out to Brookside in a Survivor-style elimination match due to an ankle injury.
The FWA changed its name to the XWA and ran its first show under the new name on April 7 2007. Stevie Knight, who had been omitted from the XWA’s team to defend the British Inter-Federation Cup against WAW because XWA owner Greg Lambert was concerned over Knight’s various injury problems, turned heel on this show by blasting [[Darren Burridge]] with a kendo stick, costing XWA the Cup.

Knight resumed his feud with Johnny Angel and they wrestled at Cleethorpes on 23 September 2006 and at Worcester on 19 November 2006. The feud was decided in an 'I Quit' match at Morecambe on 3 February 2007 when Knight lost, the referee stopping the match after Knight was knocked cold by an Angel tombstone piledriver and had to be helped from the ring.
Stevie received a blistering heel reaction from the [[Morecambe]] crowd on June 29 2007 when he pinned Declan O’Connor and declared himself ‘Mr Deal Or No Deal’.

===XWA===
STEVIE KNIGHT – THE PROMOTER
The FWA changed its name to the XWA and ran its first show under the new name on 7 April 2007. Knight, who had been omitted from the XWA's team to defend the British Inter-Federation Cup against WAW because XWA owner Greg Lambert was concerned over Knight's various injury problems, turned heel on this show by blasting Darren Burridge with a kendo stick, costing XWA the Cup.

On August 2 2004 Stevie promoted a show at the KC Arena in Hull, which drew over 1,000 fans. Under the name of IWP, the show was supposed to be headlined by Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts, who no-showed. Fans were offered refunds but all declined and were glad they did. Featuring an all-British card, this was one of the best quality UK wrestling events of the year, and was headlined by a match of the year candidate No DQ three-way match between Zebra Kid, [[Doug Williams]] and [[Paul Burchill]]. Stevie himself wrestled on the show, teaming with Kev O’Neil and Jack Storm as Team England to beat Team Scotland – Spinner McKenzie, Drew Galloway and The Highlander.
Knight received a blistering heel reaction from the Morecambe crowd on 29 June 2007, when he pinned Declan O’Connor and declared himself 'Mr Deal Or No Deal'. He then entered a feud with Sam Slam. He and Ricky Knight beat Sam and Darren Burridge by DQ at XWA Last Fight at the Prom on 24 November 2007 in Morecambe. On 2 February 2008 he had a controversial win in the XWA's annual Goldrush 15-man rumble, lastly eliminating Sam Slam (who had earlier thrown Knight over the top rope when officials were distracted by an outside-ring brawl between Jonny Storm and Johnny Phere).

IWP returned to Hull on November 6 2004 for a show headlined by [[D-Lo Brown]] v [[Paul Burchill]]. The event again drew an excellent crowd.
Knight challenged Jonny Storm for the [[British Heavyweight Championship (XWA)|British heavyweight title]] at "XWA War on the Shore at The Dome IV", Morecambe, on 12 April but failed to win the belt. Although he pinned Storm for a three count, referee Richard Young and ringside enforcer Stixx agreed to restart the match because Knight had illegally thrown powder in Storm's eyes. Storm then pinned Knight after a superkick.

In January 2005 Stevie Knight was touched by the plight of the victims of the Tsunami in South East Asia. He managed to pull together over 50 wrestlers from all promotions from all over the UK to wrestle for free on a charity show in Cleethorpes to raise money for the victims.
On 5 July 2008 Knight was the final survivor in a Final Four elimination match at XWA Vendetta against Sam Slam, Johnny Phere and 'The Wonderkid' Jonny Storm, lastly pinning Storm after a series of piledrivers, becoming the British Heavyweight Champion for the first time. On 6 September 2008, Knight lost the title to Sam Slam and announced retirement. He returned to The Dome for Vendetta 2009 for a farewell match against 'RockStar' Spud and was given an emotional send-off by the XWA roster before going to live in Cyprus.

In May and June 2005 Stevie promoted the FWA’s Carnage Tour – centred around [[D-Lo Brown]] and [[Joe Legend]], stars of ITV Celebrity Wrestling. The intention was for FWA to run shows at new venues in the Yorkshire area to build up new fan bases for the promotion. Unfortunately ITV Celebrity Wrestling was a flop and the Carnage Tour shows failed to draw as expected. Stevie personally lost thousands of pounds as a result.
==Promoter==
Having promoted wrestling events since 1994, Knight promoted his biggest show at the KC Arena in Hull, on 2 August 2004 which drew over 1,000 fans. Under the name of IWP, the show was supposed to be headlined by Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, who failed to show up. IWP returned to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] on 6 November 2004, for a show headlined by [[D-Lo Brown]] versus [[Paul Burchill]].
Stevie also was the regional promoter for several FWA shows at The Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes from 2003 to 2006.

In May and June 2005, Knight promoted the FWA's Carnage Tour – centred on D-Lo Brown and [[Joe Legend]]. The intention was for FWA to run shows at new venues in the Yorkshire area to build up new fan bases for the promotion.
OTHER WRESTLING ACHIEVEMENTS

Knight was also the regional promoter for several FWA shows at the Winter Gardens in [[Cleethorpes]] from 2003 to 2006.
In 1997 Stevie travelled to Germany and France and a tour of the Middle East.

==Other media==
In 1998 he worked for numerous promoters on a full time basis and made a short tour of Belgium.
In July 2007, Knight appeared on Britain's biggest game show ''[[Deal or No Deal]]'' (presented by [[Noel Edmonds]]) on [[Channel 4]]. After serving his time as one of the 'wing' contestants opening the boxes for the main gameplayer, he finally got his chance to play the game and take on the Banker on 29 August 2007. Knight took a Deal at £10,001 but had he played on, would have won £100,000.

In 1999 he worked on British television for 'Ultimate Wrestling Alliance' the first nationally televised wrestling show in Britain in over 10 years and was crowned UWA television champion in June of that year. He also wrestled a famous match for the UWA in a three-way with Doug Williams and Kerry Cabrero.
==Where are they now==
Knight now lives in Cyprus. He occasionally returns to the UK and recently as of this writing held several wrestling seminars.
He wrestled in the United States of America for 12 weeks in late 1999 picking up extra bookings and the offer of work in Puerto Rico.

==Championships and accomplishments==
In the year 2000 he cut back on wrestling schedule due to a devastating neck injury suffered in the USA when the ring collapsed after a move of the top rope. Stevie needed surgery to remove fragment of bones from his spinal column and it appeared his wrestling days were over.
*'''[[British Championship Wrestling]]'''
**BCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
In April 2000 he opened up the “Steve Knight School of Wrestling” attracting as many as 20 people to classes and producing numerous now full time wrestlers.
*'''[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]'''
**[[FWA Tag Team Championship]] (1 time) - with [[Alex Shane]]
In June 2003 after having intense physical therapy returned to wrestling with numerous promoters and was soon wrestling 3 – 4 times a week for numerous British promoters.
*'''[[XWA (professional wrestling)|XWA]]'''
**[[British Heavyweight Championship (XWA)|British Heavyweight Championship]] (1 time)
Stevie was crowned BCW Champion in December 2003.

== References ==
On March 18 2005 he teamed with long-time friend [[Doug Williams]] in a match with Pro Wrestling NOAH Japanese legend Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa for BCW in Carluke, Scotland. The following day at TWC International Showdown, an event that drew 3,500 fans to the Coventry SkyDome, Knight teamed with Stixx and Mark Sloan to lose to Jack Xavier, Aviv Maayan and Ross Jordan.
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STEVIE KNIGHT – DEAL OR NO DEAL
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[[Category:Living people]]
In July 2007 Stevie appeared on Britain’s biggest game show [[Deal or No Deal]] (presented by [[Noel Edmonds]]) on Channel 4, regularly watched by over 5 million people. After serving his time as one of the ‘wing’ contestants opening the boxes for the main gameplayer, he finally got his chance to play the game and take on the Banker on August 29 2007. Stevie took a Deal at £10,0001 but had he played on, would have won £100,000. He was later voted one of the most popular contestants ever on the show.
[[Category:English male professional wrestlers]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
OTHER
Stevie began radio presenting in 2005.
Some of the wrestling promotions Stevie has worked for:
Good time promos
CWP
TSP
Dale Martin Promos
All Star, Promos, 5 Star promos
France Dp Promotions, Rumble Promotions
UWA
BWF
SCW (Tennesee, USA)
NDW (North Carolina, USA)
BWP (Virginia, USA)
APW (West Virginia, USA)
SCW (South Carolina, USA)
EWW
CCPW
BWF
UCW
LWP
EWC
AIWF
GPW
FWA/XWA
WAW
DAM
WZW
IPW-UK
IWP
AIWF
3CW
EBW
CSF
{{Uncategorized|date=September 2007}}

Latest revision as of 21:31, 11 November 2024

Stevie Knight
Born (1976-02-04) 4 February 1976 (age 48)
Grimsby, England
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Stevie Knight
Billed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Billed weight205 lb (93 kg)
DebutJune 1991
RetiredJuly 2009

Stevie Knight (born 4 February 1976) is a former English professional wrestler.[1]

Professional wrestling career

[edit]

He began training in April 1991 and started putting up rings and taking photographs for promoter Max Crabtree. He made his professional debut in June 1991 at Whitby, Yorkshire, at the young age of 14. He wrestled extensively in and around Europe for the following ten years working as many as 10 shows a week for various promoters.

In 1997, Knight travelled to Germany and France and a tour of the Middle East. The following year, he worked for numerous promoters on a full-time basis and made a short tour of Belgium.

In 1999, he worked on British television for Ultimate Wrestling Alliance (UWA), the first nationally televised wrestling show in Britain in over 10 years, and was crowned UWA television champion in June of that year. He also wrestled a match for the UWA in a three-way with Doug Williams and Kerry Cabrero. He wrestled in the United States of America for 12 weeks in late 1999, picking up extra bookings and the offer of work in Puerto Rico. While living in America was a guest trainer at the Jimmy Valiant wrestling camp.

In 2000, he cut back on wrestling schedule due to a neck injury suffered in the US when the ring collapsed after a move of the top rope. Knight needed surgery to remove fragment of bones from his spinal column. In April 2000, he opened up the "Steve Knight School of Wrestling". In June 2003, after having intense physical therapy returned to wrestling with numerous promoters and was soon wrestling 3 – 4 times a week for numerous British promoters and was crowned BCW Champion on 5 December 2003 in Kilmarnock, by defeating Drew Galloway, who was declared champion the same night.

Frontier Wrestling Alliance

[edit]

Knight worked with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) from 2003 to 2006. On 2 August 2003, Knight – who had recently made a comeback to the ring after injury - won the FWA Tag Team Championship with Alex Shane at the Dome in Morecambe. The title reign was short-lived as Knight and Shane dropped the belts back to The Family two days later at his home ground of Cleethorpes.

Knight became a regular with the FWA as a heel, appearing at Hotwired 2003 and as a guest ring announcer at FWA British Uprising 2 on 18 October 2003, where he insulted female wrestler Nikita. This led to false speculation that Knight was the wrestler who had placed a bounty on Nikita's head. They had a one-on-one match in Morecambe on 29 May 2004, which he lost by clean pinfall.

In July 2004, Knight began a quest to win back the tag team title, which saw him try out various partners including Dirk Feelgood. He eventually settled on Mark Sloan. The Knight-Sloan tag team came to an end after they lost to Hampton Court on 13 November 2004, at the Coventry SkyDome at British Uprising 3.

In 2005, Knight embarked on a quest to win the FWA British Flyweight Title, even though his ground-based 'old school' brawling and scientific wrestling style were not exactly the typical lucha libre style used by most flyweight wrestlers. In several matches, Knight would precariously try to climb to the top rope to attempt a moonsault, only to think better of it when the fans chanted: "You can’t do it!” Knight's quest flopped as he was pinned by newcomer Stevie Lynn at War on the Shore on 26 March 2005.

On 18 March 2005, he teamed with long-time friend Doug Williams in a match with Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa for BCW in Carluke, Scotland. The following day at TWC International Showdown, an event that drew 3,500 fans to the Coventry SkyDome, Knight teamed with Stixx and Mark Sloan to lose to Jack Xavier, Aviv Maayan and Ross Jordan.

On 18 June 2005, Knight turned 'babyface' after he tried to retire from wrestling, only to be challenged to an FWA Title match by his former partner Alex Shane, which Knight lost. He agreed to continue his career for one more match, and beat Shane in a non-title lumberjack match back at The Dome on 30 July 2005. After this bout, Knight was attacked by a face from his past, a former opponent from the 1990s, Johnny Angel.

On 4 March 2006 Knight made a surprise return to the FWA and attacked Johnny Angel at War On The Shore 2. He and Angel were then the final two in the Gold Rush rumble only for All-Star Wrestling's Five Star Flash to interfere, meaning Knight and Angel were co-winners. Afterward, Flash and Robbie Brookside attacked Knight. On 13 May 2006 Knight captained FWA to reclaim the Cup from Brookside's ASW squad, although Knight himself tapped out to Brookside in a Survivor-style elimination match due to an ankle injury.

Knight resumed his feud with Johnny Angel and they wrestled at Cleethorpes on 23 September 2006 and at Worcester on 19 November 2006. The feud was decided in an 'I Quit' match at Morecambe on 3 February 2007 when Knight lost, the referee stopping the match after Knight was knocked cold by an Angel tombstone piledriver and had to be helped from the ring.

XWA

[edit]

The FWA changed its name to the XWA and ran its first show under the new name on 7 April 2007. Knight, who had been omitted from the XWA's team to defend the British Inter-Federation Cup against WAW because XWA owner Greg Lambert was concerned over Knight's various injury problems, turned heel on this show by blasting Darren Burridge with a kendo stick, costing XWA the Cup.

Knight received a blistering heel reaction from the Morecambe crowd on 29 June 2007, when he pinned Declan O’Connor and declared himself 'Mr Deal Or No Deal'. He then entered a feud with Sam Slam. He and Ricky Knight beat Sam and Darren Burridge by DQ at XWA Last Fight at the Prom on 24 November 2007 in Morecambe. On 2 February 2008 he had a controversial win in the XWA's annual Goldrush 15-man rumble, lastly eliminating Sam Slam (who had earlier thrown Knight over the top rope when officials were distracted by an outside-ring brawl between Jonny Storm and Johnny Phere).

Knight challenged Jonny Storm for the British heavyweight title at "XWA War on the Shore at The Dome IV", Morecambe, on 12 April but failed to win the belt. Although he pinned Storm for a three count, referee Richard Young and ringside enforcer Stixx agreed to restart the match because Knight had illegally thrown powder in Storm's eyes. Storm then pinned Knight after a superkick.

On 5 July 2008 Knight was the final survivor in a Final Four elimination match at XWA Vendetta against Sam Slam, Johnny Phere and 'The Wonderkid' Jonny Storm, lastly pinning Storm after a series of piledrivers, becoming the British Heavyweight Champion for the first time. On 6 September 2008, Knight lost the title to Sam Slam and announced retirement. He returned to The Dome for Vendetta 2009 for a farewell match against 'RockStar' Spud and was given an emotional send-off by the XWA roster before going to live in Cyprus.

Promoter

[edit]

Having promoted wrestling events since 1994, Knight promoted his biggest show at the KC Arena in Hull, on 2 August 2004 which drew over 1,000 fans. Under the name of IWP, the show was supposed to be headlined by Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, who failed to show up. IWP returned to Hull on 6 November 2004, for a show headlined by D-Lo Brown versus Paul Burchill.

In May and June 2005, Knight promoted the FWA's Carnage Tour – centred on D-Lo Brown and Joe Legend. The intention was for FWA to run shows at new venues in the Yorkshire area to build up new fan bases for the promotion.

Knight was also the regional promoter for several FWA shows at the Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes from 2003 to 2006.

Other media

[edit]

In July 2007, Knight appeared on Britain's biggest game show Deal or No Deal (presented by Noel Edmonds) on Channel 4. After serving his time as one of the 'wing' contestants opening the boxes for the main gameplayer, he finally got his chance to play the game and take on the Banker on 29 August 2007. Knight took a Deal at £10,001 but had he played on, would have won £100,000.

Where are they now

[edit]

Knight now lives in Cyprus. He occasionally returns to the UK and recently as of this writing held several wrestling seminars.

Championships and accomplishments

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Stevie Knight - The Final Interview (?)". XWA Wrestling. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
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