Paige and Cortez then formed a quick affiliation with Rick Victor, winning a blended tag workforce match in opposition to Audrey Marie and Aiden English. Paige made her televised in-ring debut in a tag group match alongside Cortez on 19 March, the place the duo misplaced to Audrey Marie and Kaitlyn. She made her debut for FCW at a home show on 5 January 2012, using the ring identify Saraya. Her ring identify was then modified to Paige, as she made her televised debut in an look on 26 February episode of FCW Tv. Her earliest recorded match was in April 2006 when she, using the ring identify Britani Knight, teamed together with her mother for a loss in a triple risk tag workforce match in World Association of Wrestling (WAW). She ranked No. 1 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Female 50 in 2014, and was named Diva of the Year by Rolling Stone that very same yr. Nikki Storm to win the Pro Wrestling: EVE Championship.
At Battleground, Paige lost a rematch for the Divas Championship to Lee. This led to a tag staff match between Paige and Natalya against The Bella Twins at the Royal Rumble, which The Bella Twins received. A month later at Night of Champions, Paige lost the title again to Lee in a triple risk match which also involved Nikki Bella. As they stood principally straight, swaying back and forth, their fingers hovering up next to their heads, Naomi was pulling some Beyoncé All the one Ladies shit. On 2 August, Knight and her mother misplaced their PWF Ladies Tag Team Championship to Amazon and Destiny in a two-out-of-three falls match. Knight went on to achieve extra singles success from 2009. In August 2009, Knight defeated her mother Sweet Saraya in a two-out-of-three falls match to seize the vacant Herts and Essex (HEW) Women’s Championship. In her first profitable title defence on pay-per-view, Paige defeated Tamina Snuka on 4 May at Extreme Rules. Paige efficiently defended her title towards Natalya on 4 December episode of NXT, and against Emma on 27 February 2014 at NXT Arrival. On thirteen February episode of NXT, Paige suffered a shoulder damage after brawling with Rae, which Rae exploited later that episode to end Paige’s undefeated streak.
Fox failed to secure Paige a victory in one other title match in opposition to Lee at Hell in a Cell, Paige dissolved their alliance by attacking Fox the next evening on Raw. In 2008, Knight challenged both Sara and Jetta for his or her respective titles, but failed in her title bids. 13, when her father, who was working a wrestling present, requested her to substitute a wrestler who failed to turn up. This presentation both mimicked Nitro’s “Anything can happen” environment, and acknowledged the growing phenomenon of “smarks,” wrestling followers who used the Internet to realize a wide base of knowledge on the actual-life, backstage workings of the trade. Who dat? The brand new Orleans Saints made their city proud by winning Super Bowl XLIV, where the group faced off against the Indianapolis Colts. Naomi, who injured her in the storyline and made her unable to compete. This led to Saraya disowning (in storyline) and slapping Britani, before a brawl between the 2 ensued and had to be pulled apart. In October 2011 at Volume 42, the Knight Dynasty misplaced another Shimmer Tag Team Championship match towards champions Ayako Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara when Saraya refused to help Britani. This ultimately arrange one other title match between the two on 17 August, Paige’s 22nd birthday, at SummerSlam, which Paige received to seize her second Divas Championship.