Zak Harley Bevis (né Frary; born 29 May 1991), most famously known as Zak Zodiac and now Zak Knight, is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performed under the ring name Zak Knight and was a member of The Outcasts stable.
Early Life and Career Beginnings
Bevis is part of a professional wrestling family. Both his mother and father, known as Sweet Saraya and Ricky Knight respectively, are professional wrestlers, as are his siblings, half-brother Roy Bevis and his sister Saraya-Jade, who is better known as Paige.
The family runs the World Association of Wrestling (WAW) promotion based in Norwich.
Bevis began wrestling at the age of 10 years old for his father's promotion World Association of Wrestling.
While wrestling for WAW, Zodiac would take on members of his family multiple times including his mother (Sweet Saraya), father (Ricky Knight), sister (Britani Knight, now better known as Paige) and his brother (Zebra Kid).
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His first championship match was against Phil Lea for the WAW Youth Championship which Zodiac lost.
In 2006, Zodiac defeated his father to become the WAW Pontins Open Champion.
At WAW Champion's Night, Zodiac won a 15-man royal rumble.
He won the WAW King of the Ring 2007 by defeating The Cougar Kid in the finals.
In the summer of 2007, Zodiac took on Jonny Storm in a best two out of three falls match for the WAW British Lightweight Championship; after both gaining a pinfall, Storm got the final pin.
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In August 2008, Zodiac took on Erik Isaksen for the WAW Heavyweight Championship in a best two out of three falls match. Both men gained a pinfall, however the match would end up being stopped by the referee.
On 2 March 2008, Zodiac defeated Paul Tyrell to win the WAW British Cruiserweight Championship in a best two out of three falls match. He would hold the championship until April 2010.
Zodiac entered the WAW King Of The Ring 2009, but was eliminated by Zebra Kid.
He took on Aron Frost in a match for the vacant WAW European Championship and lost.
Real Deal Wrestling (RDW)
On 12 July 2006, Zodiac debuted for Real Deal Wrestling at RDW vs WAW and took on Dave Rayne for the RDW Lincolnshire Regional Championship and lost.
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In August, he won a RDW Heavyweight Championship number one contendership battle royal and took on the champion, Mick Romeo, a few days later and lost.
With things looking bleak, two days later, he entered a gauntlet match for the RDW Lincolnshire Regional Championship and won.
He would lose the championship three months later to Sykes in a triple threat ladder match which also included The Dominator.
On 3 February 2007, he teamed up with his father Ricky Knight, and defeated (The)UK Pitbulls for the RDW Tag Team Championship.
The duo proved to be a formidable team, holding the championship for nine months before losing it to The Underdogs (Luc Harrison and Nathan Chalder) in a five-way tag team match.
Zodiac reached the final of the King of the Castle 2008 tournament before losing to Havok.
The Football Hooligans
In late 2010, Zodiac would begin to regularly team up with his brother Roy Bevis. In time, they began calling themselves the Football Hooligans with Zodiac changing his ring name to Bexx and Bevis changing his ring name to Bud.
Their first match as the Football Hooligans came in November at a Herts And Essex Wrestling and World Association Of Wrestling joint event which the pair won.
The pair would go on quite the winning streak in early 2011 which led to a street fight against the Devil's Playboys (Brett Meadows and Sam Knee) for the HEW Tag Team Championship. Winning this match marked the first tag team championship for the newly named Hooligans.
With their success in the United Kingdom, the Hooligans travelled over to Germany to take on Christian Eckstein and Leon van Gasteren at European Wrestling Promotion for the EWP Tag Team Championship, but would return to England unsuccessful.
The Hooligans began appearing for one of Britain's top wrestling promotions, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom where they have traded wins with Project Ego (Kris Travis and Martin Kirby).
The Hooligans have also appeared for All Star Wrestling.
On 15 September 2012, they defeated Army of Two (Scott Fusion and Aaron Sharpe) to win the vacant RQW European Tag Team Championship.
On 23 March 2013, they were defeated by Fusion and Sharpe for the title.
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH)
Bevis made his All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut at Full Gear, appearing as a spectator in support of his sister Saraya, in her match against Britt Baker.
He made another appearance as a spectator, with the rest of his family to support Saraya again at All In.
In December 2023, Bevis, now going by his "Zak Knight" ring name, began to work for AEW and the sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), joining Saraya's stable The Outcasts.
On 4 March 2025, it was reported that Zak Knight was no longer with AEW.
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The Knight Family Documentary and Film
In July 2012, Channel 4 produced a documentary about the Knights entitled The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family.
The documentary was adapted into a feature film by Stephen Merchant and executive producer Dwayne Johnson, titled Fighting with My Family, with Jack Lowden playing Zak Bevis, while Bevis himself has a cameo role as a gang lieutenant.
Championships and Accomplishments
Throughout his career, Zak Zodiac/Knight has achieved the following championships:
- WAW Pontins Open Champion (1 time)
- WAW King of the Ring (2007)
- WAW British Cruiserweight Champion (1 time)
- RDW Lincolnshire Regional Championship (1 time)
- RDW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ricky Knight
- RQW European Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Roy Bevis
Zak Zodiac has also been ranked in the PWI 500.