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Met At WWE WrestleMania: AEW & TNA Stars Confirm Romance

By Lyle Kilbane • Published Jan 19, 2026 13:10 EST

A TNA and AEW star have confirmed their romance after meeting at WWE WrestleMania.

There are plenty of couples in the wrestling world, but now one more has been discovered. Love was in the air back at WrestleMania several years ago when former WWE star Jakara Jackson – now known as Mara Sade in TNA – locked eyes with current AEW star Kevin Knight.

Speaking to Gabby AF, TNA star Mara Sade confirmed that she was in a relationship with the high-flying AEW star:

Yes, I’m dating — officially dating Kevin Knight, Jet2Fly. We met for the very first time and locked eyes at WrestleMania. I want to say 2020… maybe 2021.

Sade then detailed how the two met and says she doesn’t mind giving fans a glimpse into her private life, but not too much:

Yeah, we literally locked eyes, and that’s when it all started. He’s amazing. I’m not someone who puts all my business out there. If something means something to you and it’s precious, you keep it to yourself… I love just sprinkling it in here and there because people are like, ‘What? What? What?’ And then I see it in headlines, and I’m like, ‘Wow, where have y’all been at?’

AEW & TNA Stars Make It Work After WrestleMania Meeting

Sade added that the wild world of wrestling is something they are able to navigate, and they understand when they don’t always get to spend time together:

It happens in the most unexpected way. You don’t even see it coming. But we make it work, and I’m so blessed because he gets it, I get it… it makes the time we do spend together even more special. It allows us to miss each other while we’re both grinding. We’re super supportive of one another. He’s my biggest fan, I’m his biggest fan. If he’s out there grinding, I’m like, ‘Do your thing.’ And when you come home, I got you.

Kevin Knight’s personal life is clearly thriving, and so is his career after he captured the AEW Trios Championship for himself, Mike Bailey and Hangman Adam Page on Collision. Knight pinned Powerhouse Hobbs to win the gold, with Hobbs apparently on his way to WWE.