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| Personal information | |
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| Born | Amy Christine Dumas April 14, 1975(age 50) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Website | amy-dumas |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Angelica Lita Miss Congeniality |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 135 lb (61 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Sanford, North Carolina Atlanta,Georgia |
| Trained by | Dory Funk Jr. El Dandy Ricky Santana Kevin Quinn |
| Debut | January 9, 1999 |
| Retired | April 1, 2023 |
Amy Christine Dumas (born April 14, 1975) is an American retiredprofessional wrestler and singer. She is best known for her tenure inWWE, under the ring nameLita, where she performed full-time from 2000 to 2006.
Dumas began her wrestling career in 1998 under the ring nameAngelica, training and performing in Mexico withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). She later competed on the U.S.independent circuit and had a brief run inExtreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in early 1999. In August 1999, she signed with theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE), debuting asLita in February 2000. Initially aligned withEssa Rios, she rose to prominence as part ofTeam Xtreme alongsideMatt andJeff Hardy, known for their high-flying and daredevil style.
Over the course of her career, she became a four-timeWWE Women's Champion. She retired from full-time in-ring competition in 2006 but continued to make sporadic appearances. In 2014, she was inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame. She returned on a part-time basis in 2022, and in 2023, she won theWWE Women's Tag Team Championship withBecky Lynch, becoming the first female Hall of Famer to capture a WWE title after induction. She has also worked behind the scenes with WWE as a producer and trainer.
Outside of wrestling, Dumas formed thepunk rock bandThe Luchagors, releasing their self-titled debut album on September 11, 2007.
Amy Christine Dumas was born inFort Lauderdale, Florida, to Christine and Michael Dumas on April 14, 1975. She is of Mexican, Puerto Rican and French ancestry.[3][4] She attended many different schools around Florida throughout her childhood and adolescent years and managed to finish school atLassiter High School nearAtlanta six months before graduation. She majored in education atGeorgia State University,[5] but dropped out in 1993 because she felt it was too much like high school.[6]
Later, inWashington, D.C., Dumas played bass guitar in several bands,[2][6] and worked as aroadie for a band.[2][6]
Dumas first became interested in wrestling after watchingRey Mysterio Jr., an Americanluchador, wrestle on an episode ofWorld Championship Wrestling's (WCW)Monday Nitro.[3][7] She traveled to Mexico in 1997 to learn more about the sport and how to wrestle.[3][6] Dumas financed her training by dancing in a club under the pseudonym Misty.[8] During her stay in Mexico, Dumas trained under numerous wrestlers, includingEl Dandy, Kevin Quinn andRicky Santana.[2] Following the completion of her training, Dumas made several appearances with theConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 1998, under the ring name of Angelica.[2]
After returning to the United States, Dumas continued working as avalet on the independent circuit as Angelica.[6] She made her wrestling debut in a match against indie wrestler Strawberry Fields on January 9, 1999, where she won the match.[9] She worked inMaryland Championship Wrestling (MCW), at one point managingChristopher Daniels.[2] She also made appearances inNWA Mid-Atlantic, where she first metMatt andJeff Hardy, who offered to train with her.[2][3]
In April 1999, Dumas was approached byPaul Heyman, the owner andbooker ofExtreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).[2][3] Dumas debuted in ECW as Miss Congeniality,[10] the on-screen girlfriend ofDanny Doring.[11] Dumas later began using the name Angelica once again and made her pay-per-view debut on July 18 atHeat Wave where Doring, as part of their storyline, proposed to her with a condom.[11]
Dumas was introduced to veteran wrestlerDory Funk, Jr. by ECW wrestlerRob Van Dam, and Funk invited her to attend his wrestling school, The Funkin' Conservatory.[3][11] Dumas attended Funk's school alongside twenty-three men,[6] graduated from the school in August 1999, and returned to ECW.[11] Meanwhile, Funk and his wife compiled video footage of Dumas and sent it to the World Wrestling Federation.[3][6] The Federation was sufficiently impressed, and on August 1, 1999, Dumas was signed to a WWF developmental deal. After six months with ECW,[12] she made her final appearance on October 23, 1999, atRe-enter the Sandman.[2][6]
Dumas debuted on the July 5, 1999, episode ofRaw Is War as part ofThe Godfather's Ho-Train.[13]
After honing her skills at theMemphis Championship Wrestling developmental territory, Dumas was given the ring name Lita and paired with luchadorEssa Rios. Lita and Rios made their WWF debut on the February 13, 2000, episode ofSunday Night Heat, where Rios was booked to win theWWF Light Heavyweight Championship fromGillberg (it was only by watching the episode that the two learned their new ring names, decided post-production). Lita mimicked his moves, notably themoonsault andhurricanrana, immediately after he had performed them on an opponent.[2] Essa Rios and Lita had a feud withEddie Guerrero andChyna which led to aEuropean title match between Ríos and then-champion Guerrero atBacklash. In May 2000, a storyline was developed in which Lita found Rios cavorting with The Godfather and his "hos", causing tension between them.[2] Rios eventually turned on Lita bypowerbombing her after she inadvertently cost him a match, with theHardy Boyz coming to her rescue.
As a member of Team Xtreme, Lita developed a more "alternative" image, wearing baggy pants with athong, which washiked up high above her pants, clearly exposed—right after she joined Team Xtreme, her popularity skyrocketed.[14] During her time with Team Xtreme, Lita became the only female to ever be physically involved inTables, Ladders, and Chairs matches in the WWF, effectively interfering at TLC I atSummerslam and TLC II atWrestleMania X-Seven on the Hardy Boyz’ behalf- but her interference was often short-lived as she was brutallySpeared at ringside byEdge and3-D’ed by the Dudley Boyz.[15]
In June 2000, Team Xtreme began a storyline withT & A (Test andAlbert), with Lita engaging in a rivalry with their manager,Trish Stratus. The rivalry developed into an off-and-on long-term feud between the two women that lasted until Stratus retired in 2006. The storyline ended shortly afterFully Loaded, where Lita pinned Stratus in asix-person intergender tag team match. The two rivals were then part of the main event of the July 31, 2000, edition ofRaw Is War in Lita's hometown of Atlanta, which was a tag team match between Lita &The Rock vs Stratus &Triple H, which Lita and The Rock won.[11] Subsequently, Lita began feuding withWWF Women's ChampionStephanie McMahon-Helmsley after winning the first-ever women's battle royal against the likes ofIvory,Jacqueline,Terri andThe Kat.[3] In the main event of the August 21, 2000, episode ofRaw is War (her second main event in three weeks), Lita defeated Stephanie with a moonsault to win the Women's Championship for the first time, with The Rock as special guest referee. Laster, that week Lita was involved in another main event match on Smackdown, this time teaming with the Rock in a winning effort againstKurt Angle and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
Lita held the Women's Championship for73 days, which included retaining her title in ahardcore match against Jacqueline on October 9.[16] In the course of her reign, Lita became embroiled in the storyline feud between the Hardy Boyz andEdge and Christian. In retaliation for her frequent interference in their matches, Edge and Christian cost Lita the Women's Championship by side-slamming her into the mat, helping Ivory to defeat her in a four-way match on the November 2 episode ofSmackDown! Ivory was in a conservative-based stable namedRight to Censor at that time, which targeted Lita for her attire and moves. Lita attempted to regain the title on several occasions, wrestling Ivory in a match atSurvivor Series where Ivory cut Lita's lower forehead open with her boot heel and she bled heavily, and then another match atRebellion but Lita was thwarted on each occasion bySteven Richards, Ivory's mentor. She spent the remainder of the year in a storyline with would-be suitorDean Malenko,[2][3] on one occasion unsuccessfully challenging him for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Even after repeated rejections from Lita followed by savage beatings by the Hardy Boyz, Malenko was undeterred in his quest to win Lita's affections.
Lita continued to feud with Dean Malenko in early 2001, and she defeated him in a singles bout on the February 19 episode ofRaw is War with the assistance of Matt Hardy. Following the match, Hardy kissed Lita, beginning their on-screen relationship and turning their real-life romance into a storyline. On the April 9 edition ofRaw is War, she took part in another WWF main event as part of Team Xtreme against a tag team of Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and theTwo Man Power Trip (Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H). They won, but Lita took a brutal beating immediately following the match, when she wasPedigreed by Triple H and hit four times in the back with a steel chair by Austin, who finished her off with aStunner. Austin had just turnedheel and this was an attempt to generate even more heat by beating up the most popular female wrestler in the WWF at the time.
In July 2001, Lita and Trish Stratus joined forces to combatStacy Keibler andTorrie Wilson, members ofThe Alliance: Extreme Championship Wrestling andWorld Championship Wrestling wrestlers who were invading the WWF as part ofThe Invasion storyline.[1] At theInvasion pay-per-view on July 22, Lita and Stratus defeated Keibler and Wilson in the first ever tag teambra and panties match by stripping their opponents to their underwear.[1] Throughout The Invasion, Lita, Stratus, and Jacqueline feuded with Alliance members Keibler, Wilson, Ivory, andMighty Molly. The Invasion storyline ended on November 18 atSurvivor Series, when Lita took part in asix-pack challenge for the WWF Women's Championship which had been vacated by Chyna earlier that month; Stratus won the match and the title.[17]
In late 2001, the Hardy Boyz began a storyline in which they were feuding with one another.[18][19] Lita refereed a match between them atVengeance on December 9.[2][19] Jeff won the match with a scripted finish that had Lita failing to notice that Matt had placed his leg on the rope during Jeff's successful pin attempt. Continuing the storyline on the following episode ofRaw, Matt defeated Lita and Jeff in ahandicap match, shortly after informing Lita that both their relationship and the Hardy Boyz were finished.[20] On the December 17 episode ofRaw, both Jeff and Lita were sidelined with storyline injuries following a hardcore title match between Jeff andWWF Hardcore ChampionThe Undertaker, when they were both tossed off the stage by The Undertaker.[1] The injuring of both his brother and ex-girlfriend led to a reconciliation between the members of Team Xtreme, and on the December 20 episode ofSmackDown!, Matt faced The Undertaker but was also injured. All three members of Team Xtreme were then removed from WWF television for several weeks.
Team Xtreme returned at theRoyal Rumble event in January, with the Hardys as participants and Lita accompanying them. The trio attacked The Undertaker, but were unsuccessful in eliminating him.[1][21] Lita resumed her pursuit of the WWF Women's Championship and made her in-ringWrestleMania debut atWrestleMania X8 on March 17, facing Stratus and WWF Women's ChampionJazz in a match in which Jazz retained her title by pinning Lita.[22]
On April 6, Dumas suffered what appeared to be astinger while filming a fight scene for a role in the season finale of the television programDark Angel.[6][23] The rehearsal required that she practice the hurricanrana that would be used in the episode, however, the stunt double Dumas was working with dropped her as she swung through the move, causing her to land on her neck and shoulders.[1][24] After she underwent aCAT scan, it was revealed that she had suffered three cracks in her vertebrae, necessitating surgery.[2][25] On April 30, Dumas underwent neck surgery under Dr.Lloyd Youngblood, during which he used a section of her hip to fuse her C5 and C6 vertebrae together. She spent the subsequent year rehabilitating, making appearances onSunday Night Heat as acolor commentator, beginning in October 2002.[24][26] During her time recovering, Matt and Jeff split thus ending Team Xtreme; Jeff would leave the WWE the following year and Matt would move toSmackDown!.
On the April 21, 2003, episode ofRaw, as part of a new storyline, she was fired from her position on commentary by general managerEric Bischoff after she rejected his advances and his request that she follow in the footsteps ofSmackDown!'s Torrie Wilson and pose forPlayboy.[2][24] She returned to the ring after an absence of seventeen months on the September 15 episode ofRaw, saving Trish Stratus from a beating at the hands of Molly Holly andGail Kim.[1][2] Co-general manager Stone Cold Steve Austin later explained to Eric Bischoff that he had rehired Lita. Lita and Stratus went on to defeat Holly and Kim in a tag team match on September 21 atUnforgiven. Lita feuded with Holly into late 2003, unsuccessfully challenging her for the Women's Championship on November 16 atSurvivor Series.[2] On the November 17 episode ofRaw, Lita and Matt Hardy were reunited after Hardy was moved fromSmackDown! toRaw.[27] Continuing the storyline, Holly interrupted as Hardy was about to propose to Lita, challenging the duo to face her and Bischoff in an intergender tag team match later that evening.[27] Bischoff later added the stipulation that Lita would earn a title shot if she won but would be fired if she lost.[27] Hardy and Lita lost the match after Hardy refused to tag in, with Hardy berating Lita for "selfishly" returning toRaw instead ofSmackDown!, claiming that this showed that she cared more about the Women's Championship than about him.[27] Lita was rehired later that evening whenChristian informed her that he had used his Survivor Series favor to get Bischoff to reinstate her.[2] One week later, Lita lost toVictoria in the first ever women'ssteel cage match in WWE history, due to interference from Hardy.[28]
As Lita and Christian appeared to be developing an on-screen relationship, so did Stratus andChris Jericho.[2] Subsequently, Stratus and Lita participated in an intergender tag team match as partners on the December 1 episode ofRaw. After the match, Stratus overheard Jericho talking to then-heel, Christian, about who could sleep with their respective woman first.[2][29] One week later, Stratus and Lita confronted the men about their real intentions, leading to a feud between the two men and women which resulted in a "Battle of the Sexes" match atArmageddon, which the women lost. A rematch ended in a no contest the next night. On February 23, 2004, Lita was involved in a fatal-4-way elimination match for the Women's Championship which also included Molly Holly, Jazz, and Victoria, who won the match.[30]
Lita competed in the women's division throughout early 2004, winning abattle royal to become the number one contender for the Women's Championship on the April 5 episode ofRaw. Victoria defeated Lita to retain the Women's Championship atBacklash on April 18. The next night onRaw, Lita was reunited with Matt Hardy when Hardy attackedKane in an attempt to prevent him from harming Lita, beginning a new storyline involving the trio.[31] In the following weeks, Kane began repeatedly assaulting Hardy and attempting to seduce Lita. During the course of the storyline, he kidnapped Lita and held her tied up backstage,[31] and he persuaded Eric Bischoff to give her a title shot atBad Blood on June 13, where she was defeated by Trish Stratus in a Fatal Four Way match that also included Gail Kim and defending champion Victoria. The next night onRaw, Lita revealed that she was pregnant.[31] One week later, it appeared that Hardy was going to propose to Lita, but he was interrupted by Kane, who claimed to be the father of Lita's child.[2] Two months later, it was revealed that Kane was, in fact, the father. Hardy and Kane feuded for several months, culminating in a "Till Death Do Us Part" match on August 15 atSummerSlam, with the stipulation that Lita would be obliged to marry the winner of the match.[32] Kane won the match, leading to him marrying a reluctant Lita on the August 23 episode ofRaw.[2] Despite being married to Kane, Lita thwarted him during his matches, constantly aiding his opponents. On the September 13 episode ofRaw, Litamiscarried afterGene Snitsky struck Kane with a chair, resulting in him falling on Lita.[33] The miscarriage led to Lita and Kane joining forces in order to take revenge on Snitsky.[2]
With her pregnancy storyline over, Lita returned to the women's division in November 2004. She began a feud with Trish Stratus, who had constantly degraded her during her pregnancy storyline. When Stratus referred to her as "chubby" because of her weight gain, she retaliated by attacking Stratus backstage. Lita challenged Stratus to a Women's Championship match atSurvivor Series, however, due to the months of humiliation and being verbally berated by Stratus, Lita was more concerned with doing as much damage as possible—she broke Stratus's nose and attacked her with a steel chair, promptly leading to her disqualification. This intense and violent match involved levels of physicality that had not been seen before in the women's division.[34] The feud raged on, and on December 6, Lita defeated Stratus in the main event ofRaw to win her second WWE Women's Championship.[34][35] During the course of the match, Lita botched asuicide dive to the outside when she over-rotated by a fraction of an inch, barely escaping serious injury.[35] This move was later used in the buildup to the title rematch she was booked for atNew Year's Revolution against Stratus, who claimed, "Lita had to practically kill herself just to beat me." During the match, Lita legitimately tore her leftACL after executing aThesz press off the ring apron, leaving her unable to continue the match and resulting in a rushed finish, in which Stratus reclaimed the title.[2][36]
Lita returned to WWE television in March 2005, mentoringChristy Hemme, who was in the midst of a storyline with Stratus that featured a title match between them atWrestleMania 21.[2] Despite Lita's coaching, Hemme was defeated by Stratus.[37] Lita continued to feud with Stratus by proxy over the following weeks, with Kane defeating Stratus's companion,Viscera, atBacklash on May 1.[38]
The relationship between Lita and Kane lasted until the May 16 episode ofRaw, when Lita turned on Kane, helping Edge defeat him in the finals of theRaw Gold Rush Tournament, turningheel for the first and only time in her career.[2] On the May 30 episode ofRaw, Lita announced that she had filed for divorce, claiming Kane was like a 4th grader in the bedroom and expressing relief that she would no longer have to deal with his "sweaty body" and "stupid little laugh," and his wedding ring being flushed down a toilet.[39] She then attempted to marry Edge on the June 20 episode ofRaw, but the marriage ceremony was interrupted by a vengeful Kane, who emerged from beneath the ring, destroyed the ceremony, and as Edge and Lita escaped from the ring, Kane tombstoned their priest.[40] The storyline with Kane ended shortly thereafter.
Off-screen, at this time, Dumas had been involved with Matt Hardy romantically, but began an affair with Adam Copeland (Edge), who was one of Hardy's closest friends.[2][6] WWE then began to use the real-life issues between the three as an on-screen storyline.[6] In April, Hardy was released from WWE for revealing the entire incident on his blog,[41] only to be rehired several months later under constant outcry from fans from shows and pay-per-views every week for months on end. Lita had been one of the most popular performers in the WWE since the beginning of her association with the Hardy Boyz in 2000 and after Hardy was fired in April, her popularity had taken a massive dive. Starting with aRaw event atMadison Square Garden where after hobbling to the ring on a crutch to do a segment with heel Trish Stratus, she was booed heavily and fans chanted "You screwed Matt!" and "We want Matt!"[42]- and Lita was still a face at this time. The booing and jeering got so bad that Stratus, angered by the abuse, went off script and berated the crowd; after the segment Dumas was shaken by the experience. Hardy was rehired in July (by which time Lita had turned heel) and would engage in a three-month feud with Edge, while Lita, awkwardly watching and sometimes interfering in these matches from ringside continued to act as Edge's valet. On the October 3 episode ofRaw, Edge, with the assistance of Lita, defeated Hardy in a ladder match, and Hardy was obligated to leaveRaw as astipulation of the match, ending their feud.[2] Hardy went toSmackDown!, and Edge defeatedJohn Cena to win theWWE Championship on January 8 atNew Year's Revolution.[43][44][45]
In an interview conducted after the event, on WWE.com, Edge announced that he and Lita would have "hot, unbridled sex" in the middle of the ring onRaw the following night to celebrate his victory. OnRaw that night in the family-friendly amusement park town ofHershey, Pennsylvania, Edge held up to that promise by engaging inforeplay with Lita in a bed inside the ring until they were interrupted byRic Flair, who called Edge a disgrace and "that he was horrible in the sack."[46] Flair, however, ended up on the receiving end of acon-chair-to on the announcers' table until Cena came out to Flair's aid and performed anFU on Lita.[46] The "Live Sex Celebration" segment earnedRaw a 5.2 rating,[47] the highestRaw rating in over a year,[48] leading Edge to call himself the "most watched champion ever".[49] In 2021, Lita revealed that she was uncomfortable with the segment, but WWE threatened to fire her if she didn't do the segment.[50] On the February 6 episode ofRaw, Lita teamed with Edge in a loss to Cena andMaria.[51] She continued to manage Edge into mid-2006, frequently interfering on his behalf during his feud withMick Foley. In May 2006, Foley joined forces with Edge and Lita, with the trio defeating Foley's ECW rivalsTerry Funk,Tommy Dreamer, andBeulah McGillicutty in an impromptu six-person tag team match atOne Night Stand.[52]
On the August 14 episode ofRaw, Lita won her third Women's Championship by defeatingMickie James. She lost the title to longtime rival, Trish Stratus, atUnforgiven in Stratus's retirement match. AtCyber Sunday, Lita defeated James again in the finals of a tournament for the vacant Women's Title in alumberjill match. In the three editions ofRaw after Cyber Sunday, Lita faced James in three non-title handicap matches, the first where James had one hand tied behind her back, the second where James had her feet tied together, and the third with James being blindfolded. Lita easily won the first (November 6) and third (November 20) of those matches, but on the November 13 episode ofRaw, James was able to defeat Lita afterD-Generation X squirted mustard in Lita's face. By this time, Lita had become so fed up with the continued negative intrusion for 18 consecutive months WWE fans had on her personal life, that she cut a series of intense promos, with the normally relaxed Lita yelling and screaming into the microphone over her intense frustration of being treated the way she had been treated, insulting the crowd and the millions watching on TV. AtSurvivor Series, Lita had her last match before her retirement, where she lost the title against Mickie James.
Dumas made her debut for United Wrestling Federation (UWF) on April 21, 2007, where she served as a special guest referee for the match between Christy Hemme andApril Hunter.[53] The following day, Dumas made her in-ring debut teaming up withJerry Lynn in a winning effort defeatingAustin Starr and Christy Hemme.[53] Dumas made her debut forFamily Wrestling Entertainment on the April 28 episode ofFWE Television, as aspecial guest referee for the match whereWinter retained theFWE Women's Championship againstMelina Perez.[54]
Lita made her in-ring return for the first time in five years as part of an eight-person tag match forMCW Pro Wrestling in Joppa, Maryland on March 3, 2017, where she teamed with The Bruiser, and The Hell Cats to defeatMCW champion Sean Studd, Andy Vineberg, Rayo and Jeremiah.[55]
Lita returned on December 10, 2007, onRaw's 15th Anniversary Special by teaming up with Trish Stratus to rid the ring ofJillian Hall, turning face for the first time since 2005. Later that night, she had a backstage reunion with Kane, her former on-screen husband.[56]
She appeared on the November 1, 2010, episode ofRaw in a segment withPee-wee Herman.[57] On December 12, 2011, Lita presented aSlammy Award toKelly Kelly for Divalicious Moment of the Year.[58]
Lita returned on the1000th episode ofRaw on July 23, 2012, defeatingHeath Slater in an intergender no disqualification, no countout match with the help from the WWE legends who had defeated Slater during the past weeks, as well as theAPA.[59]
In 2014, she was inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame by her best friend and fellow wrestler Trish Stratus.[60] The next night atWrestleMania XXX, she appeared during transmission while she was introduced as part of the2014 Hall of Fame class.[61]
Lita served as a trainer on thesixth season ofTough Enough, alongsideBooker T andBilly Gunn. She appeared on the July 13, 2015, episode ofRaw to introduce theTough Enough contestants.[62] From October 2015 to July 2016, Dumas was a creative writer and backstage producer for the WWE on a full-time basis.
During theWrestleMania 32 pre-show on April 3, 2016, Lita announced the retirement of theWWE Divas Championship and unveiled the newWWE Women's Championship belt, being won byCharlotte.[63][64] She was working as one of the pre-show hosts forRaw,SmackDown and pay-per-view events until 2017.
Lita appeared during theWrestleMania 33 pre-show on April 2, 2017.[65] She was also color commentator for the first edition of theMae Young Classic, alongsideJim Ross.[66]
Lita participated in the first edition of theWomen's Royal Rumble in 2018.[67][68] She also wrestled atWWE Evolution, WWE's first all women's pay-per-view, where she and Trish Stratus defeated Mickie James andAlicia Fox following a brief feud.[69]
Ahead of her appearance in the2022 edition of the Royal Rumble, Lita returned toSmackDown, as a face, which led to a confrontation with Charlotte Flair. At the event, Lita entered at #26 and eliminated former rival Mickie James before being eliminated by Flair.[68] On January 31, 2022, onRaw, Lita challengedBecky Lynch to a match atElimination Chamber for the Raw Women's Championship. At the event on February 19, Lita failed to win the title, but received a standing ovation after the match.[70]
Ending a one-year hiatus, Lita returned toRaw on February 6, 2023, during a Steel Cage match between Lynch andBayley. She proceeded to assault all three members ofDamage CTRL (Bayley,Dakota Kai, andIyo Sky) and giving Lynch the victory. On the February 27 episode ofRaw, Lita would team with Lynch to defeat Kai and Sky for theWWE Women's Tag Team Championship after an assist from the returning Trish Stratus, giving Lita her first title reign since 2006.[71] On March 6, Stratus, Lynch, and Lita challenged Damage CTRL to a six-woman tag team match atWrestleMania 39, where they were victorious. This was Lita's second WrestleMania match and first-ever win.[72]
On April 10, 2023, Lita was scheduled to defend the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship onRaw againstLiv Morgan andRaquel Rodriguez. However, Lita was assaulted just prior to the start of the show, with Trish Stratus teaming with Becky Lynch to defend the title on her behalf. Morgan pinned Stratus with a roll-up, costing Lita and Lynch the titles. Stratus then attacked Lynch following the match.[73] On the following episode ofRaw, Stratus revealed herself as Lita's attacker, citing frustration with Lita appearing as Lynch's sidekick and overall anger at her legacy seemingly being forgotten.[74]
On the November 14, 2023, episode ofNXT, Lita announced the qualifiers for the Iron Survivor Challenge atNXT Deadline.
Lita is cited as inspiration for several women, such asPaige,[citation needed]AJ Lee,[75][76]Bayley,[77]Liv Morgan,[78]Deonna Purrazzo,[79]Melina Perez,[80]Taryn Terrell,[81]Maria Kanellis,[82] andMaryse.[83]
Lita was involved in the first threeRaw main events featuring women. She won all three matches—the first on July 31, 2000, in Atlanta being a mixed tag-team match pairing her andThe Rock againstTrish Stratus andTriple H, the second againstStephanie McMahon on August 21, 2000, with The Rock as the special guest referee in which she captured her first Women's Championship, and the third against Trish Stratus on December 6, 2004, where she won her second Women's Championship. This was the first time women had main-eventedRaw where no men were involved in any capacity. In November 2003, she facedVictoria in the first-ever women'ssteel cage match in WWE.[84]
WWE mentions Lita as "aDiva who always kept the WWE Universe on their toes. Whether she was flying high withThe Hardy Boyz or shocking censors alongsideEdge, the four-time Women's Champion knew how to elicit a reaction around the world."[1]
Her Women's Championship match against Trish Stratus atUnforgiven 2006 was ranked No. 3 by WWE in 2015 on the "10 greatest Divas Matches of all time" list.[85] This match is also cited as one of the most unforgettable Divas matches, along with her match againstMickie James atSurvivor Series 2006, and against Victoria in a cage match onRaw.[86]
Dumas formed the bandThe Luchagors in mid-2006, and they debuted in September 2006 at the rock and wrestling event Rock-N-Shock at The Masquerade in Atlanta.[87] Dumas wore a top emblazoned with the symbol of the band during her final match in WWE. The band released their self-titled debut CD,The Luchagors, on September 11, 2007.[6]
Dumas contributed vocals to the song "From The Shadows" (appearing on the track alongsideDez Cadena ofBlack Flag/Misfits) fromRecognise, the debut album from UK band JD & the FDCs, which was released in July 2012.[88] A video for the song was released in March 2013.[89]
Lita was featured in the June 2001 video and DVD releaseLita: It Just Feels Right.[12] The video featured discussions of Lita's career to that point and showcased several of her matches.[12] Dumas's autobiography, written with Michael Krugman,Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D. – The Reality of Amy Dumas was released on September 16, 2003.[90] The book covered topics such as her family, childhood years, wrestling career, relationship with Matt Hardy, and her neck surgery and subsequent rehabilitation. Lita is considered to be asex symbol.[91]
Dumas also appeared on a variety of television shows includingDark Angel,[6][23]Fear Factor,[92] andThe Weakest Link's "WWF Superstars Edition" in 2002.[93] In 2004, she appeared on an episode ofHeadbangers Ball.[94]
Lita began hosting a local Atlanta radio show calledAmy's Discordia in 2013.[95]
Lita was interviewed and profiled for the 2016Nine Legends movie.[96]
On May 9, 2018, Dumas debuted as the host of a series for the ASY TV web platform titledThe UFO Sho where she visits UFO-themed locations and examines the culture around them.[citation needed]
In 2019, Dumas appeared onThe Special Without Brett Davis during WrestleMania week.
In March 2020, Dumas, along withChristy Hemme andGail Kim, announced "KAYfABE," a new wrestling show which was inspired by true events and was to blend scripted drama with pro wrestling.[97] The production launched acrowd-funding campaign onKickstarter to raise money for the pilot episode, however they were only able to raise $62,919.96 of the $400,000 goal.[citation needed] Following the failure of the campaign, the team cited the financial impacts of theglobal COVID-19 pandemic as a reason for the campaign's difficulties and assured fans that the show would secure funding elsewhere at a later date.[citation needed]
On November 18, 2020, Lita made an appearance on a TV show along withTatiana Suarez of theUFC onThe Bachelorette.[98]
Lita also joinedBooker T andMick Foley as a co-host of WWE Studios'A&E reality seriesWWE's Most Wanted Treasures about searches for collectibles related to various wrestlers for its second season in 2023.
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| WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role | |||
| 2001 | WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It | ||
| WWF With Authority! | |||
| 2002 | WWF Raw | ||
| WWE WrestleMania X8 | |||
| WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth | |||
| 2003 | WWE Crush Hour | ||
| WWE WrestleMania XIX | |||
| WWE Raw 2 | |||
| WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain | |||
| 2005 | WWE WrestleMania 21 | ||
| WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006 | |||
| 2006 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 | ||
| 2012 | WWE '13 | ||
| 2013 | WWE 2K14 | ||
| 2014 | WWE SuperCard | Mobile game | |
| 2015 | WWE 2K16 | Downloadable content | |
| 2016 | WWE 2K17 | ||
| 2017 | WWE 2K18 | ||
| WWE Champions | Mobile game | ||
| WWE Mayhem | Mobile game | ||
| 2018 | WWE 2K19 | ||
| 2019 | WWE 2K20 | ||
| WWE Universe | |||
| 2023 | WWE 2K23 | ||
| 2024 | WWE 2K24 | ||
| 2025 | WWE 2K25 | ||
Dumas is a knownanimal lover[24][90] andvegan.[99] In 2003, she founded the animal charity Amy Dumas Operation Rescue and Education (A.D.O.R.E.).[6][90]
Dumas's hair is naturally brown, although she has dyed it red throughout her WWF/E career.[1] She has a wide variety of tattoos: a three-eyed greengargoyle on her upper rightbicep, the word "Punk" on the inside of her lower lip, and the word "rebel" (Russian:бунтарь) written in RussianCyrillic letters on her lower back neck, all of which she got in the 1990s.[100] In 2007, she acquired asleeve on her left arm, featuring Mexican skulls, one of which has the band7 Seconds' logo on its forehead.[101] She previously had two piercings in her tongue and another two in her nose.[102]
In 1999, Dumas began datingMatt Hardy.[2][103] They first met in January 1999 at aNWA Mid-Atlantic show, and began dating a few months later.[104] In February 2005, it was revealed that Dumas had been romantically involved with fellow wrestlerAdam Copeland for several months while still in a relationship with Hardy, who had been at home recovering from a knee injury.[6][105] Following a public revelation of the affair, Matt Hardy was released by WWE. Hardy was rehired several months later and the real-life situation was translated into a storyline.
Dumas dated fellow band member Shane Morton from 2006 to 2008. Dumas also datedCM Punk from 2009 to 2010, and then again from late 2012 to September 2013.[106][107]
After retiring from wrestling in 2009, Dumas bought a house in Nicaragua and splits her time between her home in Atlanta and her house in Nicaragua, where she enjoys surfing.[108][109]
Dumas was arrested on December 9, 2011, inColumbia County, Georgia, for speeding and driving with a suspended license. After one night in jail, Dumas was released on a bail bond posted at $2,200.[110][111][112][113]
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