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|name=Amy Dumas
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|height=5 ft. 6 in. (168 cm)<ref name=wwebio>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wwealumni/lita/bio/|title=Lita's Alumni Profile|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-06-07}}</ref>
|weight=135 lb. (61 kg)<ref name="wwebio"/><ref name=slambio>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/lita.html|title=Lita's Bio|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2007-10-18|date=2005-03-03}}</ref>
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|death_date=
|birth_place=[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]<ref name=slambio/><ref name=popularity/>
|death_place=
|resides=[[Atlanta, Georgia]]
|billed=[[Sanford, North Carolina]]<ref name="wwebio"/>
[[Atlanta, Georgia]]
|trainer=[[Dory Funk, Jr.]]<ref name="wwebio"/><br />Ricky Santana<ref name=slambio/><br />[[Ace Steel]]<ref name=slambio/><br />Kevin Quinn<ref name=slambio/>
|debut=1999
|retired=November 26, 2006
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'''Amy Christine Dumas''' (born April 14, 1975),<ref name=popularity/> known for her primary [[stage name]] '''"Lita"''' is an [[United States|American]] former [[roadie]], [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], [[WWE Diva]], [[charitable organization|charity founder]] and [[lead singer]] for the band [[The Luchagors]]. During her [[career]] with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) from 2000–2006, she became arguably the most [[popular]] female wrestling performer in the company's history.<ref name=steelchair>{{cite book|title=Steel Chair To The Head: The Pleasure And Pain Of Professional Wrestling|author=Nicholas Sammond|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2005|isbn=0822334380|pages=174}}</ref>
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After briefly working on the [[independent circuit]] and in [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]], Dumas signed with [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] in 1999. Originally, she was paired with [[Mr. Águila|Essa Rios]],<ref name=digest/><ref name=hchistory/> but she achieved her greatest [[push (professional wrestling)|push]] alongside [[Matt Hardy|Matt]] and [[Jeff Hardy]] as Team Xtreme. Throughout her career, she won the [[WWE Women's Championship]] four times.<ref name=stomp/>
== October 2008 ==


Dumas had an off-screen [[Intimate_relationship|relationship]] with Matt Hardy, which ended in 2005 after her [[affair]] with [[Adam Copeland|Adam "Edge" Copeland]].<ref name=slambio/><ref name=stomp/> WWE used the real-life drama between the trio as a [[storyline]] throughout 2005 and 2006, which led to Dumas being [[boo|booed]] by the [[Fan (person)|fans]] for the first time and her character becoming [[villain|villainous]] on-screen.<ref name=slambio/><ref name=stomp/><ref name=retire/> The relationship also led to the [[firing]] of Hardy in 2005,<ref name=Hardyfire>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/04/21/1006877.html|title=Matt Hardy pulls no punches on Between the Ropes|author=Steve Rennie|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2008-01-25|date=2005-04-21}}</ref> although he was rehired later in the year.
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After her [[retirement]] from wrestling in 2006, her new [[boyfriend]] Shane Morton and her formed the [[punk rock]] band [[The Luchagors]]. The band released a [[The Luchagors (album)|CD]] on September 11, 2007.<ref name=stomp/>
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==Early life==
Amy Christine Dumas attended many different schools throughout her childhood and adolescent years and managed to finish high school at [[Lassiter High School]] six months before graduation.<ref name="page41">Amy Dumas. ''Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas'', 41.</ref> She majored in education at [[Georgia State University]],<ref name="page41"/> but dropped out in 1993 because she felt it was too much like high school.<ref name=stomp/>

Later, in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]], Dumas played [[bass guitar]] in several bands,<ref name=slambio/><ref name=stomp/> and she worked as a [[road crew|roadie]] for a band for five years. She began taking [[judo]] and [[kickboxing]] classes and started wrestling.<ref name=slambio/><ref name=stomp/><ref name=dvd>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingReviews/jun26_litavid-can.html|title=Lita vid a revealing look at a WWF Diva|author=Pejman Ramezanpour|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2007-10-18|date=2001-06-26}}</ref>

==Wrestling career==
Dumas first became interested in wrestling after watching [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]], a [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[Lucha libre|luchador]], wrestle on an episode of [[World Championship Wrestling]]'s ''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]''.<ref name=popularity/><ref>Amy Dumas. ''Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas'', 73.</ref> She traveled to Mexico in 1998 to learn more about the sport and how to wrestle.<ref name=popularity/><ref name=stomp/> Dumas financed her training by dancing in a club under the pseudonym Misty.<ref>Amy Dumas. ''Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas'', 69–70.</ref> During her stay in Mexico, Dumas trained under numerous wrestlers, including Kevin Quinn, Miguel Perez, and Ricky Santana.<ref name=slambio/> Following the completion of her training, Dumas made several appearances with the [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre]].<ref name=slambio/>

After returning to the United States, Dumas began working as a [[List of professional wrestling slang#V|valet]] on the [[independent circuit]].<ref name=stomp/> She worked in [[Maryland Championship Wrestling]] (MCW) under the ring name Angelica, at one point managing [[Christopher Daniels]].<ref name=slambio/> She also made appearances in [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA Mid-Atlantic]], where she first met [[Hardy Boyz|Matt and Jeff Hardy]], who offered to train with her.<ref name=slambio/><ref name=popularity/>

===Extreme Championship Wrestling===
In the spring of 1999, she was approached by [[Paul Heyman]], the owner and [[List of professional wrestling slang#B|booker]] of [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] (ECW).<ref name=slambio/><ref name=popularity/> Dumas debuted in ECW as Miss Congeniality,<ref name=hchistory>{{cite book|title=Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW|author=Scott E. Williams|publisher=Sports Publishing|year=2007|isbn=1596702257|pages=171}}</ref> the on-screen girlfriend of [[Danny Doring]].<ref name=digest/> Dumas later began using the name Angelica once again and made her [[pay-per-view]] debut on July 18 at [[ECW Heat Wave#1999|Heat Wave]] where Doring, as part of their storyline, proposed to her.<ref name="digest"/>

Dumas was introduced to veteran wrestler [[Dory Funk, Jr.]] by ECW wrestler [[Rob Van Dam]], and Funk invited her to attend his wrestling school, The Funkin' Conservatory.<ref name=popularity/><ref name=digest>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCO/is_6_2/ai_71403977|title=Lita's More Than Lovely|author=Thomas Chamberlin|publisher=Wrestling Digest|accessdate=2007-06-06|month=April | year=2001}}</ref> Dumas attended Funk's school alongside twenty-three men,<ref name=stomp/> graduated from the school in August 1999, and returned to ECW.<ref name=digest/> Meanwhile, Funk and his wife compiled video footage of Dumas and sent it to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]].<ref name=popularity/><ref name=stomp/> The Federation was sufficiently impressed, and on November 1, 1999, Dumas was signed to a WWF developmental deal. After five months with ECW,<ref name=dvd/> she made her final appearance on October 23, 1999.<ref name=slambio/><ref name=stomp/>

===World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment===
====1999–2000====
After honing her skills at the [[Memphis Championship Wrestling]] developmental territory, Dumas was given the ring name Lita and paired with [[lucha libre|luchador]] [[Mr. Águila|Essa Rios]].<ref name=digest/><ref name=hchistory/> Lita and Rios made their WWF debut on the February 13, 2000 episode of ''[[WWE Heat|Sunday Night HEAT]]'', where Rios was [[List of professional wrestling slang#B|booked]] to win the [[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Duane Gill|Gillberg]].<ref name=slambio/> Lita mimicked his moves, notably the [[moonsault]] and [[Professional wrestling throws#Hurricanrana|hurricanrana]], immediately after he had performed them on an opponent.<ref name=slambio/> In May 2000, a storyline was developed in which Lita found Rios cavorting with [[Charles Wright (wrestler)|The Godfather]] and his [[Prostitution|hoes]], causing tension between them.<ref name=slambio/> Rios eventually [[List of professional wrestling slang#T|turned]] on Lita by [[powerbomb]]ing her after she inadvertently cost him a match. As part of the storyline, Lita was saved from a beating at the hands of Rios by the [[Hardy Boyz]] ([[Matt Hardy|Matt]] and [[Jeff Hardy|Jeff]]),<ref name=slambio/> and the trio formed a [[List of professional wrestling slang#S|stable]] known as [[Hardy Boyz#Team Xtreme|Team Xtreme]].<ref name=hchistory/> As a member of Team Xtreme, Lita developed a more "alternative" image, wearing baggy pants with a [[G-string|thong]], which was hiked up high above her pants, clearly exposed.<ref>{{cite book|author=Adam Copeland|title=Adam Copeland On Edge|pages=225|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2004|isbn=1416505237}}</ref> During her time with Team Xtreme, Lita became the only female to ever be physically involved in a [[Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match]] in WWE.<ref>Amy Dumas. ''Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas'', 202.</ref>

In June 2000, Team Xtreme began a storyline with [[T & A (professional wrestling)|T & A]] ([[Andrew Martin|Test]] and [[Matt Bloom|Albert]]), with Lita engaging in a rivalry with their manager, [[Trish Stratus]].<ref name=wwebio/><ref name=digest/> The rivalry developed into an off and on long term [[feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] between the two women that lasted until Stratus retired in 2006. The storyline ended shortly after [[WWF Fully Loaded#2000|Fully Loaded]], where Lita [[Pin (professional wrestling)|pinned]] Stratus in a six person intergender tag team match.<ref name=digest/> Subsequently, Lita began feuding with [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Champion]] [[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley]].<ref name=popularity/> In the main event of the August 21, 2000 episode of [[WWE Raw|''RAW is WAR'']], Lita defeated Stephanie with a [[moonsault]] to win the Women's Championship for the first time.<ref name=popularity/><ref name=digest/><ref name=reign1>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/30445413212111234|title=Lita's First Reign|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-04-05}}</ref> The match also featured [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] as the [[Professional wrestling match types#Special referee|Special Guest Referee]] and constant interference from [[Triple H]] and [[Kurt Angle]].<ref name=reign1/>

Lita held the Women's Championship for seventy-three days,<ref name=reign1/> which included retaining her title in a [[Hardcore wrestling|hardcore match]] against [[Jacqueline Moore|Jacqueline]] on October 9.<ref>Pat McNeill. ''The Tables All Were Broken'', 36.</ref> In the course of her reign, Lita became embroiled in the storyline feud between the Hardy Boyz and [[Edge and Christian]]. In retaliation for her frequent interference in their matches, Edge and Christian cost Lita the Women's Championship, helping [[Lisa Moretti|Ivory]] defeat her in a four way match on the November 2 episode of [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|''SmackDown'']].<ref name=popularity/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/3044541321211125|title=Ivory's Third Reign|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-04-05}}</ref> Ivory was in a conservative-based stable named [[Right to Censor]] at that time, which targeted Lita for her attire and moves. Lita attempted to regain the title on several occasions, wrestling Ivory at [[Survivor Series (2000)|Survivor Series]] and [[WWE Rebellion#2000|Rebellion]], but she was thwarted on each occasion by [[Stevie Richards|Steven Richards]], Ivory's mentor. She spent the remainder of the year in a storyline with would-be suitor [[Dean Malenko]],<ref name=slambio/><ref name=popularity/> on one occasion unsuccessfully challenging him for the [[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]].

====2001–2002====
Lita continued to feud with Dean Malenko in early 2001, and she defeated him in a singles bout on the February 19 episode of ''RAW 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.<ref name=slambio/><ref name=romance>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCO/is_4_3/ai_80302527/pg_2|title=Broken hearts and broken limbs|author=Steve Anderson|publisher=Wrestling Digest|accessdate=2007-10-23|month=December | year=2001}}</ref> The couple wrestled in several intergender tag team matches throughout the early part of the year.

In July 2001, Lita and Trish Stratus joined forces to combat [[Stacy Keibler]] and [[Torrie Wilson]], members of [[The Alliance (professional wrestling)|The Alliance]]: [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] and [[World Championship Wrestling]] wrestlers who were invading the WWF as part of [[The Invasion (professional wrestling)|The Invasion]] storyline.<ref name=wwebio/> At the [[WWF Invasion|Invasion]] pay-per-view on July 22, Lita and Stratus defeated Keibler and Wilson in the first ever tag team [[Professional wrestling match types#Bra and Panties match|bra and panties match]] by stripping their opponents to their underwear.<ref name=wwebio/> Throughout The Invasion, Lita, Stratus, and Jacqueline feuded with Alliance members Keibler, Wilson, [[Lisa Moretti|Ivory]], and [[Nora Greenwald|Mighty Molly]]. The Invasion storyline ended on November 18 at [[Survivor Series (2001)|Survivor Series]], where Lita took part in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|six pack challenge]] for the WWF Women's Championship, which had been vacated by Chyna earlier that year; Stratus won the match and the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/history/2001/results/|title=Survivor Series 2001: Results|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref>

In late 2001, the Hardy Boyz began a storyline in which they were feuding with one another.<ref name=romance/><ref name=pat339>Pat McNeill. ''The Tables All Were Broken'', 339.</ref> Lita refereed a match between them at [[Vengeance (2001)|Vengeance]] on December 9.<ref name=slambio/><ref name=pat339/> 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 of ''Raw'', Matt defeated Lita and Jeff in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|handicap match]], shortly after informing Lita that both their relationship and the Hardy Boyz were finished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/011210.html|title=RAW: December 10, 2001 Results|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> On the December 17 episode of ''Raw'', both Jeff and Lita were sidelined with storyline injuries following a title match between Jeff and [[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Champion]] [[The Undertaker]].<ref name=wwebio/> 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 of ''SmackDown!'', Matt Hardy faced The Undertaker but was also injured. All three members of Team Xtreme were then removed from WWF television for several weeks.

The Hardy Boyz, along with Lita, returned to WWF television in February 2002.<ref name=wwebio/><ref>{{cite news|author=Michael McAvennie|title=WWE The Yearbook: 2003 Edition|publisher=Pocket Books|year=2003|pages=42}}</ref> Lita resumed her pursuit of the WWF Women's Championship in March 2002 and made her in-ring [[WrestleMania]] debut at [[WrestleMania X8]] on March 17, facing Stratus and WWF Women's Champion [[Carlene Begnaud|Jazz]] in a match in which Jazz retained her title by pinning Lita.<ref>{{cite news|author=Michael McAvennie|title=WWE The Yearbook: 2003 Edition|publisher=Pocket Books|year=2003|pages=70–74}}</ref>

====2002–2003====
On April 6, 2002, Dumas suffered what appeared to be a [[Stinger (medicine)|stinger]] while filming a fight scene for a role in the season finale of the [[television program]] ''[[Dark Angel (TV series)|Dark Angel]]''.<ref name=stomp/><ref name=sk79>Scott Keith. ''Wrestling's One Ring Circus: The Death of the World Wrestling Federation'', 79.</ref> 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.<ref name=wwebio/><ref name="lovely">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCO/is_3_5/ai_108049497|title=Lovely Lita|author=Matt Berkowitz|publisher=Wrestling Digest|accessdate=2007-06-06|month=October | year=2003}}</ref> After she underwent a [[Computed tomography|CAT scan]], it was revealed that she had suffered three cracks in her [[vertebra]]e, necessitating surgery.<ref name=slambio/><ref>Scott Keith. ''Wrestling's One Ring Circus: The Death of the World Wrestling Federation'', 40.</ref> 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 on ''[[WWE Heat|Sunday Night HEAT]]'' as a [[color commentator]], beginning in October 2002.<ref name=lovely/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/11/09/251864.html|title=Lita makes up for lost time|author=Tim Baines|publisher=Ottawa Sun|accessdate=2007-02-25|date=2003-11-09}}</ref> On the April 21, 2003 episode of ''Raw'', as part of a new storyline, she was fired from her position as ''Sunday Night HEAT'' color commentator by [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General Managers|General Manager]] [[Eric Bischoff]] after she rejected his advances and his request that she follow in the footsteps of ''SmackDown!'''s [[Torrie Wilson]] and pose for ''[[Playboy]]''.<ref name=slambio/><ref name=lovely/>

She returned to the ring after an absence of seventeen months on the September 15 episode of ''Raw'', saving Trish Stratus from a beating at the hands of [[Nora Greenwald|Molly Holly]] and [[Gail Kim]].<ref name=wwebio/><ref name=slambio/> 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 at [[Unforgiven (2003)|Unforgiven]]. Lita feuded with Holly into late 2003, unsuccessfully challenging her for the Women's Championship on November 16 at [[Survivor Series (2003)|Survivor Series]].<ref name=slambio/> On the November 17 episode of ''Raw'', Lita and Matt Hardy were reunited after Hardy was moved from ''SmackDown!'' to ''Raw''.<ref name=nov17>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/031117.html|title=November 17, 2003 Raw Results|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> 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.<ref name=nov17/> Bischoff later added the stipulation that Lita would earn a title shot if she won but would be fired if she lost.<ref name=nov17/> Hardy and Lita lost the match after Hardy refused to tag in, with Hardy berating Lita for "selfishly" returning to ''Raw'' instead of ''SmackDown!'', claiming that this showed that she cared more about the Women's Championship than about him.<ref name=nov17/> Lita was rehired later that evening when [[Jason Reso|Christian]] informed her that he had used his Survivor Series favor to get Bischoff to reinstate her.<ref name=slambio/> One week later, Lita lost to [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]] in the first ever women's [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|steel cage match]] in WWE history, due to interference from Matt Hardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/031124.html|title=November 24, 2003 RAW Results|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2008-04-12}}</ref>

As Lita and Christian appeared to be developing an on-screen relationship, so did Stratus and [[Chris Jericho]].<ref name=slambio/> On the December 1, 2003 episode of ''Raw'', however, it was revealed that Christian and Jericho had bet one another "[[Loonie|one Canadian dollar]]" as to who could seduce Lita and Stratus respectively first.<ref name=slambio/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/listthis/greatestwhoamances/greatwhoamances10|title=Can't get no Stratus-faction|author=Mike McAvennie|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-11-04|date=2007-0-2-14}}</ref> The revelation led to a storyline feud between Lita and Stratus and Christian and Jericho, with the males triumphing in a "Battle of the Sexes" match at [[WWE Armageddon#2003|Armageddon]].<ref>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'', 88.</ref>

====2004–2005====
Lita competed in the Women's division throughout early 2004, winning a [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] to become the number one contender for the Women's Championship on the April 5 episode of ''Raw''. Victoria defeated Lita to retain the Women's Championship at [[Backlash (2004)|Backlash]] on April 18. The next night on ''Raw'', Lita was reunited with [[Matt Hardy]] when Hardy attacked [[Glen Jacobs|Kane]] in an attempt to prevent him from harming Lita, beginning a new storyline involving the trio.<ref name=ship110>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'', 110.</ref> 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,<ref name=ship110/> and he persuaded Eric Bischoff to give her a title shot at [[Bad Blood (2004)|Bad Blood]] on June 13. The next night on ''Raw'', Lita revealed that she was pregnant.<ref name=ship110/> 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, as Lita had slept with Kane to persuade him to stop attacking Hardy.<ref name=slambio/> 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 at [[SummerSlam (2004)|SummerSlam]], with the stipulation that Lita would be obliged to marry Kane should Hardy lose.<ref>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'', 111.</ref> Kane won the match, leading to he and a reluctant Lita marrying one another on the August 23, 2004 episode of ''Raw''.<ref name=slambio/> Despite being married to Kane, Lita harried him during his matches, constantly aiding his opponents. On the September 13 episode of ''Raw'', Lita [[Miscarriage|miscarried]] after [[Gene Snitsky]] struck Kane with a chair, resulting in him falling on Lita.<ref>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'', 117.</ref> The miscarriage led to Lita and Kane joining forces in order to take revenge on Snitsky.<ref name=slambio/>

With the pregnancy storyline over, Lita returned to the women's division in November 2004. She began a feud with Trish Stratus after Stratus called Lita "chubby" because of her pregnancy weight gain. Lita challenged Stratus to a Women's Championship match at [[Survivor Series (2004)|Survivor 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, leading to her disqualification.<ref name=second>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/30445413212111211|title=Lita's Second Reign|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> The feud continued, and on December 6, Lita was [[List of professional wrestling slang#B|booked]] to defeat Stratus in the main event of ''Raw'' to win her second WWE Women's Championship.<ref name=second/><ref name=recovery/> During the course of the match, Lita [[botch (professional wrestling)|botched]] a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Suicide|suicide dive]] to the outside when she over rotated by a fraction, barely escaping serious injury.<ref name=recovery>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/02/27/944653.html|title=Lita on road to recovery|author=Jason Clevett|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2007-10-18|date=March 2, 2005}}</ref> This move was later used in the build up to the title rematch she was booked for at [[WWE New Year's Revolution#2005|New Year's Revolution]] against Stratus, who claimed, "You had to practically kill yourself to take the title from me". She defeated Lita, ending her second reign as Women's Champion on January 9, 2005 at New Year's Revolution.<ref>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'', 133.</ref> In the course of the match, Lita tore her left [[anterior cruciate ligament|ACL]] after executing a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Lou Thesz press|Thesz press]] off the ring apron.<ref name=slambio/><ref>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'', 134.</ref>
[[Image:Edge and Lita.jpg|thumb|right|Edge and Lita in July 2005]]
Lita returned to WWE television in March 2005, mentoring [[Christy Hemme]], who was in the midst of a storyline with Stratus that featured a title match between them at [[WrestleMania 21]].<ref name=slambio/> Despite Lita's coaching, Hemme was defeated by Stratus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm21/results/|title=WrestleMania 21: Results|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> Lita continued to feud with Stratus by proxy over the following weeks, with Kane defeating Stratus' companion, [[Nelson Frazier, Jr.|Viscera]], at [[Backlash (2005)|Backlash]] on May 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/backlash/history/backlash2005/results/|title=Backlash 2005: Results|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> The relationship between Lita and Kane lasted until the May 16 episode of ''Raw'', when Lita took on a villainous role by betraying Kane, helping [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] defeat him in the finals of the ''Raw'' Gold Rush Tournament.<ref name=slambio/> On the May 30 episode of ''Raw'', Lita announced that she had filed for divorce, and said things such as Kane was like a 4th grader in the bedroom. Also, that she wouldn't have to deal with things such as his sweaty body, the "stupid little" laugh he does, and the [[wedding ring]] flushing it down a toilet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/383310/|title=A Barbaric Batista|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2007-11-03|date=2005-05-30}}</ref> She then attempted to marry Edge on the June 20 episode of ''Raw'', but the marriage ceremony was interrupted by a vengeful Kane, who emerged from beneath the ring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20050720013905/http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/06202005/|title=Nobody Gets Up From The Pedigree|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-11-03|date=2005-06-20}}</ref> The storyline with Kane ended shortly thereafter.

Off-screen, at this time, Dumas had been involved with [[Matt Hardy]] romantically, but began a relationship with Adam Copeland (Edge).<ref name=slambio/><ref name=stomp/> WWE then began to use the real-life issues between the three as an on-screen storyline.<ref name=stomp/> In April, Hardy was released from WWE,<ref name=Hardyfire/> only to be rehired several months later.<ref name=sun/> Lita continued to act as Edge's valet, and Edge defeated Hardy at [[SummerSlam (2005)|SummerSlam]]. On the October 3 episode of ''Raw'', Edge, with the assistance of Lita, defeated Hardy in a [[ladder match]], and Hardy was obligated to leave ''Raw'' as a stipulation of the match.<ref name=slambio/>

====2006–2007====
After Edge defeated [[John Cena]] to win the [[WWE Championship]] on January 8 at [[New Year's Revolution (2006)|New Year's Revolution]], he announced that he and Lita were going to celebrate by having [[sexual intercourse|sex]] in the middle of the ring the next night on ''Raw''.<ref name=slambio/> During the segment, Lita and Edge stripped to their underwear before retreating beneath the covers of a bed that had been erected in the ring. The event was interrupted by [[Ric Flair]], leading to Edge leaving the bed to fight him. Lita, left alone, hastily redressed as Cena entered the ring and attacked her, delivering an [[Professional wrestling throws#Fireman's carry takeover|FU]] to her.<ref>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'', 213.</ref> Lita's bare breast was momentarily shown during the segment.<ref name=slambio/> This "Live Sex Celebration" segment earned ''Raw'' a 5.2 rating, its highest ratings in over a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/rawratingsrise|title=RAW ratings rise|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-03-21|date=2006-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/listthis/3834258/best069|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070205042144/http://www.wwe.com/inside/listthis/3834258/best069|archivedate=2007-02-05|title=Raw's Sex Edge-ucation|author=Mike McAvennie|accessdate=2007-03-21|date=2006-12-24}}</ref> On the February 6 episode of ''Raw'', Lita teamed with Edge in a loss to Cena and [[Maria Kanellis|Maria]].<ref name=litacanrana>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/02062006/|title=The Road to WrestleMania|accessdate =2007-02-25|date=2006-02-06}}</ref> She continued to manage Edge into mid-2006, frequently interfering on his behalf during his feud with [[Mick Foley]]. In May 2006, Foley joined forces with Edge and Lita, with the trio defeating Foley's [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] rivals [[Terry Funk]], [[Tommy Dreamer]], and [[Trisa Hayes|Beulah McGillicutty]] in an impromptu six person tag team match at [[ECW One Night Stand (2006)|One Night Stand]] after Edge [[Professional wrestling attacks#Spear|speared]] and pinned Beulah.<ref>{{cite web|author=Brian Elliot|title=ECW resurrected at PPV|url= http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/06/12/1628702.html|publisher=SLAM! Sports|date=2006-06-12|accessdate=2007-09-23}}</ref>

On the August 14 episode of ''Raw'', Lita was [[List of professional wrestling slang#B|booked]] to defeat Mickie James by hitting her in the face with the title belt in order to win her third [[WWE Women's Championship|Women's Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/08142006/|title=Cena goes off|author=Zack Zeigler|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-11-13|date=2006-08-14}}</ref> She also defeated James in their rematch on the August 28 episode of ''Raw'' by using the ropes for extra leverage during the pin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/08282006/|title=DX death sentence?|author=Zack Zeigler|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-11-13|date=2006-08-28}}</ref> Lita and Edge then feuded with Trish Stratus and [[Carly Colón|Carlito]], culminating in a bout between Lita and Stratus at [[Unforgiven (2006)|Unforgiven]], in which Lita [[List of professional wrestling slang#D|dropped]] the Women's Championship to Stratus in what was Stratus' last WWE match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/unforgiven/history/2006/matches/28817583/results/|title=Trish bows out on top|author=Steven Schiff|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-11-03|date=2006-09-17}}</ref> After defeating both [[Candice Michelle]] and Maria in the semifinals of a Women's Championship tournament, Lita, as part of her last [[List of professional wrestling slang#P|push]], defeated Mickie James at [[Cyber Sunday (2006)|Cyber Sunday]] to capture the vacant title and begin her fourth reign as Women's Champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/cybersunday/history/2006/matches/329344211/results/|title=Champion again|author=Brett Hoffman|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-11-03|date=2006-11-05}}</ref> On the November 20 edition of ''Raw'', after defeating a blind-folded Mickie James in a non-title match, Lita announced that she would be retiring from WWE after her match with James at [[Survivor Series (2006)|Survivor Series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/11202006/|title=Breaking Down in Baltimore|author=Zack Zeigler|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-11-13|date=2006-11-20}}</ref>

Because of the off-screen issues with Matt Hardy, fans began to shout obscenities to her during her matches.<ref name=stomp/> By November, Dumas had decided to let her WWE contract expire and retire.<ref name=stomp/> At Survivor Series, on November 26, 2006, Lita was pinned by Mickie James, losing the Women's Championship in her final match in WWE.<ref name=wwebio/> After the match, Cryme Tyme humiliated Lita by selling her "personal items" in a "ho" sale. The day after her retirement, Lita stated that her plans to retire began around mid-2005, when the feud between Edge and Matt Hardy was at its height.<ref name=retire>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/325276811|title=Lita says goodbye|author=Craig Tello|accessdate=2007-02-25|date=2006-11-27}}</ref> Because of her involvement in the feud, the harassment she received from some fans was so strong that she felt as if "even when [she] was walking the dog there was going to be someone yelling 'You screwed Matt!' out the window."<ref name=retire/> Eventually, she became so fed up with the treatment she was receiving from these fans, she decided that the only way to avoid such harassment was to retire altogether.<ref name=retire/> Lita made a special appearance on December 10, 2007 at the Raw 15th anniversary by teaming up with Trish Stratus to rid the ring of [[Jillian Hall]].

==Music career==
{{main|The Luchagors}}
After her retirement from wrestling, Dumas moved back to [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and began writing songs with her new boyfriend Shane Morton. The two formed the band The Luchagors in the summer of 2006, and they debuted in September 2006 at a rock n' wrestling event called Rock -N- Shock at The Masquerade in Atlanta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantabuzz.com/program/eventDetails.cfm?id=5529|title=Rock-n-Shock at The Masquerade|accessdate=2007-04-07|date=2006-09-14}}</ref> Dumas wore a top emblazoned with the symbol of the band during her final match in WWE. The band released their self-titled CD, ''[[The Luchagors (album)|The Luchagors]]'' on September 11, 2007.<ref name=stomp/>

In April 2007, Amy Dumas accepted a job in Atlanta as a radio DJ for a punk show on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. EST called ''PunkRockalypse''.<ref name=stomp/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=125607911&blogID=254271523|title=PunkRockalypse and Merch|accessdate=2007-04-17|date=2007-04-16}}</ref>

==Media==
Lita was featured in the June 2001 video and DVD release ''Lita: It Just Feels Right''.<ref name=dvd/><ref name=video2>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_July_16/ai_76545825|title=World Wrestling Federation Superstar Lita Holds Signing At WWF NY For New Home Video|publisher=Business Wire|accessdate=2007-10-18|date=2001-07-16}}</ref> The video featured discussions of Lita's career to that point and showcased several of her matches.<ref name=dvd/> Also in 2001, she appeared with [[Hardy Boyz|The Hardy Boyz]] in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's 2001 Sports Hall of Fame issue.<ref name=video2/> Dumas' autobiography, written with Michael Krugman, ''Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D. – The Reality of Amy Dumas'' was published in 2003.<ref name=book/> The book, which was featured on the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' bestsellers list, covered topics such as her family, childhood years, wrestling career, relationship with Matt Hardy, and her neck surgery and subsequent rehabilitation.

Dumas also appeared on a variety of television shows including ''[[Dark Angel (TV series)|Dark Angel]]'',<ref name=stomp/><ref name=sk79/> ''[[Fear Factor]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Factor/rewind/215_rewind.shtml|title=Fear Factor Rewind: Episode 215|publisher=NBC.com|accessdate=2007-11-03|date=2002-02-25}}</ref> and ''[[Weakest Link (US game show)|The Weakest Link's]]'' "WWF Superstars Edition" in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingTheTruth/01nov16_can.html|title=WWF shows strength on The Weakest Link|publisher=SLAM! Sports|author=Eric Benner|accessdate=2007-11-03|date=2001-11-16}}</ref> In 2004, she appeared on an episode of ''[[Headbangers Ball]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.www.thehilltoponline.com/media/storage/paper590/news/2004/03/12/Sports/Lets-Get.Ready.To.wrestle-632604.shtml|title=Let's Get Ready to...Wrestle|publisher=TheHillTopOnline.com|author=George Appiah|accessdate=2007-11-06|date=2004-03-12}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She had breast augmentation surgery in late 1999.<ref name=steelchair/><ref>Amy Dumas. ''Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas'', 124.</ref> Dumas' hair is naturally [[Brown hair|brunette]], although she has dyed it [[red hair|red]] throughout her WWF/E career.<ref name=wwebio/> She has a wide variety of [[tattoo]]s: a three eyed green [[gargoyle]] on her upper right [[Biceps brachii muscle|biceps]], the word "Punk" on the inside of her lower lip, and the word "iconoclast" written in [[Russian language|Russian]] [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic letters]] on her lower back neck.<ref>Amy Dumas. ''Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas'', 45.</ref> In 2007, she began wearing a [[Sleeve tattoo|sleeve]] on her left arm, featuring Mexican skulls. She previously had two piercings in her tongue and another two in her nose.<ref>Amy Dumas. ''Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas'', 38.</ref>

Dumas is a known animal lover.<ref name=lovely/><ref name=book>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Reviews/2003/10/24/236043.html|title=Lita's book an interesting R.E.A.D.|author=Bob Kapur|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2007-10-18|date=October 24, 2003}}</ref> In 2003, she founded the animal [[Charitable organization|charity]] Amy Dumas Operation Rescue and Education (A.D.O.R.E.).<ref name=stomp/><ref name=book/>

She began dating [[Matt Hardy]] in 2001.<ref name=slambio/><ref>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'', 150.</ref> In February 2005, it was revealed that Dumas had been romantically involved with fellow wrestler [[Adam Copeland|Adam "Edge" Copeland]] for several months while still in a relationship with Hardy.<ref name=stomp/><ref>Ian Hamilton. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition'', 152.</ref> Shortly after the incident became public knowledge, WWE released Hardy. After Hardy returned, the real-life situation was translated into a storyline.<ref name=stomp/> Hardy has stated in interviews that he and Amy have since patched things up, and he still considers her a close friend.<ref name=sun>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/webchats/article177496.ece|author=Lilsboys|publisher=The Sun|title=Matt: I still will not die|accessdate=2007-04-12|month=February | year=2006}}</ref> In the summer of 2006, Dumas began dating Shane Morton, her [[The Luchagors|Luchagors]] bandmate.<ref name=stomp>{{cite web|url=http://www.stompandstammer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=986&Itemid=51|title= The Luchagors Drop a Powerbomb|author=Jeff Clark|publisher=Stomp and Stammer|accessdate=2007-10-02|date=2007-09-07}}</ref>

==In wrestling==
*'''Finishing moves'''
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**'''''Litasault'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/09182006/|title=Winning the War|author=Zack Zeigler|accessdate=2007-04-09|date=2006-08-18}}</ref> ([[Moonsault]])
**'''[[DDT (professional wrestling)#Snap DDT|Swinging snap DDT]]'''
**'''''Twist of Fate'''''<ref name=OWOW>{{citeweb|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/l/lita.html|accessdate=2008-08-05|title=Lita Bio|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> ([[Cutter (professional wrestling)#Twist of Fate|Front facelock cutter]]) – 2000–2004
*'''Signature moves'''
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**[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Crossbody|Diving crossbody]]
**[[DDT (professional wrestling)#Tornado DDT|Diving tornado DDT]]
**[[Professional wrestling throws#Frankensteiner|Frankensteiner]]
**[[Professional wrestling throws#Headscissors takedown|Headscissors takedown]]
**[[Powerbomb#Jackknife powerbomb|Jackknife powerbomb]]
**''Litacanrana''<ref name=litacanrana/> ([[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving hurricanrana|Diving hurricanrana]])
**[[Professional wrestling throws#Monkey flip|One-legged monkey flip]]<ref name=OWOW/>
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Rear naked choke|Rear naked choke]]
**''Reverse of Fate''<ref name=OWOW/> ([[Neckbreaker#Reverse Twist of Fate|Inverted facelock neckbreaker slam]])
**[[Professional wrestling throws#Russian legsweep|Russian legsweep]]
**[[Suplex#Snap suplex|Snap suplex]]<ref name=OWOW/> followed by a [[kip-up]]
**[[Powerbomb#Spin-out powerbomb|Spin-out powerbomb]] into a [[Pin (professional wrestling)#Prawn hold|kneeling pin]]
**[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Suicide|Suicide dive]]
**[[Suplex#Superplex|Superplex]]
**[[Professional wrestling throws#Tilt-a-whirl mat slam|Tilt-a-whirl slam]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20080313/ai_n24940085|title=Off the mat, on to music|publisher=Topeka Capital-Journal|accessdate=2008-01-28|date=2008-03-13}}</ref>

*'''Double team signature moves'''
**''[[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Poetry in Motion|Poetry in Motion]]''

*'''Wrestlers [[Manager (professional wrestling)|managed]] by Lita'''
{|
| valign=top |
:*[[Christopher Daniels]]<ref name=slambio/>
:*[[El Dandy]]
:*[[Danny Doring]]<ref name=digest/>
:*[[Michael Depoli|Amish Roadkill]]
| valign=top |
:*[[Mr. Águila|Essa Rios]]<ref name=digest/><ref name=hchistory/>
:*[[Matt Hardy]]<ref name=hchistory/>
:*[[Jeff Hardy]]<ref name=hchistory/>
:*[[Jason Reso|Christian]]
:*[[Glen Jacobs|Kane]]<ref name=slambio/>
| valign=top |
:*[[Christy Hemme]]<ref name=slambio/>
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]]<ref name=slambio/>
:*[[Mick Foley]]
:*[[Randy Orton]]
|}

*'''[[Music in professional wrestling|Entrance music]]'''
**Dumas originally used [[Mr. Águila|Essa Rios']] entrance music when entering the ring.
**"Electron" (WWF).<ref name=theme>{{cite web|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wwf/wwethemecount.htm|title=WWF/E Wrestling Theme Count and Title Names|publisher=Wrestling Information Archive|accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref>
**She also used The [[Hardy Boyz]]'s entrance music when accompanying them to the ring and competing in mixed tag team matches with them.
**"It Just Feels Right" by [[Jim Johnston (composer)|Jim Johnston]], (WWF)<ref name=theme/>
**"Lovefurypassionenergy" by [[Boy Hits Car]] (WWE)''.<ref name=theme/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_April_4/ai_84412270|title=WWF Forceable Entry Debuts At no.3 On Billboard Top 200|publisher=Business Wire|accessdate=2007-10-18|date=2002-04-04}}</ref> Dumas used this theme until her neck injury.
**After her injury, she returned using a remix of "Lovefurypassionenergy" until her retirement in 2006.

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''American Chronicle'''
**Female of the year (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/18019|title=WWE and TNA: Year in Review 2006|author=Eric Schomburg|publisher=American Chronicle|accessdate=2007-11-04|date=2006-12-14}}</ref>

*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
**[[PWI Feud of the Year|Feud of the Year]]<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwifoty.htm|accessdate=2008-07-09|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated Award Winners Feud of the Year |publisher=Wrestling Information Archive}}</ref> <small> with [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] vs. [[Matt Hardy]]</small>
**[[PWI Woman of the Year|Woman of the Year]] (2001, 2006)<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwiwom.htm|accessdate=2008-07-09|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated Award Winners Woman of the Year|publisher=Wrestling Information Archive}}</ref>

*'''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
**[[WWE Women's Championship|WWF/E Women's Championship]] ([[List of WWE Women's Champions|4 times]])<ref name=stomp/><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/|accessdate=2008-07-09|title=WWE Women's Championship official title history|publisher=WWE}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{reflist|2}}

==References==
*{{cite book|author=Amy Dumas|title=Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas|isbn=074347399X|publisher=WWE Books|year=2004}}
*{{cite book|author=Ian Hamilton|title=Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition|isbn=1411612108|publisher=Lulu.com|year=2006}}
*{{cite book|author=Pat McNeill|title=The Tables All Were Broken: McNeill's Take on the End of Professional Wrestling|isbn=0595224040|publisher=iUniverse|year=2002}}
*{{cite book|author=Scott Keith|title=Wrestling's One Ring Circus: The Death of the World Wrestling Federation|isbn=080652619X|publisher=Citadel Press|year=2004}}

==External links==
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*{{imdb name|id=0241421|name=Amy Dumas}}
*[http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wwealumni/lita/bio/ Lita's WWE Alumni Profile]
*[http://www.adoreyourpets.org/ AdoreYourPets.org (charity website)]
*[http://www.luchagors.com/ The Luchagors Official Website]
*[http://www.wrestlingepicenter.com/5678articles/221008243.shtml WrestlingEpicenter.com August 2008 Interactive Interview with Amy Dumas]


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Amy Dumas
Born (1975-04-14) April 14, 1975 (age 49)[1][2]
Fort Lauderdale, Florida[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Miss Congeniality
Angelica
Lita
Billed height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[3]
Billed weight135 lb (61 kg)[3][1]
Billed fromSanford, North Carolina[3] Atlanta, Georgia
Trained byDory Funk, Jr.[3]
Ricky Santana[1]
Ace Steel[1]
Kevin Quinn[1]
Debut1999
RetiredNovember 26, 2006

Amy Christine Dumas (born April 14, 1975),[2] known for her primary stage name "Lita" is an American former roadie, professional wrestler, WWE Diva, charity founder and lead singer for the band The Luchagors. During her career with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2000–2006, she became arguably the most popular female wrestling performer in the company's history.[4]

After briefly working on the independent circuit and in Extreme Championship Wrestling, Dumas signed with World Wrestling Federation in 1999. Originally, she was paired with Essa Rios,[5][6] but she achieved her greatest push alongside Matt and Jeff Hardy as Team Xtreme. Throughout her career, she won the WWE Women's Championship four times.[7]

Dumas had an off-screen relationship with Matt Hardy, which ended in 2005 after her affair with Adam "Edge" Copeland.[1][7] WWE used the real-life drama between the trio as a storyline throughout 2005 and 2006, which led to Dumas being booed by the fans for the first time and her character becoming villainous on-screen.[1][7][8] The relationship also led to the firing of Hardy in 2005,[9] although he was rehired later in the year.

After her retirement from wrestling in 2006, her new boyfriend Shane Morton and her formed the punk rock band The Luchagors. The band released a CD on September 11, 2007.[7]

Early life

Amy Christine Dumas attended many different schools throughout her childhood and adolescent years and managed to finish high school at Lassiter High School six months before graduation.[10] She majored in education at Georgia State University,[10] but dropped out in 1993 because she felt it was too much like high school.[7]

Later, in Washington D.C., Dumas played bass guitar in several bands,[1][7] and she worked as a roadie for a band for five years. She began taking judo and kickboxing classes and started wrestling.[1][7][11]

Wrestling career

Dumas first became interested in wrestling after watching Rey Mysterio, Jr., a Mexican luchador, wrestle on an episode of World Championship Wrestling's WCW Monday Nitro.[2][12] She traveled to Mexico in 1998 to learn more about the sport and how to wrestle.[2][7] Dumas financed her training by dancing in a club under the pseudonym Misty.[13] During her stay in Mexico, Dumas trained under numerous wrestlers, including Kevin Quinn, Miguel Perez, and Ricky Santana.[1] Following the completion of her training, Dumas made several appearances with the Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre.[1]

After returning to the United States, Dumas began working as a valet on the independent circuit.[7] She worked in Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) under the ring name Angelica, at one point managing Christopher Daniels.[1] She also made appearances in NWA Mid-Atlantic, where she first met Matt and Jeff Hardy, who offered to train with her.[1][2]

Extreme Championship Wrestling

In the spring of 1999, she was approached by Paul Heyman, the owner and booker of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).[1][2] Dumas debuted in ECW as Miss Congeniality,[6] the on-screen girlfriend of Danny Doring.[5] Dumas later began using the name Angelica once again and made her pay-per-view debut on July 18 at Heat Wave where Doring, as part of their storyline, proposed to her.[5]

Dumas was introduced to veteran wrestler Dory Funk, Jr. by ECW wrestler Rob Van Dam, and Funk invited her to attend his wrestling school, The Funkin' Conservatory.[2][5] Dumas attended Funk's school alongside twenty-three men,[7] graduated from the school in August 1999, and returned to ECW.[5] Meanwhile, Funk and his wife compiled video footage of Dumas and sent it to the World Wrestling Federation.[2][7] The Federation was sufficiently impressed, and on November 1, 1999, Dumas was signed to a WWF developmental deal. After five months with ECW,[11] she made her final appearance on October 23, 1999.[1][7]

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment

1999–2000

After honing her skills at the Memphis Championship Wrestling developmental territory, Dumas was given the ring name Lita and paired with luchador Essa Rios.[5][6] Lita and Rios made their WWF debut on the February 13, 2000 episode of Sunday Night HEAT, where Rios was booked to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship from Gillberg.[1] Lita mimicked his moves, notably the moonsault and hurricanrana, immediately after he had performed them on an opponent.[1] In May 2000, a storyline was developed in which Lita found Rios cavorting with The Godfather and his hoes, causing tension between them.[1] Rios eventually turned on Lita by powerbombing her after she inadvertently cost him a match. As part of the storyline, Lita was saved from a beating at the hands of Rios by the Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff),[1] and the trio formed a stable known as Team Xtreme.[6] As a member of Team Xtreme, Lita developed a more "alternative" image, wearing baggy pants with a thong, which was hiked up high above her pants, clearly exposed.[14] During her time with Team Xtreme, Lita became the only female to ever be physically involved in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match in WWE.[15]

In June 2000, Team Xtreme began a storyline with T & A (Test and Albert), with Lita engaging in a rivalry with their manager, Trish Stratus.[3][5] 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 after Fully Loaded, where Lita pinned Stratus in a six person intergender tag team match.[5] Subsequently, Lita began feuding with WWF Women's Champion Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.[2] In the main event of the August 21, 2000 episode of RAW is WAR, Lita defeated Stephanie with a moonsault to win the Women's Championship for the first time.[2][5][16] The match also featured The Rock as the Special Guest Referee and constant interference from Triple H and Kurt Angle.[16]

Lita held the Women's Championship for seventy-three days,[16] which included retaining her title in a hardcore match against Jacqueline on October 9.[17] In the course of her reign, Lita became embroiled in the storyline feud between the Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian. In retaliation for her frequent interference in their matches, Edge and Christian cost Lita the Women's Championship, helping Ivory defeat her in a four way match on the November 2 episode of SmackDown.[2][18] Ivory was in a conservative-based stable named Right to Censor at that time, which targeted Lita for her attire and moves. Lita attempted to regain the title on several occasions, wrestling Ivory at Survivor Series and Rebellion, but she was thwarted on each occasion by Steven Richards, Ivory's mentor. She spent the remainder of the year in a storyline with would-be suitor Dean Malenko,[1][2] on one occasion unsuccessfully challenging him for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship.

2001–2002

Lita continued to feud with Dean Malenko in early 2001, and she defeated him in a singles bout on the February 19 episode of RAW 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.[1][19] The couple wrestled in several intergender tag team matches throughout the early part of the year.

In July 2001, Lita and Trish Stratus joined forces to combat Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson, members of The Alliance: Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling wrestlers who were invading the WWF as part of The Invasion storyline.[3] At the Invasion pay-per-view on July 22, Lita and Stratus defeated Keibler and Wilson in the first ever tag team bra and panties match by stripping their opponents to their underwear.[3] Throughout The Invasion, Lita, Stratus, and Jacqueline feuded with Alliance members Keibler, Wilson, Ivory, and Mighty Molly. The Invasion storyline ended on November 18 at Survivor Series, where Lita took part in a six pack challenge for the WWF Women's Championship, which had been vacated by Chyna earlier that year; Stratus won the match and the title.[20]

In late 2001, the Hardy Boyz began a storyline in which they were feuding with one another.[19][21] Lita refereed a match between them at Vengeance on December 9.[1][21] 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 of Raw, Matt defeated Lita and Jeff in a handicap match, shortly after informing Lita that both their relationship and the Hardy Boyz were finished.[22] On the December 17 episode of Raw, both Jeff and Lita were sidelined with storyline injuries following a title match between Jeff and WWF Hardcore Champion The Undertaker.[3] 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 of SmackDown!, Matt Hardy faced The Undertaker but was also injured. All three members of Team Xtreme were then removed from WWF television for several weeks.

The Hardy Boyz, along with Lita, returned to WWF television in February 2002.[3][23] Lita resumed her pursuit of the WWF Women's Championship in March 2002 and made her in-ring WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania X8 on March 17, facing Stratus and WWF Women's Champion Jazz in a match in which Jazz retained her title by pinning Lita.[24]

2002–2003

On April 6, 2002, Dumas suffered what appeared to be a stinger while filming a fight scene for a role in the season finale of the television program Dark Angel.[7][25] 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.[3][26] After she underwent a CAT scan, it was revealed that she had suffered three cracks in her vertebrae, necessitating surgery.[1][27] 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 on Sunday Night HEAT as a color commentator, beginning in October 2002.[26][28] On the April 21, 2003 episode of Raw, as part of a new storyline, she was fired from her position as Sunday Night HEAT color commentator by General Manager Eric Bischoff after she rejected his advances and his request that she follow in the footsteps of SmackDown!'s Torrie Wilson and pose for Playboy.[1][26]

She returned to the ring after an absence of seventeen months on the September 15 episode of Raw, saving Trish Stratus from a beating at the hands of Molly Holly and Gail Kim.[3][1] 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 at Unforgiven. Lita feuded with Holly into late 2003, unsuccessfully challenging her for the Women's Championship on November 16 at Survivor Series.[1] On the November 17 episode of Raw, Lita and Matt Hardy were reunited after Hardy was moved from SmackDown! to Raw.[29] 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.[29] Bischoff later added the stipulation that Lita would earn a title shot if she won but would be fired if she lost.[29] Hardy and Lita lost the match after Hardy refused to tag in, with Hardy berating Lita for "selfishly" returning to Raw instead of SmackDown!, claiming that this showed that she cared more about the Women's Championship than about him.[29] Lita was rehired later that evening when Christian informed her that he had used his Survivor Series favor to get Bischoff to reinstate her.[1] One week later, Lita lost to Victoria in the first ever women's steel cage match in WWE history, due to interference from Matt Hardy.[30]

As Lita and Christian appeared to be developing an on-screen relationship, so did Stratus and Chris Jericho.[1] On the December 1, 2003 episode of Raw, however, it was revealed that Christian and Jericho had bet one another "one Canadian dollar" as to who could seduce Lita and Stratus respectively first.[1][31] The revelation led to a storyline feud between Lita and Stratus and Christian and Jericho, with the males triumphing in a "Battle of the Sexes" match at Armageddon.[32]

2004–2005

Lita competed in the Women's division throughout early 2004, winning a battle royal to become the number one contender for the Women's Championship on the April 5 episode of Raw. Victoria defeated Lita to retain the Women's Championship at Backlash on April 18. The next night on Raw, Lita was reunited with Matt Hardy when Hardy attacked Kane in an attempt to prevent him from harming Lita, beginning a new storyline involving the trio.[33] 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,[33] and he persuaded Eric Bischoff to give her a title shot at Bad Blood on June 13. The next night on Raw, Lita revealed that she was pregnant.[33] 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, as Lita had slept with Kane to persuade him to stop attacking Hardy.[1] 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 at SummerSlam, with the stipulation that Lita would be obliged to marry Kane should Hardy lose.[34] Kane won the match, leading to he and a reluctant Lita marrying one another on the August 23, 2004 episode of Raw.[1] Despite being married to Kane, Lita harried him during his matches, constantly aiding his opponents. On the September 13 episode of Raw, Lita miscarried after Gene Snitsky struck Kane with a chair, resulting in him falling on Lita.[35] The miscarriage led to Lita and Kane joining forces in order to take revenge on Snitsky.[1]

With the pregnancy storyline over, Lita returned to the women's division in November 2004. She began a feud with Trish Stratus after Stratus called Lita "chubby" because of her pregnancy weight gain. Lita challenged Stratus to a Women's Championship match at Survivor 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, leading to her disqualification.[36] The feud continued, and on December 6, Lita was booked to defeat Stratus in the main event of Raw to win her second WWE Women's Championship.[36][37] During the course of the match, Lita botched a suicide dive to the outside when she over rotated by a fraction, barely escaping serious injury.[37] This move was later used in the build up to the title rematch she was booked for at New Year's Revolution against Stratus, who claimed, "You had to practically kill yourself to take the title from me". She defeated Lita, ending her second reign as Women's Champion on January 9, 2005 at New Year's Revolution.[38] In the course of the match, Lita tore her left ACL after executing a Thesz press off the ring apron.[1][39]

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Edge and Lita in July 2005

Lita returned to WWE television in March 2005, mentoring Christy Hemme, who was in the midst of a storyline with Stratus that featured a title match between them at WrestleMania 21.[1] Despite Lita's coaching, Hemme was defeated by Stratus.[40] Lita continued to feud with Stratus by proxy over the following weeks, with Kane defeating Stratus' companion, Viscera, at Backlash on May 1.[41] The relationship between Lita and Kane lasted until the May 16 episode of Raw, when Lita took on a villainous role by betraying Kane, helping Edge defeat him in the finals of the Raw Gold Rush Tournament.[1] On the May 30 episode of Raw, Lita announced that she had filed for divorce, and said things such as Kane was like a 4th grader in the bedroom. Also, that she wouldn't have to deal with things such as his sweaty body, the "stupid little" laugh he does, and the wedding ring flushing it down a toilet.[42] She then attempted to marry Edge on the June 20 episode of Raw, but the marriage ceremony was interrupted by a vengeful Kane, who emerged from beneath the ring.[43] The storyline with Kane ended shortly thereafter.

Off-screen, at this time, Dumas had been involved with Matt Hardy romantically, but began a relationship with Adam Copeland (Edge).[1][7] WWE then began to use the real-life issues between the three as an on-screen storyline.[7] In April, Hardy was released from WWE,[9] only to be rehired several months later.[44] Lita continued to act as Edge's valet, and Edge defeated Hardy at SummerSlam. On the October 3 episode of Raw, Edge, with the assistance of Lita, defeated Hardy in a ladder match, and Hardy was obligated to leave Raw as a stipulation of the match.[1]

2006–2007

After Edge defeated John Cena to win the WWE Championship on January 8 at New Year's Revolution, he announced that he and Lita were going to celebrate by having sex in the middle of the ring the next night on Raw.[1] During the segment, Lita and Edge stripped to their underwear before retreating beneath the covers of a bed that had been erected in the ring. The event was interrupted by Ric Flair, leading to Edge leaving the bed to fight him. Lita, left alone, hastily redressed as Cena entered the ring and attacked her, delivering an FU to her.[45] Lita's bare breast was momentarily shown during the segment.[1] This "Live Sex Celebration" segment earned Raw a 5.2 rating, its highest ratings in over a year.[46][47] On the February 6 episode of Raw, Lita teamed with Edge in a loss to Cena and Maria.[48] She continued to manage Edge into mid-2006, frequently interfering on his behalf during his feud with Mick Foley. In May 2006, Foley joined forces with Edge and Lita, with the trio defeating Foley's ECW rivals Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer, and Beulah McGillicutty in an impromptu six person tag team match at One Night Stand after Edge speared and pinned Beulah.[49]

On the August 14 episode of Raw, Lita was booked to defeat Mickie James by hitting her in the face with the title belt in order to win her third Women's Championship.[50] She also defeated James in their rematch on the August 28 episode of Raw by using the ropes for extra leverage during the pin.[51] Lita and Edge then feuded with Trish Stratus and Carlito, culminating in a bout between Lita and Stratus at Unforgiven, in which Lita dropped the Women's Championship to Stratus in what was Stratus' last WWE match.[52] After defeating both Candice Michelle and Maria in the semifinals of a Women's Championship tournament, Lita, as part of her last push, defeated Mickie James at Cyber Sunday to capture the vacant title and begin her fourth reign as Women's Champion.[53] On the November 20 edition of Raw, after defeating a blind-folded Mickie James in a non-title match, Lita announced that she would be retiring from WWE after her match with James at Survivor Series.[54]

Because of the off-screen issues with Matt Hardy, fans began to shout obscenities to her during her matches.[7] By November, Dumas had decided to let her WWE contract expire and retire.[7] At Survivor Series, on November 26, 2006, Lita was pinned by Mickie James, losing the Women's Championship in her final match in WWE.[3] After the match, Cryme Tyme humiliated Lita by selling her "personal items" in a "ho" sale. The day after her retirement, Lita stated that her plans to retire began around mid-2005, when the feud between Edge and Matt Hardy was at its height.[8] Because of her involvement in the feud, the harassment she received from some fans was so strong that she felt as if "even when [she] was walking the dog there was going to be someone yelling 'You screwed Matt!' out the window."[8] Eventually, she became so fed up with the treatment she was receiving from these fans, she decided that the only way to avoid such harassment was to retire altogether.[8] Lita made a special appearance on December 10, 2007 at the Raw 15th anniversary by teaming up with Trish Stratus to rid the ring of Jillian Hall.

Music career

After her retirement from wrestling, Dumas moved back to Atlanta, Georgia and began writing songs with her new boyfriend Shane Morton. The two formed the band The Luchagors in the summer of 2006, and they debuted in September 2006 at a rock n' wrestling event called Rock -N- Shock at The Masquerade in Atlanta.[55] Dumas wore a top emblazoned with the symbol of the band during her final match in WWE. The band released their self-titled CD, The Luchagors on September 11, 2007.[7]

In April 2007, Amy Dumas accepted a job in Atlanta as a radio DJ for a punk show on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. EST called PunkRockalypse.[7][56]

Media

Lita was featured in the June 2001 video and DVD release Lita: It Just Feels Right.[11][57] The video featured discussions of Lita's career to that point and showcased several of her matches.[11] Also in 2001, she appeared with The Hardy Boyz in Rolling Stone magazine's 2001 Sports Hall of Fame issue.[57] Dumas' autobiography, written with Michael Krugman, Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D. – The Reality of Amy Dumas was published in 2003.[58] The book, which was featured on the New York Times bestsellers list, covered topics such as her family, childhood years, wrestling career, relationship with Matt Hardy, and her neck surgery and subsequent rehabilitation.

Dumas also appeared on a variety of television shows including Dark Angel,[7][25] Fear Factor,[59] and The Weakest Link's "WWF Superstars Edition" in 2002.[60] In 2004, she appeared on an episode of Headbangers Ball.[61]

Personal life

She had breast augmentation surgery in late 1999.[4][62] Dumas' hair is naturally brunette, although she has dyed it red throughout her WWF/E career.[3] She has a wide variety of tattoos: a three eyed green gargoyle on her upper right biceps, the word "Punk" on the inside of her lower lip, and the word "iconoclast" written in Russian Cyrillic letters on her lower back neck.[63] In 2007, she began wearing a sleeve on her left arm, featuring Mexican skulls. She previously had two piercings in her tongue and another two in her nose.[64]

Dumas is a known animal lover.[26][58] In 2003, she founded the animal charity Amy Dumas Operation Rescue and Education (A.D.O.R.E.).[7][58]

She began dating Matt Hardy in 2001.[1][65] In February 2005, it was revealed that Dumas had been romantically involved with fellow wrestler Adam "Edge" Copeland for several months while still in a relationship with Hardy.[7][66] Shortly after the incident became public knowledge, WWE released Hardy. After Hardy returned, the real-life situation was translated into a storyline.[7] Hardy has stated in interviews that he and Amy have since patched things up, and he still considers her a close friend.[44] In the summer of 2006, Dumas began dating Shane Morton, her Luchagors bandmate.[7]

In wrestling

  • Entrance music
    • Dumas originally used Essa Rios' entrance music when entering the ring.
    • "Electron" (WWF).[70]
    • She also used The Hardy Boyz's entrance music when accompanying them to the ring and competing in mixed tag team matches with them.
    • "It Just Feels Right" by Jim Johnston, (WWF)[70]
    • "Lovefurypassionenergy" by Boy Hits Car (WWE).[70][71] Dumas used this theme until her neck injury.
    • After her injury, she returned using a remix of "Lovefurypassionenergy" until her retirement in 2006.

Championships and accomplishments

  • American Chronicle
    • Female of the year (2006)[72]

Notes

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References

  • Amy Dumas (2004). Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas. WWE Books. ISBN 074347399X.
  • Ian Hamilton (2006). Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition. Lulu.com. ISBN 1411612108.
  • Pat McNeill (2002). The Tables All Were Broken: McNeill's Take on the End of Professional Wrestling. iUniverse. ISBN 0595224040.
  • Scott Keith (2004). Wrestling's One Ring Circus: The Death of the World Wrestling Federation. Citadel Press. ISBN 080652619X.

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