Amy Dumas

Amy Christine Dumas, better known as Lita (born April 14, 1975), is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment, and a former valet in Extreme Championship Wrestling.

Career

Amy Dumas came to a wide audience first in ECW in 1999 as the valet for Danny Doring and Amish Roadkill, known as Miss Congeniality. She left ECW for WWF (WWE) in late 1999.

Upon her arrival in WWF, she was placed as the valet for a lucha libre wrestler named Essa Rios. As her popularity rose, she was placed with the Hardy Boyz to become Team Xtreme. Her popularity skyrocketed along with Matt and Jeff during the WWF Attitude era.

While filming a guest appearance on the FOX TV series Dark Angel in 2002, she suffered a severe neck injury that required surgery. She returned as a color comentator on WWE Sunday Night Heat, but returned to in-ring action in September 2003.

At WWE New Year's Revolution, while performing a Lou Thesz Press off the ring apron, Lita suffered a torn ACL in her left knee.

For six years, she had had a real-life relationship with Matt Hardy, until he broke up with her in late February 2005. The split occurred because Lita had sexual relations with fellow WWE wrestler Edge. The fallout of the affair lead to Matt Hardy's release. On April 18, 2005, Lita's appearance in Madison Square Gardens was met with jeers and calls for Matt Hardy by a significant section of the audience. Similar chants were directed at her the following week during her backstage interview, but since the show was pre-taped in front of a British audience the chants were edited out in the American broadcast.

Finishing/Signature Moves

• The Lita DDT
• Top-Rope Diving Moonsault
• Reverse Twist of Fate
• Head Scissor Takedown
• Litacanrana

Books

Autobiography: Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.-The Reality of Amy Dumas, 2003, with Michael Krugman.

Championships and accomplishments

• WWE Women's Champion (2)
  • August 21, 2000 – October 30, 2000
  • December 6, 2004 – January 9, 2005