Amy Dumas Biography
Amy Dumas was inspired to get into wrestling by WCW's Rey Mysterio, Jr., and began working in the Independent Promotions under the name Angelica. Her early days include time in Mexico, attempting to learn the art.
Soon after, Paul Heyman, the then owner and booker of ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) picked up Amy to work for the company. She began working in ECW as the girlfriend to Danny Doring under the name Miss Congeniality (and later under the name; Angelica). There she had her first encounters with Jazz (Charlene Begnaud), and was on the receiving end of severe beatings from Jazz. She did however pick up various wins during ECW shows, in which she often teamed up with Danny Doring and Roadkill in mixed matches against Super Nova, Chris Chetti, and Jazz.
In late 1999, Amy Dumas was signed to a WWF development contract, and made a February 2000 television debut under the name "Lita". On February 8th, 2000 (a Sunday Night Heat taping) Lita accompanied Essa Rios who defeated Gillberg to win the World Wrestling Federation's Light Heavyweight champion. Fans were immediately fascinated with Lita as she mimicked Essa Rios by performing a top rope Moonsault on Gillberg, which was a stunning debut for Lita. Lita continued to amaze WWE fans as she performed moonsaults and hurricanranas on Essa Rios's opponents. During this time, Lita got a shot at the WWF Women's Championship on March 23rd, 2000 during Smackdown against Jacqueline; however she did not pick up the win. Essa Rios and Lita then embarked on a short lived feud against Eddie Guerrero and Chyna. The feud climaxed on May 4th, 2000 on Smackdown as Eddy Guerrero and Chyna defeated Essa Rios and Lita.
The team of Essa Rios and Lita came to an end in an on screen split. Lita then joined forces with Hardy Boyz to form Team Extreme. A feud with team extreme against T&A (Test & Albert) with Trish Stratus followed. This was the begging of the long lived Trish vs. Lita rivalry, one of the greatest Women's rivalries in WWE history. Onehighly of this feud was Lita and The Rock defeated Triple H and Trish Stratus, which took place on July 31st, 2000 on Raw.
At this point Lita developed a cult following, for her high flying spots, and her exposed thong in her outfits. It was only natural that she held the WWF Women's championship. On August 21, 2000 in a huge Raw main event, Lita pinned Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley to win the WWF Women's Championship, with The Rock as the special guest referee. A feud with Jacqueline followed as one week later on Raw Lita would defeat Jacqueline however suffer an attack from Jacqueline, Edge & Christian, who sided with Jacqueline in the weeks that followed. Lita's feud with Jacqueline spanned various mixed gender matches, and concluded with Lita defeating Jacqueline in a Women's Hardcore match. Lita's first reign ended as Ivory won the title on November 2nd, 2000's Smackdown.
Ivory being part of a stable called "Right to Censor" became a permanent torn at Lita's side. Lita however never managed to regain the title from Ivory. One spotlight match in their feud includes 2000's Survivor series Pay Per View in which turned into a bloodbath as Lita ended the match covered in her own blood.
Lita continued to compete in the Women's Division into 2001, while having a feud against Dean Malenko.
On May 20th, 2001 in Sacramento, CA at the Judgment Day Pay Per View Lita took the WWF Women's Champ; Chyna on for the title, despite not winning, it was one of Lita's best matches, and Chyna's last Pay Per View in the WWF. Soon after, Lita became involved in the WCW Invasion storyline, and teamed up with Trish Stratus to defeat Stacy Keibler & Torrie Wilson at the Invasion Pay Per View.
Soon Jazz made her way into the WWF, and Lita found out first hand at the 2001 Survivor Series six-pack challenge for the WWF Women's title. In 2002, Jazz captured the title, and went on a rampage defeating WWF Women. Attacks to both Lita and Trish lead up to a Wrestlemania 2002 3-Way, in which Jazz defeated both Lita and Trish in an amazing showing. Lita & Trish gained some retribution on March 21st, 2002's Smackdown as Lita & Trish defeat Ivory & Jazz in a tag-team match. Soon after on April 6th, 2002, Lita suffered an injury on the set of Dark Angel, and had to undergo surgery. This kept her out of in-ring action, and later in the year she became a Sunday Night Heat color commentator.
On September 15th, 2003's edition of RAW, Lita made a long awaited ruturn. Lita ran down to the ring and saving Trish Stratus from Molly Holly & Gail Kim, who were about to perform a career ending move to Trish. Lita's return happened in the midst of weeks of attacks to Trish Stratus from Molly and Gail. This lead to 2003's Unforgiven Pay Per View where Trish Stratus & Lita defeated Molly Holly & Gail Kim in a huge tag-team match. The next night on September 22nd, 2003's RAW, Trish Stratus & Lita defeated Molly Holly & Gail Kim yet again in an incredible match that was a hit among the WWE audience. Lita was a featured wrestler in the WWE Women's Division for the rest of the year, including taking on the Women's Championshp; Molly Holly at Survivor Series (November 16, 2003) and facing off with Victoria in the WWE's first Women's Steel Cage Match (November 24, 2003). During this time, Trish and Lita became faced off with Chris Jericho and Christain at Armageddon (December 14, 2003) in which Christian & Chris Jericho defeated Lita & Trish Stratus in an Inter-gender Match.
For the beginning of 2004, Lita continued to wrestle in the Women's Division. She was faced yet again with Jazz, Molly Holly and Victoria. A huge upset came on February 23rd, 2004's RAW when Victoria defeated Molly Holly, Lita & Jazz in a 4-way elimination to capture the Woman's championship. Victoria eliminated Lita to pick up the victory, however it wouldn't be their last meeting. After winning 7 Women Battle Royal on April 5th, 2004's RAW to become the number 1 contender for the Women's title, she faced the Women's Champion; Victoria at Backlash (April 18, 2004), but came up short.
In April, Lita's participation in the Women's Division lessened as she became the Object of Kane's Affection. An onscreen storyline saw Lita married and having a child for Kane. On the August 23rd, 2004 episode of RAW, a very memorable wedding took place between a reluctant Lita and Kane, highlights included a catfight with Trish Stratus, who taunted Lita throughout the Kane storyline. On the Septembe 13th, 2004 episode of RAW, Lita miscarried after Gene Snitsky struck Kane with a chair and causing him to knock Lita over. This twist in the storyline saw Lita and Kane became attached to each other. A few week later, fans saw Lita defeat Trish Stratus on the December 6th, 2004 episode of RAW, which served as the storyline coming to a full circle for Lita's character, seeing as she endured nothing but bad karma throughout the year.
