Amy Christine Dumas (born April 14, 1975), better known by her ring name, Lita, is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment’s RAW brand.

Dumas’s high energy, high risk wrestling style in WWE as Lita quickly gained her a large and loyal fan base. She was a member of very popular Team Xtreme with the high flying tag team the Hardy Boyz. A two-time WWE Women’s Champion, Lita has been one of the most popular WWE divas in history. Despite her in-ring history, lita gained some measure of infamy for her involvement in a real life love triangle involving long time boyfriend Matt Hardy and fellow WWE wrestler Edge.

Of French and Irish descent, Dumas’ last name is pronounced doo-MAH not doo-MAHS like many people believe. The “s” is silent.

 

Early career

 

Amy Dumas attend many different schools in the USA through out her childhood and teenager years. While in high school, Amy took up swimming and trained judo competitively. lita managed to finish High School 6 months prior graduation. Amy played bass guitar in a band called “3 Card Trick”, and she was a roadie for another band for 5 years before getting into wrestling. She also took 3 years of Spanish, which ended up helping her later life.

Amy first became interested in the world of wrestling when she saw Rey Misterio wrestle in WCW’s Monday Night Nitro. She was so intrigued by the storylines that she felt like she wanted to be part of it. She had the idea of going to Mexico to learn how to wrestle and learn more about the sport. With some money saved, she made her way to Mexico and went to shows where she ended up meeting or watching future superstars such as Tajiri, Val Venis, Essa Rios, Super Crazy, and Chris Jericho perform.

Amy worked for promotions like MCW, EMLL, and NWA during her stay in Mexico, and was working for NWA Mid-Atlantic when she first met the Hardy Boyz. Lita also went to Peru to wrestle for ten days with an Indy promotion. During her early days in wrestling, she also managed El Dandy.

In the spring of 1999, Amy was approached by Paul Heyman and was offered a deal with ECW. Amy Dumas debuted in ECW as a valet for Danny Doring and Amish Roadkill under the name Miss Congeniality. She later became known as Angelica and on July 18, 1999, she got her first pay-per-view exposure at ECW’s Heat Wave. ECW star Rob Van Dam introduced Amy to Dory Funk, who invited Amy to his training camp. At the camp, Amy trained with 23 men. At her request, Funk treated her no different than the others. Amy quickly gained respect from the other wrestlers at the camp and graduated from The Funking Conservatory in August 1999. While Amy went back to ECW, Funk and his wife began compiling old videos they had taken of Amy and sent it to WWF (now WWE).

 

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