Lita | |
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Lita in March 2012
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Birth name | Amy Christine Dumas |
Born |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
April 14, 1975
Residence | San Francisco, California |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Angelica Lita Miss Congeniality |
Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Billed weight | 126 lb (57 kg) |
Billed from |
Sanford, North Carolina Atlanta, Georgia |
Trained by |
Dory Funk Jr. Ricky Santana Kevin Quinn |
Debut | July 18, 1999 |
Amy Christine Dumas (/dʊˈmɑː/; born April 14, 1975), better known as Lita, is an American professional wrestler, and singer most recently signed with WWE as an analyst. She performed as a wrestler with WWE from 2000 to 2006, and has since made part-time appearances with the company. She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, 2014.
After briefly working on the independent circuit and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Dumas signed with World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) in 1999. Originally, she was paired with Essa Rios, 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.
After her retirement from wrestling in 2006, she formed the punk rock band The Luchagors. The band released their self-titled debut CD on September 11, 2007.
Amy 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. She majored in education at Georgia State University, but dropped out in 1993 because she felt it was too much like high school.
Later, in Washington, D.C., Dumas played bass guitar in several bands, and worked as a roadie for a band.