Lita Amy Christine Dumas ( April 14 , 1975 ) , best known by her stage name Lita , is the lead singer for the band The Luchagors as well as a retired professional wrestler and WWE Diva active from 1999 to 2006 . She is now signed to a Legends contract , working in the Legends program . 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 , 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 . During her tenure with the company she became arguably the most popular Diva in the company ' s history . Dumas had an off - screen relationship with Matt Hardy , which ended in 2005 after an affair with Adam Copeland . 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 . The relationship also led to the firing of Hardy in 2005 , although he was rehired later that year . After her retirement from wrestling in 2006 , she and then - boyfriend Shane Morton formed the punk rock band The Luchagors . The band released their self - titled debut CD on September 11 , 2007 . 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 . 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 she worked as a roadie for a band for five years . She began taking judo classes and started wrestling . Professional 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 " . She traveled to Mexico in 1998 to learn more about the sport and how to wrestle . Dumas financed her training by dancing in a club under the pseudonym Misty . During her stay in Mexico , Dumas trained under numerous wrestlers , including Kevin Quinn , Miguel Perez , and Ricky Santana . Following the completion of her training , Dumas made several appearances with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . After returning to the United States , Dumas began working as a valet on the independent circuit . She worked in Maryland Championship Wrestling ( MCW ) under the ring name Angelica , at one point managing Christopher Daniels . She also made appearances in NWA Mid - Atlantic , where she first met Matt and Jeff Hardy , who offered to train with her . Extreme Championship Wrestling . In the spring of 1999 , she was approached by Paul Heyman , the owner and booker of Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) . Dumas debuted in ECW as Miss Congeniality , the on - screen girlfriend of Danny Doring . 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 . 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 . Dumas attended Funk ' s school alongside twenty - three men , graduated from the school in August 1999 , and returned to ECW . Meanwhile , Funk and his wife compiled video footage of Dumas and sent it to the World Wrestling Federation . The Federation was sufficiently impressed , and on November 1 , 1999 , Dumas was signed to a WWF developmental deal . After five months with ECW , she made her final appearance on October 23 , 1999 . World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment . Team Xtreme and Women ' s Champion ( 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 . 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 . Lita mimicked his moves , notably the moonsault and hurricanrana , immediately after he had performed them on an opponent . In May 2000 , a storyline was developed in which Lita found Rios cavorting with The Godfather and his hoes , causing tension between them . 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 ) , and the trio formed a stable known as Team Xtreme . 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 . 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 . 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 . The rivalry developed into an on and off 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 . Subsequently , Lita began feuding with WWF Women ' s Champion Stephanie McMahon - Helmsley . 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 . The match also featured The Rock as the Special Guest Referee and constant interference from Triple H and Kurt Angle . Lita held the Women ' s Championship for seventy - three days , which included retaining her title in a hardcore match against Jacqueline on October 9 . In the course of her reign , Lita became embroiled in the storyline feud between the Hardy Boyz and Edge & 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 " . 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 , on one occasion unsuccessfully challenging him for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship . 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 . The couple wrestled in several intergender tag team matches throughout the early part of the year . Teaming with Trish Stratus ; Injury ( 2001 - 2004 ) . 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 . 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 . 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 . In late 2001 , the Hardy Boyz began a storyline in which they were feuding with one another . Lita refereed a match between them at Vengeance on December 9 . 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 . 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 . 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 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 . 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 . 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 " . 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 . After she underwent a CAT scan , it was revealed that she had suffered three cracks in her vertebrae , necessitating surgery . 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 . 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 " . 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 . 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 . On the November 17 episode of " Raw " , Lita and Matt Hardy were reunited after Hardy was moved from " SmackDown ! " to " Raw " . 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 . Bischoff later added the stipulation that Lita would earn a title shot if she won but would be fired if she lost . 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 . Lita was rehired later that evening when Christian informed her that he had used his Survivor Series favor to get Bischoff to reinstate her . One week later , Lita lost to Victoria in the first ever women ' s steel cage match in WWE history , due to interference from Hardy . As Lita and Christian appeared to be developing an on - screen relationship , so did Stratus and Chris Jericho . 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 . 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 . Feuding with Trish Stratus ; Storyline with Kane and Matt Hardy ( 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 . 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 , 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 . 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 . 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 . Kane won the match , leading to he and a reluctant Lita marrying one another on the August 23 , 2004 episode of " Raw " . 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 . The miscarriage led to Lita and Kane joining forces in order to take revenge on Snitsky . 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 . 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 . 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 . This move was later used in the buildup 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 . In the course of the match , Lita tore her left ACL after executing a " Thesz press " off the ring apron . 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 . Despite Lita ' s coaching , Hemme was defeated by Stratus . Lita continued to feud with Stratus by proxy over the following weeks , with Kane defeating Stratus ' companion , Viscera , at Backlash on May 1 . Heel Turn ; Relationship with Edge and Retirement ( 2005 - 2006 ) . The relationship between Lita and Kane lasted until the May 16 episode of " Raw " , when Lita turned into a villainess by betraying Kane , helping Edge defeat him in the finals of the " Raw " Gold Rush Tournament . 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 . 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 . 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 ) . WWE then began to use the real - life issues between the three as an on - screen storyline . In April , Hardy was released from WWE , only to be rehired several months later . 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 . 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 " . 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 got dressed again as Cena entered the ring and attacked her , delivering an FU to her . Lita ' s bare breast was momentarily shown during the segment . This " Live Sex Celebration " segment earned " Raw " a 5 . 2 rating , its highest ratings in over a year . On the February 6 episode of " Raw " , Lita teamed with Edge in a loss to Cena and Maria Kanellis . 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 . 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 . She also defeated James in their rematch on the August 28 episode of " Raw " by using the ropes for extra leverage during the pin . 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 . 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 . On the November 20 edition of " Raw " , after defeating a blindfolded Mickie James in a non - title match , Lita announced that she would be retiring from WWE after her match with James at Survivor Series . Because of the off - screen issues with Matt Hardy , fans began to shout obscenities at her during her matches . By November , Dumas had decided to let her WWE contract expire and retire . At Survivor Series , on November 26 , 2006 , Lita was pinned by Mickie James , losing the Women ' s Championship in her final match in WWE . 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 . 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 . " 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 . Return to WWE . Post - retirement appearances ( 2007 - present ) . Lita made a special appearance on December 10 , 2007 on the " Raw " 15th Anniversary Special by teaming up with Trish Stratus to rid the ring of Jillian Hall before celebrating together in the ring . Later that night , she had a backstage reunion with Kane , her former on - screen husband . She also appeared on the November 1 , 2010 episode of " Raw " in a backstage segment with Pee Wee Herman . On December 12 , 2011 , Lita appeared as the Slammy Award presenter for the " Divalicious Moment of 2011 " on " Raw " , which was presented to Kelly Kelly . Dumas also appeared at WWE Wrestlemania Axxess , and later was seen sitting front row with CM Punk at the WWE Hall of Fame 2012 , leading to her attendance for Wrestlemania 28 . Lita returned on the 1000th episode of " Raw " defeating Heath Slater in a no disqualification , no countout match with the help from the legends who had defeated Slater during the past weeks as well as the APA . She also made an appearance at the 2013 WWE Hall Of Fame with CM Punk . WWE Hall of Famer and producer ( 2014 – present ) . Lita was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame the night before WrestleMania XXX by WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus . Lita served as a trainer on the sixth season of " Tough Enough " , alongside Booker T and Billy Gunn . She appeared on the July 13 , 2015 episode of " Raw " to introduce the " Tough Enough " contestants . In October of that year , it was announced that Dumas had become a creative writer for the WWE on a full - time basis . During the WrestleMania 32 kick – off show on April 3 , 2016 , Lita unveiled the new WWE Women ' s Championship belt , in addition to announcing the retirement of the WWE Divas Championship . Charlotte would defeat Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a triple threat match later that night to win the title , becoming the first Women ' s Champion of the modern era . Music career . Dumas formed the band The Luchagors in mid - 2006 , and they debuted in September 2006 at a rock n ' wrestling event called Rock - N - Shock at The Masquerade in Atlanta . Dumas wore a top emblazoned with the symbol of the band during her final match in WWE . The band released their self - titled debut CD , " The Luchagors " , on September 11 , 2007 . Dumas contributed vocals to the song " From The Shadows " ( appearing on the track alongside Dez Cadena of Black Flag / Misfits ) from " Recognise " , the debut album from UK band JD & the FDCs , which was released in July 2012 . A video for the song was released in March 2013 . Other media . Lita was featured in the June 2001 video and DVD release " Lita : It Just Feels Right " . The video featured discussions of Lita ' s career to that point and showcased several of her matches . Dumas ' autobiography , written with Michael Krugman , " Lita : A Less Traveled R . O . A . D . – The Reality of Amy Dumas " was published in 2003 . 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 " , " Fear Factor " , and " The Weakest Link ' s " " WWF Superstars Edition " in 2002 . In 2004 , she appeared on an episode of " Headbangers Ball " . Lita began hosting a radio show called " Amy ' s Discordia " in 2013 . On October 7 , it was announced that Lita will be a playable character of WWE 2K16 Legends Pack DLC . Lita was interviewed and profiled for the 2016 " Nine Legends " movie . Personal life . Dumas had breast augmentation surgery in late 1999 . She has a wide variety of tattoos and had two piercings in her tongue and another two in her nose . Dumas is a known animal lover . In 2003 , she founded the animal charity Amy Dumas Operation Rescue and Education ( A . D . O . R . E . ) . On December 9 , 2011 , Dumas was arrested in Georgia for speeding and driving with a suspended license . Dumas began dating Matt Hardy in 1999 . Due to their different schedules they became serious only after Dumas joined WWF in 2000 . 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 . Shortly after Hardy made the incident public knowledge , he was released by WWE . Hardy was rehired several months later and the real - life situation was translated into a storyline . Dumas also had a romantic relationship with fellow band member Shane Morton from 2006 to sometime in 2008 . Dumas dated CM Punk for over a year around 2009 , however Matt Hardy confirmed in March 2010 that Dumas and Punk were no longer dating . In April 2013 , it was reported that she and Punk were back together . However , they ceased dating later in 2013 . Dumas is best friends with retired wrestler Trish Stratus , and is the godmother of Stratus ' son , Maximus . Quotes . On the friction she experienced with boyfriend Matt Hardy while recovering from her injury :