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Amy Christine Dumas (born April 14, 1975) is an American retired professional wrestler and singer.

She is best known for her tenure in WWE under the ring name Lita. An inductee of the WWE Hall of Fame, Dumas is regarded as one of the best female performers in WWE history.

Amy Christine Dumas was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Christine and Michael Dumas on April 14, 1975.

She is of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Irish and French ancestry.

She attended many different schools around Florida throughout her childhood and adolescent years and managed to finish high school at Lassiter High School near Atlanta 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.

Dumas first became interested in wrestling after watching Rey Mysterio Jr., an American luchador, wrestle on an episode of World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Monday Nitro.

She traveled to Mexico in 1997 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 El Dandy, Kevin Quinn and Ricky Santana.

Initially using the name of Angelica, Dumas started her wrestling career in Mexico with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 1998, followed by briefly working on the US independent circuit in early 1999, and then working for six months in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).

Following the completion of her training, Dumas made several appearances with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 1998, under the ring name of Angelica.

After returning to the United States, Dumas continued working as a valet on the independent circuit as Angelica.

She made her wrestling debut in a match against indie wrestler Strawberry Fields on January 9, 1999, where she won the match.

She worked in Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW), 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.

In April 1999, Dumas 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 with a condom.

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 August 1, 1999, Dumas was signed to a WWF developmental deal.

After six months with ECW, she made her final appearance on October 23, 1999, at Re-enter the Sandman.

Dumas debuted on the July 5, 1999, episode of Raw Is War as part of The Godfather's Ho-Train.

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 (it was only by watching the episode that the two learned their new ring names, decided post-production).

Lita mimicked his moves, notably the moonsault and hurricanrana, immediately after he had performed them on an opponent.

Essa Rios and Lita had a feud with Eddie Guerrero and Chyna which led to a European title match between Ríos and then-champion Guerrero at Backlash.

In May 2000, a storyline was developed in which Lita found Rios cavorting with The Godfather and his "hos", causing tension between them.

Dumas then signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed to WWE in 2002) in August 1999, debuting in February 2000 as Lita.

She was originally paired with Essa Rios, but she achieved her greatest push alongside Matt and Jeff Hardy as Team Xtreme, and in 2005–2006 was a heel wrestler, including as a manager to Edge.

During this time, she became a four-time WWF/WWE Women's Champion.

She retired from full-time performing in 2006.

After her first retirement in 2006, she formed the punk rock band The Luchagors.

She then made a couple of appearances on the independent circuit before returning to WWE in 2007, making occasional appearances, sporadically wrestling matches and being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.

From 2022 to 2023, she performed on a part-time basis, with her winning the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with Becky Lynch in 2023, subsequently making her the first female Hall of Famer to win a championship after her induction.

She has also worked as a producer and a trainer with the company.

The band released their self-titled debut album on September 11, 2007.