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Brooklyn born, Vito LoGrasso grew up as a typical street kid who was into various sporting activities. He excelled in basketball, baseball and football playing in several different sport leagues throughout his childhood as well as his adult years.

As a child, Vito was also an avid wrestling fan watching WWF and WCW every Saturday morning. He dreamed of being one of his heroes like Bruno San Martino. Every little boy dreamed of such things but very few get the chance to live their dreams when they grow up. After high school, Vito enlisted in the U.S. Army while his dream continued to grow in the back of his mind as well as in his heart. In 1991, Vito along with the support of his family, finally decided to pursue a wrestling career. He joined the Johnny Rodz School of Wrestling in Brooklyn. Then a Staten Island native and full-time father, Vito crossed the bridge ever week for rigorous training classes which earned him his professional wrestling license that same year.

He quickly became a crowd pleaser. Vito isn’t just good with his fists, but he is a true entertainer inside the ring and out. He even hosted his own wrestling talk show on Staten Island’s cable station and he was a co-host for a radio show in Long Island. He had an impressive, natural persona whether in front of a crowd, on TV or even through the radio airwaves.

Vito spent eight years perfecting his skills as a wrestler by having matches all across the U.S. as well as in Puerto Rico, Japan, England, Dominican Republic and Australia. In 1998, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) asked Vito to join their federation. He was immediately recognized for his hardcore wrestling ability. Not only could he take a punch, but he could deliver one as well.

In 1999, he was offered a position in the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) federation. Remembering the days of watching Ric Flair on television, Vito jumped at the opportunity of a lifetime. By this time, he gave up his persona of Skull Von Krush, to become Big Vito, which is how he is best known by all of his fans. Instantly Vito won over millions of viewers across the world. His on-camera antics, complete with Italian-American stereotypes were just as entertaining as his wrestling skills. It wasn’t long before he and his partner became champions winning the Tag Team Championship belts in 2000. Soon Johnny the Bull and Big Vito went their separate ways. Big Vito returned to his hardcore matches. In the industry, he is known as one of the best hardcore wrestlers around. Vito proved himself when he defeated legendary wrestler Terry Funk for the Hardcore Championship title.

Besides wrestling, Vito has also had experience in television, radio and film. In Puerto Rico, Vito had a role in the action adventure movie, “The Survivor” as well as being the star of a Pizza Hut commercial where he of course wrestled a pizza. In the U.S., Vito appeared on Nickelodeon’s Double Dare 2000. Vito was also on the “Shipmates” dating show on UPN for which he and his date won “Best Couple” of the season. Vito continues to travel across the world as an international professional wrestler. He loves the spotlight and is always throwing himself into it whenever he can. Vito is recognized wherever he goes and if he’s not, his bald head and large build are a definite crowd stopper. Recently, Vito appeared in the April 2007 issue of Play Girl Magazine with a spot on the cover which generated many discussions on wrestling websites and message boards. Currently Vito is interested in pursuing other areas of entertainment besides wrestling. With his unique good looks, charisma and talent behind him, Vito illuminates a screen and captivates his audience – they either hate him or love him, but Vito always gets a reaction. Already a known celebrity from his most recent work with WWE, Vito will make an easy transition from wrestler to actor/model. Vito is at ease in front of the camera and proves he’s a true professional.

Not only can Vito pose, but he can fit into any character a role demands, even if it requires him to wear a dress! In 2006, WWE debuted Vito as “the toughest guy in a dress,” which caused quite a stir inside and outside the ring. Vito became the most recognizable wrestler being spotted in airports wearing heels and a stylish sun dress. Vito is always up for a challenge.

Here's an article we didn't expect to find this morning. WWE superstar JBL writes about the stock market for The Street. No, seriously. In last Saturday's article, he had some nice things to say about Apple (and AAPL). Having just read iCon, the unauthorized bio of Steve Jobs, JBL stated his admiration for Apple's leader, and said this about Apple stock:

"Apple is a dream company. No debt, and over $10 per share in cash. Add to that the fact it is still a growth story and you have a stock that is cheap."

If JBL tells you to buy a stock, buy it. You don't want a steel chair to the back of the head, do you?

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CM Punk is one of the few independent wrestling legends who has actually been given a decent chance in the WWE.


The Beginning

CM Punk was born on October 26, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. His birth name is Phil Brooks.

He grew up as a wrestling fan, participating in backyard matches for Lunatic Wrestling Federation with his friends. While they wrestled for fun, CM Punk was determined to become a professional some day.

CM Punk would begin his training at the Steel Domain wrestling school, where he would eventually surpass his trainer by being called up to the WWE first.

America's Most Wanted

After making his name on the independent scene, CM Punk was able to generate interests from both ROH (Ring of Honor) and TNA (Total Nonstop Action).

Rising Through ROH

While he was struggling in TNA, CM Punk was thriving in ROH.

CM Punk came in 2nd in a tournament to crown the first ROH Pure Champion (AJ Styles ended up winning the tournament). CM Punk and Colt Cabana had a pretty good feud against the Briscoe Brothers, winning the ROH Tag Team Championship twice from them. He also become the company's first ever head training for their wrestling school.

TNA Departure

A real life fight with Teddy Hart and a rift between TNA and ROH (due to ROH founder Rob Feinstein being charged with soliciting sex from an underage boy) caused CM Punk to leave TNA and become a full time ROH performer.

Classic Feud With Samoa Joe

CM Punk and Samoa Joe had a classic three match series over the ROH World Heavyweight Championship, which helped him catch the attention of the WWE.

Their first two matches went to a 60 minute time limit draw, with the second match earning the highly coveted five star rating (very few North American matches ever receive such an award). Their third match ended with Samoa Joe winning a match without a time limit.

Farewell Tour of ROH

After accepting the developmental deal with the WWE, CM Punk continued working for ROH. He won the ROH World Heavyweight Championship soon after.

It was here where CM Punk had some classic moments after a heel turn. His character threatened to take the ROH World Heavyweight Championship to the WWE with him. There was a brilliant segment where CM Punk signed his WWE contract on top of the ROH title belt.

Hardcore legend Mick Foley made an appearance in ROH to convince CM Punk to do the right thing and defend the ROH World Heavyweight Championship on his way out.

Ohio Valley Wrestling

As with most wrestlers who sign developmental deals with the WWE, CM Punk was assigned to OVW (Ohio Valley Wreslting). He suffered an injury in his debut match, but would recover to win the OVW Television Championship (from Kenny Dykstra).

When OVW Heavyweight Champion Matt Cappotelli was forced to vacate the title due to a brain tumor, a tournament was set up to determine a new champion. CM Punk and Brent Albright both made it to the finals, but it wasn't meant to be for CM Punk yet.

It wasn't until May of 2006 that CM Punk would win the OVW Heavyweight Championship. He would then go on to successfully defend the title against the Miz, Mr Kennedy, and Cryme Tyme's Shad.

Prior to leaving OVW for ECW, CM Punk became the second ever OVW Triple Crown Champion (OVW Southern Television Championship, OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, and OVW Heavyweight Championship).

ECW

CM Punk made his debut for ECW in June of 2006. He was booked pretty strongly at the beginning and his popularity soared. CM Punk was chosen to participate in a Survivor Series tag team match with four of the WWE's most popular stars (HHH, HBK, and the Hardys). He was also selected to wrestle in an Elimination Chamber match for the ECW Heavyweight Championship.

New Breed

ECW was generating a lot of interest thanks to their storyline featuring a war between the New Breed (Marcus Cor Von, Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorn, and Matt Stryker) and the ECW Originals (Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, and Rob Van Dam).

A great side story at the time was where the fans were left wondering which side CM Punk would choose to join.

He initially joined the New Breed, but it ended up being a swerve. During a tag team match, CM Punk officially left the New Breed after kicking his partner Elijah Burke in the back of the head and leaving him.

ECW Heavyweight Championship

CM Punk chased John Morrison for the ECW Heavyweight Championship for a few month. He was unsuccessful until the writers decided to take the belt off of the champion for being implicated in a federal drug probe.

Fans finally got to see the belt on a champion they approve of.

Closing Thoughts

If his popularity continues to soar like it has, CM Punk should be able to force management to make him a big star on either Smackdown on Raw.

It'll be interesting to see if anything can prevent him from winning either of the world titles.

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Finlay

Prior to making his debut in the WWE, CM Punk spent some time being trained by Finlay, William Regal, and Dave Taylor.


Raven

While working in TNA, CM Punk and Mickie James were members of a stable that was led by Raven. The stable was called "The Gathering".

Date of Birth: 1 March 1965
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Real Name: Robert Booker Tio Huffman
Height: 6'3"
Former WCW Tag Team & TV Champion.
Has been a member of Harlem Heat, THe Misfits in Action and the New Bloods.
Brother of wrestler Lane Huffman, who wrestles under the name Stevie Ray.
His older brother Stevie Ray looked after him when they were kids, and helped him break into the wrestling business when he was in high school.
Established himself as a singles wrestler after a "Best of 7" series of matches with the Canadian Crippler Chris Benoit in WCW.
Is the most decorated champion in WCW history having won 22 titles during his tenure with the company.
Booker T and his brother Stevie Ray became a tag team in the Texas-based WWA promotion. The duo stayed in the territory for three years.
While in Texas, Booker T feuded with Tiger Conway Jr.
"Don't hate the player, hate the game."

Chris Benoit
Name: Chris Benoit
From: Atlanta, Ga. (originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Height: 5 foot 11
Weight: 220 pounds
Signature Move: Crippler Crossface
Career Highlights: World Heavyweight Champion; 3-time World Tag Team Champion; 3-time Intercontinental Champion; 4-time United States Champion; WWE Tag Team Champion; 2004 Royal Rumble Winner; 2-time WCW Tag Team Champion, 3-time WCW Television Champion; ECW Tag Team Champi
Debut: Jan. 31, 2000
Trained By: Stu Hart

After a brutal attack by Mark Henry on the May 26 edition of Friday Night SmackDown, Chris Benoit has taken an indefinite sabbatical from SmackDown. That night, Henry destroyed Benoit, repeatedly ramming the Rabid Wolverine into the ringpost. The World's Strongest Man lost the match by disqualification, but the damage was done and Benoit had to be taken from ringside on a stretcher. There is no timetable for Benoit's return, but the fans can only hope that the Rabid Wolverine comes back toSmackDown sooner rather than later.

On the May 5 edition of Friday Night SmackDown, Chris Benoit lost to Finlay in a King of the Ring tournament opening-round match. It was the third straight week that Benoit and Finlay had a confrontation; on the April 21 edition of Friday NightSmackDown , Benoit teamed with Bobby Lashley to defeat Finlay and Orlando Jordan, and the following week, the Rabid Wolverine ran off Finlay and Booker T, saving Gunner Scott from their 2-on-1 attack. Finally, Benoit defeated Finlay in a good old-fashioned fight at Judgment Day, making the Irishman tap out to the Crippler Crossface.

WWE Chris Benoit

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Chris Benoit wrestler will be known by great names. Wwe Chris Benoit has always fought till the end and has never backed away from any match. He is without doubt one of the greatest superstars alive. A career with many titles and winning streaks and along with that vicious battles. YetChris Benoit always conquers the odds. That is the reason why Chris Benoit has so many fans. The Chris Benoit fan fiction is simply incredible. This can be very well be seen by the number of people who have downloaded Chris Benoits theme- which are available for computers and mobiles.

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This not only tells us about the love of fans but also the moves of Chris Benoit and Chris Benoit photos are usually selected for customized characters starting from the dramatic entrance to Wwe Chris Benoit logos, signs and then his finishing moves and dangerous stunts, the same is depicted in the game and for this reason he can be your worst challenger in the game for you and in the ring for his competitors. Every thing related toChris Benoit becomes popular even his galleries. And Chris Benoit fanfic is amazing.

Wwe Chris Benoit entrance has changed along with styles of wrestling but the winning streaks continued and the crowd always cheered for Chris Benoit. Chris Benoit pictures in the Chris Benoit galleries are also very popular and many of his match’s videos are available online and are being sold daily.

However at the moment no website is offering Chris Benoit nude pictures or Chris Benoit naked pictures. Yet many are offering his matches in the wrestle mania. He is one of the people who have an amazing reputation and with that they have an awesome record in wrestle mania matches this is can be found inChris Benoit bio. He will always be remembered and is indeed one of the people entering the hall of fame.

As reported earlier, WWE has officially released Marty "The Boogeyman" Wright from the company. Wright was part of the Smackdown brand and had been out since WrestleMania 22.

Reasons behind his release have now become public. While out of the ring since April, Wright had been rehabbing leg injuries and was reportedly close to being ready to return to action this month. WWE management were said to have been unhappy with his commitment to return to the ring, with the general feeling being he was doing the bare minimum to get back in shape.

In addition, there were said to have been numerous issues with Wright not checking in with doctors when he was scheduled to do so. He had been warned a few times about his conduct, but despite the warnings he made no effort to change his behavior and was then let go by the company. As noted before, Wright was scheduled to return to Smackdown sometime this month as promos began airing on Friday Night Smackdown pushing his return. When they stopped airing, some people were wondering why. Now we know.

I bet that we'll see Marty Wright end up in TNA!

Amy Dumas (Lita) Biography

The following biography is from Wikipedia.org “The Free Encyclopedia.”

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Amy Christine Dumas, better known as Lita (born April 14, 1975), is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment, and a former valet in Extreme Championship Wrestling.



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Career

Amy Dumas came to a wide audience first in ECW in 1999 as the valet for Danny Doring and Amish Roadkill, known as Miss Congeniality. She left ECW for WWF (WWE) in late 1999.



Upon her arrival in WWF, she was placed as the valet for a lucha libre wrestler named Essa Rios. As her popularity rose, she was placed with the Hardy Boyz to become Team Xtreme. Her popularity skyrocketed along with Matt and Jeff during the WWF Attitude era.



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While filming a guest appearance on the FOX TV series Dark Angel in 2002, she suffered a severe neck injury that required surgery. She returned as a color comentator on WWE Sunday Night Heat, but returned to in-ring action in September 2003.



At WWE New Year's Revolution, while performing a Lou Thesz Press off the ring apron, Lita suffered a torn ACL in her left knee.



Lita was a face from May 2000 (when Essa Rios left her) until May 16, 2005, when she turned heel by helping Edge defeat her onscreen husband, Kane, and thereby win the WWE RAW Gold Rush Tournament, she later devorced Kane and started a relationship with Edge.



This long time storyline has involved wrestlers such as Matt Hardy, and Gene Snitsky to keep the fued fresh.


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Wrestlers managed by Lita

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El Dandy
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Danny Doring
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Amish Roadkill
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Essa Rios
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Matt Hardy
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Jeff Hardy
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Christy Hemme
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Kane
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Edge


Personal life

For six years, she had had a real-life relationship with Matt Hardy, until he broke up with her in late February 2005. The split occurred because Lita had sexual relations with fellow WWE wrestler Edge. The fallout of the affair led to Matt Hardy's release. On April 18, 2005, Lita's appearance in Madison Square Garden was met with jeers and calls for Matt Hardy by a significant section of the audience. Similar chants were directed at her the following week during her backstage interview, but since the show was pre-taped in front of a British audience the chants were edited out in the American broadcast.



In May 2005 Lita was aligned with Copeland onscreen. She was rumored to have expressed slight discontent with this storyline as she still claimed to have "feelings" for Matt. In addition, the storyline was seen as tasteless by Hardy himself along with many smarks.

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Trivia

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Lita is of Puerto Rican, Mexican, French and Irish descent.
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Lita is the only female to win both her titles in the main event of RAW.
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Lita is the only female diva to appear in Rolling Stone magazine.
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As a young adult she would volunteer her time to animal shelters and also during her 15 month neck injury she founded her animal charity A.D.O.R.E and donated time and money to animal shelters in North Carolina.
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Her last name is pronounced (doo-MAH), not (doo-MAHS) like many people believe. The "s" is silent.
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Amy Dumas played in a band called '3 Card Trick'
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Lita recorded a song "When I get You Alone" which is found on the WWE Originals CD.
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Amy has a younger brother, Billy Dumas.
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Amy has had 3 dogs. Cody (deceased), Mason (also deceased), and Lucas. In addition, she is currently fostering a dog named Louie.



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Championships and accomplishments

WWE Women's Champion (2)

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August 21, 2000 - October 30, 2000
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December 6, 2004 - January 9, 2005



WWE Women's Championship Reigns

Preceded by:
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley


First


Succeeded by:
Ivory

Preceded by :
Trish Stratus


Second


Succeeded by:
Trish Stratus


Other accomplishments

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Winner of the 2001 PWI Woman of the Year Award

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URL of Original Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Dumas

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DDT
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Twist of Fate
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Litacanrana
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Rear Naked Choke (Sleeper with body scissors)


Wrestlers managed by Lita

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El Dandy
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Danny Doring
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Amish Roadkill
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Essa Rios
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Matt Hardy
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Jeff Hardy
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Christy Hemme
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Kane
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Edge


Personal life

For six years, she had had a real-life relationship with Matt Hardy, until he broke up with her in late February 2005. The split occurred because Lita had sexual relations with fellow WWE wrestler Edge. The fallout of the affair led to Matt Hardy's release. On April 18, 2005, Lita's appearance in Madison Square Garden was met with jeers and calls for Matt Hardy by a significant section of the audience. Similar chants were directed at her the following week during her backstage interview, but since the show was pre-taped in front of a British audience the chants were edited out in the American broadcast.



In May 2005 Lita was aligned with Copeland onscreen. She was rumored to have expressed slight discontent with this storyline as she still claimed to have "feelings" for Matt. In addition, the storyline was seen as tasteless by Hardy himself along with many smarks.

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Trivia

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Lita is of Puerto Rican, Mexican, French and Irish descent.
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Lita is the only female to win both her titles in the main event of RAW.
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Lita is the only female diva to appear in Rolling Stone magazine.
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As a young adult she would volunteer her time to animal shelters and also during her 15 month neck injury she founded her animal charity A.D.O.R.E and donated time and money to animal shelters in North Carolina.
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Her last name is pronounced (doo-MAH), not (doo-MAHS) like many people believe. The "s" is silent.
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Amy Dumas played in a band called '3 Card Trick'
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Lita recorded a song "When I get You Alone" which is found on the WWE Originals CD.
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Amy has a younger brother, Billy Dumas.
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Amy has had 3 dogs. Cody (deceased), Mason (also deceased), and Lucas. In addition, she is currently fostering a dog named Louie.



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Championships and accomplishments

WWE Women's Champion (2)

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August 21, 2000 - October 30, 2000
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December 6, 2004 - January 9, 2005



WWE Women's Championship Reigns

Preceded by:
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley


First


Succeeded by:
Ivory

Preceded by :
Trish Stratus


Second


Succeeded by:
Trish Stratus


Other accomplishments

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Winner of the 2001 PWI Woman of the Year Award

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The above biography has been copied in part or in whole from an article on Wikipedia.org "The Free Encyclopedia." It has been modified under the NGU Free Document License Section 5 in the following manner: (1) All links within the article have been removed, including text links such as "[#]"; (2) The "[Edit]" text and link have been removed [if you would like to update the article, you may do so from the original page]; (3) the table of Contents links and text have been removed; and (4) all of the sections of the original article have not been copied. All of the above text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Document License.

URL of Original Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Dumas

Date Article Copied: July 20, 2005

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Amy Dumas Contact Information: Click the following link to Contact Any Celebrity
VIDEOS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTERS
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Moonsault
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DDT
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Twist of Fate
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Head Scissor Takedown
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Litacanrana
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Rear Naked Choke (Sleeper with body scissors)


Wrestlers managed by Lita

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El Dandy
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Danny Doring
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Amish Roadkill
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Essa Rios
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Matt Hardy
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Jeff Hardy
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Christy Hemme
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Kane
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Edge


Personal life

For six years, she had had a real-life relationship with Matt Hardy, until he broke up with her in late February 2005. The split occurred because Lita had sexual relations with fellow WWE wrestler Edge. The fallout of the affair led to Matt Hardy's release. On April 18, 2005, Lita's appearance in Madison Square Garden was met with jeers and calls for Matt Hardy by a significant section of the audience. Similar chants were directed at her the following week during her backstage interview, but since the show was pre-taped in front of a British audience the chants were edited out in the American broadcast.



In May 2005 Lita was aligned with Copeland onscreen. She was rumored to have expressed slight discontent with this storyline as she still claimed to have "feelings" for Matt. In addition, the storyline was seen as tasteless by Hardy himself along with many smarks.

Lita #129 On Knees ©Photofile
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Trivia

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Lita is of Puerto Rican, Mexican, French and Irish descent.
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Lita is the only female to win both her titles in the main event of RAW.
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Lita is the only female diva to appear in Rolling Stone magazine.
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As a young adult she would volunteer her time to animal shelters and also during her 15 month neck injury she founded her animal charity A.D.O.R.E and donated time and money to animal shelters in North Carolina.
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Her last name is pronounced (doo-MAH), not (doo-MAHS) like many people believe. The "s" is silent.
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Amy Dumas played in a band called '3 Card Trick'
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Lita recorded a song "When I get You Alone" which is found on the WWE Originals CD.
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Amy has a younger brother, Billy Dumas.
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Amy has had 3 dogs. Cody (deceased), Mason (also deceased), and Lucas. In addition, she is currently fostering a dog named Louie.



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Championships and accomplishments
WWE Women's Champion (2)

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August 21, 2000 - October 30, 2000
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December 6, 2004 - January 9, 2005