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.

[2] 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.

[11] 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.

[13] After honing her skills at the Memphis Championship Wrestling developmental territory, Dumas was given the ring name Lita and paired with luchador Essa Rios.

Laster, that week Lita was involved in another main event match on Smackdown, this time teaming with the Rock in a winning effort against Kurt Angle and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.

She spent the remainder of the year in a storyline with would-be suitor Dean Malenko,[2][3] 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.

They won, but Lita took a brutal beating immediately following the match, when she was Pedigreed by Triple H and hit four times in the back with a steel chair by Austin, who finished her off with a Stunner.

[1] 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.

The Invasion storyline ended on November 18 at Survivor Series, when Lita took part in a six-pack challenge for the WWF Women's Championship which had been vacated by Chyna earlier that month; Stratus won the match and the title.

[22] On April 6, 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.

[6][23] 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.

On the April 21, 2003, episode of Raw, as part of a new storyline, she was fired from her position on commentary by general manager Eric Bischoff after she rejected his advances and his request that she follow in the footsteps of SmackDown!

[2][24] 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.

[27] 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.

During the course of the storyline, he kidnapped Lita and held her tied up backstage,[31] and he persuaded Eric Bischoff to give her a title shot at Bad Blood on June 13, where she was defeated by Trish Stratus in a Fatal Four Way match that also included Gail Kim and defending champion Victoria.

[2][36] 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.

[2] On the May 30 episode of Raw, Lita announced that she had filed for divorce, claiming Kane was like a 4th grader in the bedroom and expressing relief that she would no longer have to deal with his "sweaty body" and "stupid little laugh," and his wedding ring being flushed down a toilet.

Starting with a Raw event at Madison Square Garden where after hobbling to the ring on a crutch to do a segment with heel Trish Stratus, she was booed heavily and fans chanted "You screwed Matt!"

[43] [44][45] In an interview conducted after the event, on WWE.com, Edge announced that he and Lita would have "hot, unbridled sex" in the middle of the ring on Raw the following night to celebrate his victory.

[53] The following day, Dumas made her in-ring debut teaming up with Jerry Lynn in a winning effort defeating Austin Starr and Christy Hemme.

[55] Lita returned on December 10, 2007, on Raw's 15th Anniversary Special by teaming up with Trish Stratus to rid the ring of Jillian Hall, turning face.

[72] On April 10, 2023, Lita was scheduled to defend the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship on Raw against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez.

Lita is cited as inspiration for several women, such as Paige,[citation needed] AJ Lee,[75][76] Bayley,[77] Liv Morgan,[78] Deonna Purrazzo,[79] Melina Perez,[80] Taryn Terrell,[81] Maria Kanellis,[82] and Maryse.

Whether she was flying high with The Hardy Boyz or shocking censors alongside Edge, the four-time Women's Champion knew how to elicit a reaction around the world.

[6] 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.

[90] The book covered topics such as her family, childhood years, wrestling career, relationship with Matt Hardy, and her neck surgery and subsequent rehabilitation.

[91] Dumas also appeared on a variety of television shows including Dark Angel,[6][23] Fear Factor,[92] and The Weakest Link's "WWF Superstars Edition" in 2002.

[96] On May 9, 2018, Dumas debuted as the host of a series for the ASY TV web platform titled The UFO Sho where she visits UFO-themed locations and examines the culture around them.

[106] In February 2005, it was revealed that Dumas had been romantically involved with fellow wrestler Adam Copeland for several months while still in a relationship with Hardy, who had been at home recovering from a knee injury.