Lita

In this season premiere, Alexa dives into the life of Amy Dumas, also known as Lita in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). From her early life, to her love of punk, beginning wrestling, and being the subject of a scandal in and outside the ring. From a lifelong wrestling fan, the life story of Lita.

 

Note from Alexa:

**In this episode, I briefly mention the relationship of Terry Funk to hardcore, death match wrestling. I say something along the lines of him being the creator of it, but that is not exactly true. Atsushi Onita, the creator of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in Japan, was the first to popularize hardcore, death matches with Terry Funk as a sort of inspiration from his work in the United States previously.

 

 

Sources:

“An Encyclopedia of Women’s Wrestling" by LaToya Ferguson. 

 Interview with Amy Dumas from Lillian Garcia’s podcast Chasing Glory.

"Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D (The Reality of Amy Dumas)" by Amy Dumas. 

"Sisterhood of the Squared Circle" by Pat Laprade and Dan Murphy.

Wikipedia. 

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