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Lita with the Hardy Boyz in 2001. 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 next month at WrestleMania X-Seven, the Hardy Boyz competed in another TLC match against Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz. [40] Just as in the first TLC match, Edge and Christian were victorious thanks to help from Rhyno. [40] [41] On the October 8 episode of Raw, the Hardy Boyz won the WCW Tag Team Championship from Booker T and Test.
The Hardy Boyz were accompanied by Matt Hardy's girlfriend Lita, while Storm and The Hurricane were accompanied by Ivory and the Hurricane's kayfabe sidekick Mighty Molly. The Hurricane and Storm double-teamed the Hardy Boyz for most of the match while the Hardy Boyz countered through their high-flying attacks.
Lita, the associate of the Hardy Boyz, then came down to the ring, pushing Edge and Christian off a ladder. [32] This allowed Matt to climb a ladder to retrieve the championship belts, but D-Von pushed the ladder, resulting in Matt falling at ringside through two double-stacked tables.
At King of the Ring, the Hardy Boyz and T&A competed in a Four Corners Elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship, won by Edge and Christian. [5] On the July 2 episode of Sunday Night Heat, T&A and their valet Trish Stratus defeated the Hardy Boyz and their valet Lita in a six-person elimination tag team match. [11]
In 2001, Hardy, Matt and Lita appeared in Rolling Stone magazine's 2001 Sports Hall of Fame issue. [369] In 2003, Hardy and Matt, with the help of Michael Krugman, wrote and published their autobiography The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire. [370]
APA was attacked by T & A backstage before they had a chance to make their entrance. On the other hand, Lita, who was already in the ring, was attacked by Stratus and T & A until the Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) made the rescue and prevented T & A and Stratus from attacking Lita. The match never took place.
Lita eventually left Rios' side and allied with The Hardy Boyz, and the trio formed a stable known as Team Xtreme. As a member of Team Xtreme, Lita developed a more "alternative" image, [ 99 ] and her popularity greatly increased.