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Lita is a four-time WWF/WWE Women's Champion. Lita during her speech of induction at the WWE Hall of Fame in April 2014. American Chronicles. Female of the Year (2006) [115] Bleacher Report. Ranked No. 23 of The Top 25 Superstars of the 2000s (2011) Ranked No. 49 of The Top 50 Greatest WWE Superstars of All Time (2024) Complex Networks
Ofelia "Lia" Maivia [1] (née Fuataga; August 6, 1931 [A] – October 19, 2008) [2] was a Samoan professional wrestling promoter.Maivia was the wife of Samoan professional wrestler Peter Maivia and the grandmother of actor and wrestler, Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock.
WWE performers' status as independent contractors was spotlighted by John Oliver on an episode of his show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in March 2019, [12] [13] [14] with Oliver calling on WWE fans to protest at WrestleMania 35. [12] [13] [14] WWE denied Oliver's critique. [15]
Kane and Lita reconciled with one another and began antagonizing Lita's rival Trish Stratus. This led to a match between Kane and Stratus' hired bodyguard Viscera at Backlash on May 1 that was won by Kane. [78] Lita later turned on Kane and started an on-screen relationship with her real-life boyfriend at the time Edge.
After his affair with Lita was brought to television as an on-screen relationship in 2005, Edge began to adopt the persona of a villain who reveled in controversy, nicknamed "The Rated-R Superstar." This moniker was solidified when Edge and Lita performed a "live sex celebration" segment after he won his first WWE Championship in early 2006.
The Hardy Boyz then found a new manager in Matt's real-life girlfriend Lita. [37] Together, the three became known as "Team Xtreme". [38] At SummerSlam on August 27, The Hardy Boyz competed in the first ever Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, for the WWF Tag Team Championship against The Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian, but were unsuccessful ...
The gimmick was built off of Layfield's real-life accomplishments as a stock market investor. Later that year, he captured the WWE Championship and held it for 280 days. A month before his in-ring retirement at 2009's WrestleMania 25 , he became Intercontinental Champion , which made him the 20th Triple Crown Champion and the 10th Grand Slam ...
[13] [14] On the edition of August 28, 2006 of Raw, Lita revealed that Stratus would retire following Unforgiven, which was later confirmed by Stratus. [15] [16] On the edition of September 4 of Raw, Stratus challenged Lita to a match at Unforgiven for the WWE Women's title, for her retirement match, in which Lita accepted. [17]