Product Description

The autobiography of one of the wrestling world's top women stars - the flaming redhead and dragon-tattooed diva who fought her way back to the top after a devastating stunt accident threatened to end her career. Lita put paid to the idea that the role of female wrestlers was to stand in the corner looking pretty. Her style was explosive, leaving the ropes to execute breathtaking aerial manouevres that few but the best could master. Breathtaking trademark moves like the Hurricanrana, the swinging DDT and the moonsault from the top rope won her the World Wrestling Entertainment women's championship. But one fierce piledrive into the canvas while she was performing as a stunt artist on the set of the TV show Dark Angel changed her life forever. Lita: It Just Feels Right is the story of a free spirit who literally broke her neck and battled right back. Her life has been characterised by determination and independence: before she became a star she had travelled the world in search of adventure, played bass guitar in a rock band, and studied judo and kickboxing. A heroine to millions of WWE fans worldwide, Lita's story is one of inspiration, thrills, and success against impossible odds.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #373836 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

Interesting And Informative Bio From Amy Dumas
Although she's only been in WWE for just over 4 years, Lita still has quite a tale to tell, as is evident with this book. Unlike most wrestlers, Lita was not a wrestling fan growing up, but once she became interested in the business, she was determined to to do whatever it took to reach her goal of becoming a professional wrestler.

"A Less Travelled Road" ("The Reality Of Amy Dumas") is Lita's own personal account of her rise to the top of the wrestling business, and the many trials and tribulations she experienced along the way. In the "Forward" Chapter, her boyfriend Matt Hardy describes how there isn't a whole lot of difference between Amy Dumas and Lita, and this is a very true statement.

In her early childhood chapters, Lita explains how she was somewhat of an outcast. Due to the nature of her father's work, she moved from one place to the next, never managing to sustain any real friendships.

However, when Lita discovered punk rock music, she "found" herself and began to mix with a crowd (albeit an "alternative" one). During these early chapters, Lita gives some very detailed descriptions of the punk rock scene and explains why she became attracted to this type of music.

Lita's discovery of sports entertainment came by chance one day, when her boyfriend at that time happended to be watching WCW Nitro. Lita wasn't interested, until she saw masked luchador wrestlers such as Rey Mysterio showing off their incredible talents. Lita knew immediately that wrestling was her new career choice.

Lita describes her wrestling training in Mexico City in great detail, before explaining what it was really like to work for ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling). Although she wasn't there long, she still got plenty of heat from several of her co-workers and Paul Heyman himself (some of her ECW stories are quite frankly, shocking).

Lita talks about her very first WWF appearnce (which believe it or not, was not under the name "Lita"), and how herself and Essa Rios (the wrestler who she was valet to) were so low on the WWF's priority list that they weren't given names straightaway and only debuted when they did due to a late story line change.

Lita tells us how she and Essa Rios weren't meant to get over, but did so in a big way. She recalls how the WWF teamed her up with her real-life friends (who she met during her training days on the independant scene in the U.S.) The Hardy Boyz, and how she adopted the "baggy trousers/thong" look.

Lita goes into great detail about her matches (i.e. what went wrong, what went to plan) and story lines and covers her entire career year by year. Outside the ring, she recounts an incident at a bar between herself, Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson, says what she really thinks of "reality" TV shows (i.e. "The Weakest Link" and "Fear Factor", amongst other things.

Lita's concluding chapters which concern her severe neck injury last year and the sad passing of her beloved dog Cody are quite gut-wrenching to read. With regards to her neck injury, everyone knows how it occurred, but until you read this book, you won't have any idea of how the people on the "Dark Angel" set reacted (and you really won't believe it).

What makes this book so interesting is the fact that Lita is not afraid to stick her oar in and give her true opinion (not a biased WWE-endorsed opinion). If she didn't like a particular match or story line that she was involved in, she'll say so. She doesn't tow the company line and tries to see aspects of the business from a fan's point of view.

Even though she is far less experienced than them, Lita still manages to do a better job with her book than Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan did with theirs. She doesn't rush through her chapters, she doesn't hold back, and she doesn't short-change the readers.

But perhaps the best quality of this book is that it indicates just how down to earth Lita really is. She comes across as being almost like one of us (apart from her fame and fortune, of course). She appreciates her fans and after reading about her experiences with stars such as Melissa Joan Hart and P.O.D., it's nice to know that there are some "real" celebrities among us like Amy Dumas.

Excellent Read
I have been a Lita fan for many years, since she started really. As soon as her book had come out, i came here and ordered it straight away. To begin, the book was a great look into Amy's life and the problems that had surrounded her, whether it be her family or her journey into the wrestling business. After going into detail of how she got to where she was, she gave the readers an insight to what its like backstage and the preparing for matches etc. Amy isn't afraid to give her opinion on past situations she found herself in and was very honest throughout. For a very private person she was very open in telling her story.

A great read for any Lita/Amy Dumas or wrestling fan and is worth every penny.

LoveFuryPassionEnergy
A must for any Lita fan to read. Better yet, a must for any wrestling fan to read! This book shows the troubles she went through to be a wrestler, and gives a rare insight to the life of a WWE superstar! I'll be sad when i finish the book, cause i have nothing else to read!

That's how good it is! I'm reviewing it with 5 stars, and i haven't finished it yet!