Show: The Interactive Interview courtesy of http://www.WrestlingEpicenter.com
Guest: Former WWE Diva "Lita" Amy Dumas
Date: 8/24/08
Your Hosts: Patrick Kelley, James Walsh, & Nick Noel
Transcript By: Patrick Kelley & James Walsh



From 1999 through 2006, a female dominated the professional
wrestling scene and reinvented female wrestling as we knew it. She was
poetry in motion with high flying moves that excited audiences
world-wide. Though many have been influenced by "Lita", nobody has ever
come close to duplicating what she accomplished in pro wrestling. And,
for the first time ever, she's ready to talk about that on The
Interactive Interview!



"Lita", real name Amy Dumas, is still active in the world of
entertainment but now as the singer of a punk rock band with a lot of
raw metal in their sound which is separating them from the rest of the
crowd. The band is called the Luchagors and their debut CD is available
for purchase now at CDBaby.com.



In this interview, WrestlingEpicenter.com talks to "Lita" Amy Dumas
about both aspects of her ventures into entertainment. A lot of music
is discussed but a lot of topics concerning pro wrestling are as well.
It is a very fun and professional interview that we hope you will enjoy
and be part of.



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"LITA" AMY DUMAS

- The Wrestling Epicenter welcomes a very special guest. Lita stops
by to speak with us about her music career and her past in the WWE.



- We start by asking Lita about having to drop that identity and go
by her real name, Amy Dumas, and go on tour with her band. She says not
many of the wrestling fans have discovered the band yet.



- The name for her band came about with the interest of mixing her
history with Lucha Libre & mixing it with a horror theme. The name
“Luchagors” was sort of a joke name they came up with, but they decided
to stick with it. The skeleton make up that Lita was seen dressed in
was actually done for a few Halloween shows that they did. They had fun
doing it, but it is not the regular look of the band.



- Being a former wrestler has given her some problems in trying to
get the band’s name out there. She is very proud of her wrestling past,
but doesn’t want to sell the band entirely off the fact that she used
to be a wrestler.



- Her bands genre isn’t entirely exclusive to one type music. They
have several inspirations. She describes it as “Punk rock with a metal
drummer” She then says that several members of the band add their own
inspirations to the band.



- The 1st record was produced by Rachel Bollan of Skid Row, and she
really liked working with him. He was willing to accept her ideas while
also offering his great knowledge. She says that=2
0now the band is
capable of doing much more on their own.



- She was in some bands before she got into wrestling, but put it
on hold once she got into wrestling saying that there is almost no time
to fully dedicate to wrestling and also have a band. But having a music
career is something she’s always been interested.



- She would love to get the distribution from a big record label,
but says that it can complicate things a little bit, and she likes
working with Independent labels.



- She wouldn’t be opposed to working with the WWE in some way,
whether it be doing someone’s entrance theme or performing at a PPV.
She says that some people would look down on the move, but also feels
she would also be able to introduce her music to a new audience.



- Amy is asked about pirating music to things like Napster. She
says it makes it hard to sell albums, but you can also use things like
Myspace to advertise yourself. She also says that a lot of the money is
made through touring on the road, which she enjoys.



- She wore a Luchagor T-shirt during her last match with the WWE,
but she says nobody from the office really noticed and there were no
sour grapes when she left.



- Trish got the storybook ending, and Lita says that she’s a little
disappointed that she didn’t get the same thing. She says it hurt her
feelings, and understands that she was a heel, but doesn’t understand
what happened. She did show up at the 15th Anniversary Raw show, and
had fun there.



- Lita then talks about her experiences with Maryland Championship
Wrestling where she trained and did a few appearances after leaving the
WWE. She really liked working there.



- She says that life on the road as a wrestler is harder than as a
musician saying that there isn’t a lot of freedom as a wrestler.



- A story broke out that she was having throat problems, but she
says that the story was kind of exaggerated. It was just a flu and she
lost her voice, and it wasn’t anything more severe than that.



- Word Associations: Listen to Amy Dumas’ opinions on various
figures from both wrestling and music like Vince McMahon, Trish
Stratus, Iggy Pop, Shane Morton, Joan Jett, Lillian Garcia, Team
Xtreme, and her former wrestler personality Miss Congeniality.



- The interview closes with a quick discussion about the media’s
treatment of the Chris Benoit situation. She says that a lot of the
guys that passed judgment and came down on wrestling were guys that
didn’t have great success and were trying to get their name out there.



- She wrote a book for the WWE a few years ago, and when asked if
she’d write another one, she says that she has become a very private
person, especially after the situation with Edge & Matt Hardy. She
said that it was uncomfortable to have people judge her.



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