Amy Dumas, better known as WWE Hall of Famer Lita, parted ways with the company that made her famous back in December, shortly after she stopped being featured on the WWE Network shows she was hosting. She had been more involved with WWE since her Hall of Fame induction, being a trainer on Tough Enough and even unveiling the new Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 32.
But she certainly hasn’t wrestled in a match in a good long while. That all changed on Friday night at MCW Pro Wrestling in Joppa, Maryland. Lita had been booked for a fan meet-and-greet and autograph signing and was announced as being a guest referee in a six-man tag team match between Bruiser and The Hellcats and manager Andy Vineberg’s stable The Winner’s Circle.
Former #MCW Tag Team Champions @The_Hell_Cats team up w/6 Time MCW Champion #TheBruiser on 3/3 at #MCWMatMadness!https://t.co/ldeuDovVkY pic.twitter.com/MNiA7SZCQV
— MCW Pro Wrestling (@MCWWrestling) February 23, 2017
But during the show, MCW made the announcement that she would be joining Bruiser and The Hellcats in an eight-person match against The Winner’s Circle. The fans reportedly went nuts, and Lita got fully involved in the match, taking bumps and dishing out DDTs and of course, the Twist of Fate, leading to her team getting the win.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPrZ-4YWwCo
https://twitter.com/DOCMD25/status/837874062386999296
After her official WWE retirement at Survivor Series 2006, Lita appeared in some indie matches, but worked mostly as a guest referee when she was booked elsewhere. The last time she appeared in any sort of match on WWE television (if this even counts) was during the 1000th episode of Raw in 2012, where she defeated Heath Slater with APA’s help.
So this was Lita’s first match of any kind in five years, and she was more physical here than she was in the Slater match, dishing out Twists of Fate to pretty much everyone but her teammates. Neither she nor MCW have indicated this will be anything other than a one-time appearance, but it’s a lot of fun to see that she’s still got the desire to jump in there and mix it up.
It just goes to show you: pro wrestlers never really retire, they just work increasingly lighter schedules.
