Lita's Wrestling Career Looks

The legacy of Lita warrants her mention in any credible talk about the history of women’s wrestling in WWE. Lita helped the women’s division take many strides forward in both the athletic and character presentation alike. WWE continued to see new accolades for women during Lita’s prime for good reason.

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Lita is one of the most iconic wrestlers of all time, and here are a handful of matches you probably forgot she competed in.

Lita had countless memorable moments involving fellow stars Trish Stratus, Edge and the Hardy Boyz. Each chapter of Lita’s career making those memories featured her having different looks. Any wrestler to have a successful lengthy run will make said changes quite often. Every look of Lita will be ranked to pinpoint the best from the legend’s career.

Lita's Arrivan In ECW

Getting Her Start In The Industry

Heyman Found Lita Before WWE Or WCW
Weird Character Was More About Romantic Angle
Managed Danny Doring & Roadkill

WWE wasn’t the first place to hire Lita when chasing her career dreams of pro wrestling. Paul Heyman discovered Lita early into her wrestling career to give her a first break in ECW under the name and persona of Miss Congeniality.

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Lita had a different look than fans got used to in WWE since she was experimenting with the right look and character approach. ECW used Lita enough to provide experience, but she didn’t look as cool or must-watch as future versions.

Rehabbing From Injury

A Long Recovery Led To Her Career Stalling

Suffered Wild Injury On Dark Angel Television Set
Neck Surgery Rehab Led To Her Commentating
Struggled To Stand Out When Returning To Ring

Lita dealt with a tough physical and mental blow when suffering a bad neck injury during a television show filming of all things for Dark Angel. Neck surgery led to Lita having to both rehab from the injury and try to keep her career relevant while hurt.

WWE had Lita commentating Sunday Night Heat on the broadcasting side, but she eventually returned as a top face in the women’s division again. Lita making some changes to her look and gear didn’t work too well since she treaded water moving forward.

Forced To Be Kane's Wife

A Weak Point In Lita’s WWE Career

Crazy Storyline Forced Lita To Marry Kane
Lita Dealt With Another Injury During This Time
WWE Kept Lita Out Of Women's Division For Most Of Angle

The babyface return of Lita to the ring led to her struggling to find the right character and storyline. Trish Stratus started to anchor a new feel in the women’s division with challengers like Jazz, Molly Holly and Victoria all chasing her.

Lita moved into a new angle when Kane became obsessed with marrying her. The ridiculous match stipulation between Kane and Matt Hardy led to Lita being forced to marry Kane. Lita didn’t look as cool or cutting edge just following behind Kane and reluctantly managing him.

Last WWE Return Teaming With Becky Lynch

Winning Women’s Tag Titles In Fun Return

Won Tag Titles For First Time With Becky
Was Smaller Part Of Becky Vs Trish Feud
WWE Wrote Her Off With Injury Angle

Lita always looks great in her rare returns to WWE today as a legend. Staying in good shape is one part of the equation to look great, but Lita also retired at a young age to have more of a desire to make these annual returns when they make sense.

Becky Lynch and Lita won the Women’s Tag Team Championship in a great moment for both since Lynch idolized Lita growing up. Trish Stratus getting involved to start her feud with Becky led to Lita getting phased out, despite looking great in her returns.

WWE Debut With Essa Rios

First Signs Of A Future Hall of Famer

The first WWE role for Lita came as a manager for another new talent. WWE signed Essa Rios following his success in Mexico for the light heavyweight division since WCW found most of their best international stars for their cruiserweight division there.

Lita managing Essa saw her completely outshining him with a cool look and moves that no women did before in WWE. High-flying maneuvers from Lita interfering won over fans more than Rios did in the ring with his own matches.

Rated R Romantic Act With Edge

Helped Edge Become A Main Event Star

Real-Life Scandal Forced Them Together
Edge Became A Main Eventer For First Time
Lita Was Unhappy But Did Great Work

WWE struggled to move Edge from the singles mid-card scene to a main event spot from 2001 to 2006. Injuries, fans losing interest and bad creative doomed Edge at various points. The Money in the Bank briefcase and Lita becoming his manager finally put him over the top against John Cena of all people.

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Few on-screen couples achieved as much success as Edge and Lita did on the biggest stage in WWE.

However, this was a tough time in Lita’s life after the love triangle scandal with Edge and Matt Hardy came out. WWE wanted Lita to play into that with the crowd hating her. Lita still looked great and delivered top tier managing work, but she didn’t look as great as her peak due to being unhappy with all the drama impacting her career.

Big Return Feud With Becky Lynch

Dream Feud Was One Of Lita’s Final Great Moments

Gave Fans A Dream Singles Feud With Becky
Becky Wanted Match For Years Due To Childhood Fandom
Lita Was Still Over With The Fan Base

WWE and Lita agreed to her coming back for a few weeks in early 2022 to challenge Becky Lynch. Lita had made a few returns for battle royals or tag matches, but this was a drastically different challenge to have a singles feud against the top star.

The build showed a passionate Lita wanting to have one more major match and work with someone she believed in. Lita trained hard to look great and didn’t feel out of place at all facing Becky in Lynch’s prime over two decades after Lita’s prime career years.

Impressive Return Vs Heath Slater

First WWE Return After Retirement Was Impressive

Looked Amazing In Surprise Return
Added To Fun Storyline Of Heath Vs Legends
Fans Wished Lita Returned During This Time

Lita left WWE in 2006 when her contract ended, and she was miserable after the Matt Hardy/Edge love triangle changed so much. Time away from the ring clearly helped Lita to explore other projects and reset her mental health after feeling depressed at the end of her career.

WWE had Lita make a one-off appearance defeating Heath Slater in 2012 when Slater had a storyline of losing to legends like Ron Simmons and Sycho Sid every week. Lita looked to be in significantly better physical shape with abs for the stellar appearance.

WWE Comeback For Evolution Return Match

Team Bestie Looked Better Than Ever Reuniting

Returned To WWE Family For Multiple Roles
Evolution PPV Created Perfect Time For Match
Trish & Lita Got To Team Up On Big Stage

WWE tried to re-introduce a few legends when the concept for an all-women PPV of Evolution. Trish Stratus and Lita utilized their history of iconic rivals and real-life best friends to return together in a tag feud against Alexa Bliss and Mickie James.

Alicia Fox ended up replacing an injured Bliss, but fans were still excited with Stratus and Lita back into the fold. Lita looked as great as ever since she started working in other roles for WWE and did some broadcasting appearances. The match itself showed Lita in great conditioning.

Team Extreme With The Hardy Boyz

Three Careers Changed Forever When They Partnered Up

This Chapter Showed Lita Was A Star
New Outfits Showed Her New Style
Thong Accessory Became Part Of Look

WWE realizing that Essa Rios wasn’t over enough to keep getting pushed led to her entering a new act. Team Xtreme formed with Lita joining Matt and Jeff Hardy as a beloved trio. All three wrestlers were known for pushing the envelope with high-flying moves.

Team Xtreme got over as a top babyface act having stellar chemistry and the same desire to break out together. Lita looked at her best with tremendous conditioning, her trademark red hair, and gear that stood out. Fans still associate the look of a thong showing above the pants with Lita since it was another smart idea to stand out.