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Lita tries to be a friend, but gets herself in hot water!

Lita told Debra on RAW IS WAR how impressed she was with her standing up to Stone Cold Steve Austin the previous Thursday on SmackDown! Little did she know that a complement and sympathy for how Debra lives with the Rattlesnake would get she and Matt Hardy in trouble! Click the links to view Lita's conversation with Debra! Debra further embellished the story when she told Austin about her conversation, saying that Lita called him trailer trash" and said that Matt Hardy could beat Austin's butt any day of the week!

When Lita denied the allegations, Austin told her to shut up and challenged Hardy to a fight. During the match, Lita wound up in the ring, and Austin hit the Stunner on Lita. Matt snuck up behind Austin and went for the Twist of Fate, but Austin reversed, hit the Stunner and pinned Matt for the 1-2-3. After the bout, Austin talked trash to Lita.

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Lita counts Matt out
Lita had a tough outing at Vengeance in her first match as a referee. As if being thrust into the middle of a spat between Matt and Jeff Hardy wasn't enough to make this a tough assignment, Lita counted the pinfall when Jeff covered up her boyfriend, Matt. Trish Stratus defended her Women's Championship at Vengeance, and Big Show finally got his hands on Stacy.

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The end of Lita and Matt?
Lita defeated Stacy Keibler on RAW, but not before taking an accidental elbow from Matt Hardy, who went to strike Stacy after she taunted him. Afterward, Matt apologized profusely, but Lita left screaming angrily at her boyfriend.

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Undertaker sends Lita flying
Lita found out what its like to get on the Undertaker's bad side. The American Badass caught the female member of Team Xtreme and tossed her off the stage during RAW! Also, Stacy Keibler was caught in a lip lock by Albert and Torrie Wilson took a bump from her own boyfriend.

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Matt breaks up with Lita
On Raw, monday night, Lita went to go talk to her boyfriend, Matt about counting him out at Venagance. Matt was so upset and mad at her, that he said that her and Matt are like him and Jeff, split up, which made lita devestated, crying in the hallway.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lita out six to nine months
The former Women's Champion suffered a neck injury -- originally diagnosed as a herniated disc -- while filming FOX's "Dark Angel" season finale earlier this month in Vancouver.

"She'll be 100 percent in between six and nine months," Jim Ross said.


Lita: 'I'm going to come back more bad-ass than ever'

by Keith Elliot Greenberg (from wwe.com)
"I feel like people don't know how to react when they see me looking like this," said Lita, her neck brace wedged between a colorfully patterned blouse and her celebrated red locks. "I want to walk over and tell them that everything's okay. But it's not okay, not yet. Right now, it really sucks."

Lita was referring to an injury sustained April 6 on the set of the Fox television series, "Dark Angel." The queen of Team X-Treme ended up with her neck broken in three places, and a ruptured disk between her C-6 and C-7 vertebrae. On April 30, she underwent neck-stabilizing surgery in San Antonio, and hadn't been seen by the wrestling public since.

But Monday night, in her first public appearance, she hosted RAW at The World in Times Square. Her motive was two-fold, lifting her own spirits while connecting with fans who have kept her in their hearts since her mishap.

"I've received some pretty cool cards from people who've gone through way worse than I have," she noted, stopping to periodically adjust her hard collar. "It really made me know how good I had it. People sent photos of me with them at the arena, and it really improved my mood. These people have inspired me, and I'm just so glad to be with the fans again."

Her day-to-day routine since the surgery has been "boring." Prohibited from lifting more than ten pounds, and confined in her neck brace for every activity but showering, Lita has spent her time gardening and playing with her red Doberman, Cody. "At home, I realize that my friends are on the road, so it's kind of lonely," she says. "I spend a lot of time waiting for (boyfriend) Matt (Hardy) to come home. I hate thinking that the highlight of my week is waiting for someone else. I've always been independent."

Recently, though, she was heartened to see Chris Benoit return to WWE after his own bout with neck surgery. "When he came down the aisle, it was really motivational. I thought, 'It must be so hard keeping a straight face' because I know how excited he must have been. But he was trying to act tough, and he did a pretty good job of it."

In fact, some of Lita's brightest moments have come from her conversations with Benoit, along with other sidelined WWE superstars, like Scotty 2 Hotty and Rhyno. "They're a little bit further ahead of me in their recoveries," she said. "So I can see the light at the end of the tunnel."

Her targeted return to the ring is April 30, 2003 -- the one-year anniversary of her surgery.

"The doctor will not release me a day earlier," she points out. "I need time for the bones to fuse. The whole year will allow me to progress as a person and as a character. I think you'll see an evolution of Lita. I'm going to come back more bad-ass than ever."

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