This biography is straight from the mouth of Amy Dumas herself.

"I am very much a spontaneous person. I don't plan things out. I believe life flows better if you roll with it. Many situations are far beyond our control and a waste of postitve energy to fight. However, I am willing to pour all of my energy and focus to work on situations and outcomes that I can have a hand in. Like the path I take to get from point A to point B, the typf of people I surround myself with, and the life experiences I have.

For example, growing up, I moved around a lot. Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Orlando, back to Fort Lauderdale and on to Atlanta, all before I was 12 years old. Being that young, I had little control over this. But my nomadic childhood would help prepare me not to be afraid of change and also to adapt quickly to different situations. I have always had an easy time making friends, but keeping close friends was difficult due to moving around. I spent six years in Atlanta which is the longest I have lived some where to date.

I graduated high school early and moved out when I was 17. My parents had divorced a few years prior.

0 I moved into a small studio apartment in midtown Atlanta and adopted my dog Cody. He has been stuck with me ever since. I began to feel as though I was treading water and didn't wake up mornings with a whole lot of passion. I knew that meant it was time to move on. My finds were limited, so upon exploring my options, Cody and I decided to pack up and move into a group house outside of Washiongton, D.C.

A friend of a friend was visiting Atlanta, when I told him about wanting to move. Half-jokingly, he said they were looking for another roomate. So two weeks later, I headed up to DC. It was me and seven guys living in a house that was also home to a band, recording studio and tattoo shop. I lived in the laundry room for $80 a month.

Needless to say, that got old quick. I saved up a little money and headed to Europe for a month, again searching for something. I just didn't know what. Europe was a great experience and allowed me to stay put for a little while upon my return. I then shared an apartment in Washington, DC for about a year.

After that, I moved an hour and a half south to Richmond, Virginia. I knew some people there and rent was cheap, which meant I could save more money and keep searching.

While in DC, I had taken up playing the bass guitar and tried being in a few bands. Nothing ever really panned out. I traveled with some bands helping them out by moving equitment or selling merhcndise. I had fun doing that and being on the road was always a special time for me. Not knowing where your day would take you, who you would meet, and giving an audience part of your soul every night. I knew I wanted to be a part of my life in some form.

I have always believed that life is about finding your own personal niche, what makes you tick. You may be influenced by your upbringing, your family's business, a teacher's suggestion, friends or your surroundings. You may have had a gut feeling from a young age about what you want to do, while others search over half their looking for "it". In my opinion, searching itself is half the fun. Because once you realize what you want to do, it's time to get serious and go for it.

It was around the summer of '97 that I knew I wanted to be part of the WWF. At the time, I didn't know exactly what that meant or how I was going to get there. I did know the world of sports-entertainment encompassed everything I'd been searching for. The WWF had a lot of the same qualities that traveling with bands had, and you definitely get to give your soul to the audience every night, but you also get to be extremely physical and athletic as well.

At first I didn't know how to start training for wrestling, so I began training at a judo club. There I learned to have a competitive nature and feel contact while remaining focused. I took a three-day crash course in Mexico, in a make-shift wrestling ring made of amateur wrestling mats and garden hoses. I had never been in so much pain, but the feeling I had was complete euphoria. From that point on, anything that could get me a step closer to the WWF was on my list. I didn't care how I long it took-inch by inch, mile by mile-I would be in the WWF one day.

I signed a developement contract on November 1, 1999, and debuted in Fevruary 2000. After a year and a half of walking down that ramp, I still wake up some mornings not believing I am here. Everything feels so new to me, but in a really good way. For the first time in my life, I can begin to think long-term and have a sense of what having a constant is like. I am just starting to plant roots regarding my career in the WWF, my first long-term friends, and my new home in North Carolina. It is a ver comfortable feeling knowing this is where I belong."

- Spoken by Amy Dumas herself!


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