WWE witnessed Lita becoming one of the most important female wrestlers in company history. Lita first joined WWE as a manager for Essa Rios after her overlooked tenure in ECW. However, the fit didn’t make sense until Lita started to move forward with her own character. Lita getting more over led to the infamous Team Xtreme run joining the Hardy Boyz.
The character took many different turns for Lita to work both face and heel sides. Lita became a compelling heel when WWE utilized her real-life issues with Matt Hardy on-screen due to the internet changing the industry by sharing news fast. The heel side of Lita witnessed her doing the following things as the worst from her character.
10 Betraying Kane For Edge
The first major heel turn for Lita came during her romance angle with Kane. WWE was forced to make a move when Lita’s real-life relationship with Matt Hardy ended after she cheated with Edge. Chants and boos inspired the heel turn and end of Lita’s on-screen romance with Kane.
The relationship started out of a ridiculous match stipulation where Lita was forced to marry Kane. However, they grew closer together as faces until the betrayal came. Lita helped Edge defeat Kane in a #1 contender’s match and started her new love angle.
9 Tormenting Matt Hardy With Edge
WWE pivoted towards merging script and reality by having Matt Hardy return to the company to confront Edge and Lita. Matt essentially replaced Kane after they finished that storyline by feuding with the two people that wronged him.
The entire feud captivated WWE fans wanting elements of reality in their storytelling. Lita was often the tipping point costing Matt matches and the feud. WWE had an ending of Matt being forced to move to Smackdown when Lita trapped him in the ropes to secure Edge a ladder match victory.
8 ECW Angle With Danny Doring
Lita started off in ECW under the name of Miss Congeniality in a heel role. Danny Doring and Roadkill were getting a push as a heel team during a rebuilding period in ECW. However, it was the cheap heat from Lita to get them the biggest reaction.
ECW had Doring and Lita making out before matches, along with making insulting comments towards the crowd to get them invested. Lita only spent a few months in ECW before moving to WWE, or she’d have had more heel moments in ECW.
7 Flushing Kane's Wedding Ring Down Toilet
The betrayal of Lita dumping Kane wasn’t enough to end things in a bitter fashion for her. Edge and Lita continued to make life miserable for Kane as the next chapter in their feud. The first segment after the heartbreak was even more brutal.
Lita was shown backstage throwing the wedding ring from Kane down the toilet and flushing it. Kane looked on in heartbreaking fashion when Lita and Edge made out to celebrate their latest dastardly action.
6 Cheating Mickie James Out Of Women's Championship
Lita wanted to leave WWE at the end of her contract during the relationship angle with Edge. The heel character was becoming too taxing on her, but she had one final storyline involving the Women’s Championship for the first time in years.
Trish Stratus’ retirement vacated the title to set up Lita and Mickie James in a match to crown the next champ. Lita took advantage of others interference to cheat Mickie out of the title and retain it. WWE eventually had James get her title win back to get revenge.
5 Live Celebration
Lita took part in one of the most controversial segments to air on WWE television. Edge winning the WWE Championship saw him promising a “live sex celebration” the following night on Raw to share their happiness.
The segment crossed the line in many ways with a bed in the middle of the ring. Lita even had a wardrobe malfunction that she was very unhappy about backstage. The celebration drew huge ratings, but it pushed the envelope as heels.
4 Helping Edge Attack Beulah
WWE used the relationship between Edge and Lita to become part of the ECW One Night Stand 2006 event. The hope was to have one of the most hated acts in WWE helping add to the one-night event to restart the ECW brand.
Edge and Lita targeted Tommy Dreamer during the build to the event and set up a mixed tag match. Lita joined Mick Foley and Edge to face the trio of Dreamer, Terry Funk and Beulah. It was Lita orchestrating Edge’s attack on Beulah towards the end of the match.
3 Wedding Segment With Edge
WWE used the appeal of a wedding segment to bring in ratings many times throughout the years. Edge and Lita had their own wedding segment during the feud with Kane to get extra heat and try to bring in some extra viewers.
The dastardly couple decided to get married to rub it in the face of Kane. There was even a fake tease of Matt Hardy’s music playing before Edge and Lita laughed at tricking the audience. Kane eventually interrupted to attack them, but the evil actions cemented them as the most hated couple.
2 Trying To Ruin Trish Stratus' Retirement
The legendary rivalry between Trish Stratus and Lita ended in 2006 when both wanted to end their full-time wrestling careers. Stratus giving her notice saw WWE wanting to give her the ultimate send off of leaving with the Women’s Championship.
Lita tried to sabotage Trish’s retirement with insulting comments and attacks heading into their final showdown. Stratus overcoming Lita to win the last match and leave as the Women’s Champion was a heartwarming moment after all of Lita’s antics.
1 Lighting Table On Fire For Edge To Spear Mick Foley
Lita played a huge role in the classic hardcore match between Mick Foley and Edge at WrestleMania 22. Both men were motivated to steal the show and deliver a match tied to their legacy with huge success following them.
The interference of Lita saw her impacting the end by hitting Foley with a barbed wire baseball bat to set up the finish. Lita was also the one to light the table on fire that allowed Edge to spear the legend through it for the victory in true heel fashion.