Batista
Batista: The Animal – Evolution's Destroyer, Hollywood's Giant, and WWE's Last Great Heavyweight Superstar "I walk alone." Some wrestlers are born for professional wrestling. Others are transformed by it. Dave Batista was forged by hardship. Before the championships, before sold-out arenas, before Hollywood and the red carpets, there was a man who knew poverty, violence and struggle. Raised in a difficult neighborhood in Washington, D.C., Batista has often spoken about brushes with crime and spending time in prison in his youth. Those experiences became turning points rather than definitions. He rebuilt his life through bodybuilding, found discipline in fitness, and eventually discovered professional wrestling—a decision that would change his life forever. His journey became one of WWE's greatest success stories. He wasn't an overnight sensation. He wasn't a wrestling prodigy. He became great through relentless work. Ohio Valley...