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The kids from OVW that changed WWE: photos! D# A3 @1 q7 |! Q2 @
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; X- Q4 R( ^/ B+ iBrock Lesnar arrived in OVW after a stellar amateur wrestling career at the University of Minnesota.4 L/ P" H$ t+ p3 y
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3 p3 }/ B( _( xTeaming with Shelton Benjamin, Lesnar was a three-time OVW Tag Team Champion.* M8 m' P/ X7 K% y% |* L! L. O
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By 2002, Lesnar was called up to WWE's main roster.+ f' f, s8 b% j! j5 a( p) `
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He left a path of destruction in his wake, including The Rock, whom he defeated for the WWE Title.
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Before he became The Animal, Batista was known as Leviathan, "The Demon of the Deep."
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He was undefeated in OVW until he faced Kane at OVW's Christmas Chaos event in January 2001.: V, ~- Y; f2 z1 G5 {* I: F7 `& C
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% g- K& r% ?; `+ ~After winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship, Batista joined Reverend D-Von's ministry as a deacon.) `4 V' {3 m( x; a, [# o8 z
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John Cena was known as The Prototype in OVW.
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Cena held the OVW Tag Team and Heavyweight Championships before debuting on SmackDown in 2002.; }- q. d8 U8 }4 u! f& G: ^
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In his first WWE match, Cena came close to upsetting Kurt Angle.; o+ v/ a4 O0 n3 q
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Randy Orton became quite the brawler in OVW, winning their Hardcore Title on two occasions.
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He was tested upon his WWE debut by Hardcore Holly.+ T: }; I! i" e9 w
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