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The kids from OVW that changed WWE: photos
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: f- d+ U/ O0 X$ a/ UBrock Lesnar arrived in OVW after a stellar amateur wrestling career at the University of Minnesota. w& ^6 u Y* J% o. ~
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Teaming with Shelton Benjamin, Lesnar was a three-time OVW Tag Team Champion.& [2 S7 Q) Q& l. }! C; ~1 R2 g; u
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( L9 T7 r( ]4 k' t r; {; y; JBy 2002, Lesnar was called up to WWE's main roster." k6 m; P# i! X/ I- \ ]
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He left a path of destruction in his wake, including The Rock, whom he defeated for the WWE Title.- X: e+ f% X: y' B" i1 b* f
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Before he became The Animal, Batista was known as Leviathan, "The Demon of the Deep."1 r% z8 r* T: W/ d p! n1 E
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He was undefeated in OVW until he faced Kane at OVW's Christmas Chaos event in January 2001.
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' o/ _9 L$ R9 A- k. Y% WAfter winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship, Batista joined Reverend D-Von's ministry as a deacon.- S2 `( h: S2 a. ?
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John Cena was known as The Prototype in OVW.. K8 w- d5 H- W, N
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Cena held the OVW Tag Team and Heavyweight Championships before debuting on SmackDown in 2002.5 m1 {. L* M8 C
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1 N- _. F1 h3 @" tIn his first WWE match, Cena came close to upsetting Kurt Angle.1 i0 H9 G M) C h
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- v( y- ?0 r7 rRandy Orton became quite the brawler in OVW, winning their Hardcore Title on two occasions.
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1 e& [3 G. K; v6 ~He was tested upon his WWE debut by Hardcore Holly.. b7 X2 c, D4 G2 T9 b
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