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The kids from OVW that changed WWE: photos/ Q" u3 r8 }2 T. K
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Brock Lesnar arrived in OVW after a stellar amateur wrestling career at the University of Minnesota.
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Teaming with Shelton Benjamin, Lesnar was a three-time OVW Tag Team Champion.
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/ ^) X; n: p. q" s- `7 WHe 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.; n% v2 G/ W6 V: U3 d" O
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After winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship, Batista joined Reverend D-Von's ministry as a deacon.2 U0 p+ S' ]) z F: Z( r) j7 h) }, q+ y! |
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% K* q3 p: A @& w8 B3 kJohn Cena was known as The Prototype in OVW.- o8 R* e" ]! A8 u7 z
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Cena held the OVW Tag Team and Heavyweight Championships before debuting on SmackDown in 2002.
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8 |# ~ n" F1 z" EIn his first WWE match, Cena came close to upsetting Kurt Angle.
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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.
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