"Boulders" Dawn Johnson and John Senna aren't the only two WWE legends who have achieved success in their acting careers. "Beast" Dave Batista is also a legend who has achieved success in Hollywood, and interestingly, in addition to professional wrestling and acting, Batista is also passionate about fitness. If you're a fan of WWE, or if you've seen Dave Batista's movies, you probably know that this WWE legend has an amazing physique.
Behind Dave Batista's incredible physique is his passion for bodybuilding and years of training, and he admits that his path to success in life is fraught with obstacles, especially during his dark childhood, "Beast" Dave Batista said: "It was bodybuilding that saved my life!" ”
Dave Batista the Beast: Bodybuilding saved my life!
Batista said, "Bodybuilding saved my life!" Because I had a bad childhood, I had a lot of trouble, got into the worst of things, and mixed with a lot of bad people. I didn't have a place to vent all my anger and aggression, and when I found the gym, it became my therapeutic modality. ”
Dave Batista, born in 1969 in the most chaotic Washington district in the United States, where political corruption, drug abuse, shootings occur, he grew up in such an environment, from an early age to join the team of thieves, learned to steal, accustomed to violence, and severe dyslexia, his childhood was dull, the nickname "Beast" comes from his character, he once spent a year in prison for beating people.
After his release from prison, Batista found a gym and began training, with the goal of becoming a bodybuilder. The gym can work out and improve itself better, both physically and mentally, and for Batista, when something bad happens, it becomes a way to escape life.
Batista said: "So, I jumped into [the gym] when I was in my third year of high school. I love wrestling, I really love training, and when I graduated from high school, the most I wanted to do was be a bodybuilder. Year after year, year after year of training, I loved training too much, but I didn't have the conditions to be a professional bodybuilder, so I started practicing professional wrestling and turned it into a career and made movies. For me, that's where it all started. ”
Second, through fitness changed life
Despite the ups and downs of childhood, Dave. Batista changed his life through fitness, reaching the pinnacle of all aspects of his life, one of which was in the wrestling world, he won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice, he held the heavyweight title longer than anyone (282 days), and Batista formed the most popular "Evolution Legion" of all time with HHH, Randy Orton, and Rick Fleur. Batista has worked at WWE for almost a decade, giving countless wonderful performances, and he retired twice in 2010 and 2014.
For Dave, the cornerstone of his success is fitness, gym training is beneficial to him, gym training is equivalent to effective treatment. At WWE, not only him, but former professional wrestler "Rock" Dwyane Johnson also believes that fitness training has a therapeutic effect on him.
Similar to the Rocks, Batista harnessed the athletic abilities he had acquired in wrestling and transformed it into a successful acting career, quickly becoming famous in Hollywood with his extraordinary personality and athletic physique. Dave has starred in many Hollywood films, most notably in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy as Dras the Destroyer, as well as Blade Runner 2049, Avengers 3-4, Dune and other films, and he has become a true star in the film industry.
Now, Batista mixes well in Hollywood, and many people are praising his muscles and acting skills, but if he hadn't started fitness training (bodybuilding), then nothing would have happened! Life is too complicated, full of randomness and unpredictability, and the most important thing is not to choose, but to persevere! When you believe in yourself and persevere, you will also achieve your ideals!