10 Wrestlers Who Transcended The Business

Dwayne Johnson better watch his back, because Dave Baustia is coming for his crown of "most successful acting wrestler".

Bautista is known to millions of wrestling fans as "The Animal" Batista. Big Dave cut his teeth as part of Evolution, before breaking out of the group to topple Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 21.

The Animal won many more world championships over his lengthy career and was even back in the ring earlier this year at WrestleMania 35 in a pretty good match. Trip over the ropes aside.

Batista first began his acting career back in the late 2000s, but the role that changed everything for him was that of Drax The Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, Guardians of the Galaxy.

Since getting his foot in the door of the MCU, Batista's career has gone stratospheric. He's appeared in a James Bond movie, the sequel to Blade Runner, and various other MCU movies, including billion-dollar grossers Infinity War and Endgame.

With a third Guardians movie on the horizon and a role in the much-anticipated Dune already in the bag, Dave's future is as big as... well, you know how these Batista jokes go.