10 Wrestling Legends' Biggest Crimes Against Fashion

9. Batista

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A grandfather before he was 40, and north of 30 when he made it to the main roster, Dave Batista was a late bloomer when he finally found himself under WWE's brightest lights. Attaining fame and fortune in later life allowed him to splurge in ways he'd never been able to as a younger man, which made for some spectacularly daft outfit choices when he turned heel in 2010.

His 2014 return brought with it an entirely new gaudy set of outfits, including one which belonged nowhere near a physical setting during the build-up to WrestleMania 30 main event.

Hitting Randy Orton with a spear following an in-ring tête-à-tête, he popped up to reveal a tear right down the back of his legs. It was either a damning indictment on the durability of skinny jeans in a wrestling ring, or one on a man over 45-years-old choosing to wear them altogether.

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