He became a superstar in 1991 when he eloped with model, actress and carnival dancer Luma de Oliveira IN 1991.

The couple met in 1990 and at the height of their romance, they were the darlings of gossip rags and the mainstream media.

The thing was, Batista was seeing a Brazilian socialite at the time they were married (because Oliveira was pregnant) unbeknownst to Oliveira.

From People:

"I just knew he had a girlfriend, but not...who it was."

In the four years before they got divorced, they had two children—Thor and Olin.