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Calaway is the son of Catherine and Frank Calaway (died on July 22, 2003) and has four older brothers, David, Michael, Paul, and Timothy. His parents are of Irish and quarter Native American descent.
He graduated from Waltrip High School in 1983 where he was a member of the basketball team.He also played college basketball at Texas Wesleyan University during the 1985-86 season.Calaway married his first wife, Jodi Lynn, in 1989, and they had a son, Gunner, born in 1993, before the marriage ended in 1999. Calaway married his second wife, Sara, in St Petersburg, Florida on July 21, 2000. In 2001, Sara made televised appearances with the WWF as part of a feud between Calaway and Diamond Dallas Page in which she was acknowledged as being Calaway's wife. The couple had two daughters together: Chasey (born on November 21, 2002) and Gracie (born on May 15, 2005).[citation needed] As of 2007, he and Sara were divorced, and he then became romantically linked to former wrestler Michelle McCool, whom he married on June 26, 2010, in Houston, Texas.On August 1, 2012, it was announced that they were expecting the couple's first child.Kaia Faith Calaway was born on August 29, 2012 and is Calaway's fourth child and McCool's first.
Calaway is an avid boxing fan and carried the Flag of the United States while leading Team Pacquiao to the ring during the Pacquiao vs. Velázquez fight in 2005.This was also confirmed by fellow wrestler Batista in a televised interview for the Philippine news program TV Patrol World. He was also in attendance at the Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson fight in 2002.
Calaway is also an avid mixed martial arts fan and has attended several Ultimate Fighting Championship shows, including a show where Calaway verbally confronted then UFC fighter Brock Lesnar. During a Calaway interview conducted by an internet show after UFC 121, Lesnar walked past him staring. Calaway answered Lesnar's stare by saying "You wanna do it?".He is a close friend of mixed martial artists, Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn, Matt Hughes and the actor, Tony Longo.
Calaway invests in real estate with business partner Scott Everhart. Calaway and Everhart finished construction on a $2.7m building in Loveland, Colorado called "The Calahart," a portmanteau of their last names.Calaway and his ex-wife Sara established The Zeus Compton Calaway Save the Animals fund at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences to help pay for lifesaving treatments for large-breed dogs
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