Roman Reigns is the talk of the WWE universe right now after beating Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose in a No. 1 contender's match at Fastlane to set up a World Heavyweight Championship showdown with Triple H (wait a minute, he's still active?) at WrestleMania 32.

But before people called him "Roman Reigns," Joe Anoa'i was a freak of a linebacker at Pensacola Catholic in Florida and an All-ACC defensive tackle at Georgia Tech.

MaxPreps has assembled some of Anoa'i's best high school clips (seen in the player above), while the ACC Digital Network compiled the hardest hits of his college career (below). 

Roman Reigns was an All-ACC DT as Joe Anoa'i. (YouTube/ACC Digital Network)