Dave Batista
David Michael Bautista, Jr. ( born January 18, 1969 in Arlington, Virginia, USA) is an American MMA fighter, actor, and professional wrestler. He regularly performs under the ring name Batista in the WWE. His biggest success in WWE is the four-time receipt of the World Heavyweight Championship, and twice received the WWE Championship.
- 5.1 Title
- 5.2 Awards
Private life
Bautista is paternal and maternal Filipino Greek descent. His grandfather worked as a taxi driver and fed the family by several part-time jobs. Bautista himself says that he was not ashamed of his poor origins. His childhood was marked by terrible events: including three murders had occurred in the front yard of his home. At the age of 13 years, Bautista started with car theft. Later he became a bouncer. Bautista developed particularly at this time a passion for bodybuilding until he was convicted after a bloody confrontation to one year in prison on probation. Moreover, Bautista has also worked as a lifeguard.
On 13 October 1998 Bautista married his second wife Angie and has two daughters and a stepdaughter. Even before his 40th birthday Bautista has been twofold grandfather. In August 2006, Bautista got a divorce from his second wife Angie.
On 16th October 2007 his autobiography " Batista Unleashed" was released in the U.S..
Wrestling career
Raw
Dave Bautista began his career as a wrestler on 30 October 2002, after he was trained by Arthur Anoa'i in Ohio Valley Wrestling under the name Leviathan. In 2002, he came as " Deacon Batista " as a companion ring of D- Von Dudley, who then appeared as Reverend D-Von, to WWE. From 2003 he managed to Stable "Evolution" the breakthrough when he received the World Tag Team titles with Ric Flair twice.
In January 2005, he made the big step up, he was allowed by the Royal Rumble win to secure a title fight for the World Heavyweight Championship. When WWE Wrestlemania 21 major event he was allowed to 3 April 2005 prevail against Triple H and so for the first time the World Heavyweight Championship win.
Smackdown
Two days later, Bautista was cast in the course of the change in 2005 to SmackDown! sent and there began a feud with former WWE program champion John " Bradshaw " Layfield.
On 16 December 2005 Bautista was also the WWE Tag Team Championship with Rey Mysterio against MNM on SmackDown.
On December 30 of that year he had to give back the WWE Tag Team Championship in a rematch against MNM. After settling on 6 January 2006 in a SmackDown! House show had drawn against Mark Henry a muscle tear in the triceps, he even had to take a lay-off. During the recordings to SmackDown on January 10th to the World Heavyweight Title, therefore, been declared vacant and forgave him later in a battle royal new.
On July 7, 2006 Bautista returned to his 7 -month injury lay-off to SmackDown! back. A subsequent feud program against Mark Henry could not take place as planned, since it had also injured. Henry was subsequently replaced by Mr. Kennedy.
Then he was again involved in the events surrounding the World Heavyweight Champion. At Survivor Series 2006 Bautista could finally defeat King Booker and was the second time World Heavyweight Champion.
At Wrestlemania 23 Bautista had his world heavyweight title to the Undertaker leave, but remained in the title happening present. Having been in the episode The Great Khali became the title holder, Bautista once again received the World Heavyweight Champion title at the event Unforgiven on September 16, 2007. This end he had to leave 16 December 2007 back to Edge at WWE Armageddon.
In early 2008 denied Bautista feuds with MVP and Umaga. As of April he was in a feud with Shawn Michaels, and which was terminated at the event WWE One Night Stand with a victory Bautista.
Return to RAW
On 23 June 2008 allowed Bautista once again go to the Monday show RAW and moved him into the action at the World Heavyweight Title. On 4 August 2008 he received along with John Cena for the WWE World Tag Team Champion title against Ted DiBiase, Jr. & Cody Rhodes. However, this giving back as early as 11 August, Rhodes and DiBiase jr. In the course of a feud with Chris Jericho program Bautista could receive again in 2008 the World Heavyweight Champion title of this at the event Cyber Sunday. On 3 November, he had to give back to Jericho latter, however. Already at SummerSlam in August, Bautista injured his thigh muscle. In December, the WWE this violation built into a storyline to Bautista to give the necessary break. After an operation, Bautista break would last until June 2009, according to WWE. However, he returned early as the Monday Night Raw edition of 7 April, after only a 3 -month break, back. He reached into a brawl between Randy Orton, Triple H and a few other wrestlers one.
In the big event WWE Extreme Rules 2009 on June 7 of that year he was allowed to beat Randy Orton to get the WWE Champion for the first time. On June 9, the title was declared because of a real injury Bautista vacant.
Return after injury and end in the WWE
Bautista adopted on 14 September 2009 by RAW with the declaration that he would return to SmackDown again because Smackdown would have too little crowd favorites. He then feuded with Rey Mysterio. When PPV Elimination Chamber 2010, he was allowed to get the WWE Champion, right after it has been won by John Cena. In the big event WrestleMania XXVI on March 28, 2010, he had to hand in a rematch back to Cena the title. His last match he played at the big event WWE Over the Limit in an "I quit" match against John Cena for the WWE Championship. In the subsequent RAW output 24 May 2010 Bautista explained that he will leave the WWE.
Return to WWE (2014)
In the RAW output on January 20, 2014 Bautista was again listed as an active wrestler to the roster of the WWE. Six days later, he returned at the Royal Rumble match back into the ring and won this for the second time.
MMA Career
On 16 June 2010 Bautista attended Strikeforce: Los Angeles ( mixed martial arts event). On June 21, 2010, he was against tmz.com known that he wants to start an MMA career. In his first fight Bautista Vince Lucero defeat on October 6, 2012 in the first round by TKO.
Film career
After roles in the films Wrong Side of Town, House of the Rising Sun, The Scorpion King 3 - Battle for the throne, The Man with the Iron Fists and Riddick Bautista is known as " Drax the Destroyer " to see 2014 in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Wrestling success
Title
- Ohio Valley Wrestling 1x OVW Heavyweight Championship
Awards
- World Wrestling Entertainment 2 x Royal Rumble Winner 2005 & 2014
MMA Statistics
Filmography (selection)
- 2010: Wrong Side of Town
- 2011: House of the Rising Sun
- 2011: The Scorpion King 3 - Battle for the throne ( The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption )
- 2012: The Man with the Iron Fists
- 2013: Riddick