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Batista
Batista

Batista

Born:
01/18/1969
,
Arlington, Virginia
Birthname:
David Michael Bautista Jr.
Height & Weight:
6'6"
,
290 Ib

Titles Won:

  • WWE Championship (2 times)
  • World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
  • Royal Rumble (2005, 2014)
  • World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Ric Flair (2) and John Cena (1)
  • WWE Tag Team Championship – with Rey Mysterio
  • OVW Heavyweight Championship

He is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist, and bodybuilder. From 2000 to 2010 and 2013 to 2014, he was signed to WWE under the ring name Batista, where he became a six-time world champion, winning WWE’s World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice.

He holds the record for the longest reign as World Heavyweight Champion at 282 days, and has also won the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair and once with John Cena) and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio). He was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and went on to headline WrestleMania 21, one of the top five highest-grossing pay-per-view events in professional wrestling history. When Bautista returned to WWE in 2014, he won the 2014 Royal Rumble match, after which he headlined WrestleMania XXX.

In August 2012, Bautista signed a contract with Classic Entertainment & Sports to fight in mixed martial arts. He won his MMA debut on October 6, 2012, defeating Vince Lucero via TKO in the first round. He was representing the Philippines during the fight. Bautista first entered the world of acting in 2006.

As an actor, Bautista has starred in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), Riddick (2013), as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), the 24th James Bond film, Spectre (2015), L.A. Slasher (2015), the 2016 Kickboxer reboot, Kickboxer: Vengeance, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Bautista reprised his character Drax in Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He has also appeared in several direct-to-video films since 2009.

Notable Feuds: John Cena, Triple H, The Undertaker, Kane, JBL, Eddie Guerrero, Mark Henry, Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton

Notable Matches:

vs The Undertaker at Wrestlemania XXIII

vs Triple H at Vengeance 2005

vs John Cena at Wrestlemania XXVI

Royal Rumble (2005)

Royal Rumble (2014)

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