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David Michael Bautista Jr.
Born January 18, 1969
From Washington, D.C.

Professional wrestling career

Ring Name Leviathan
Batista
Deacon Batista
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 m)
Weight 290 lbs (132 kg)
Trained by Afa Anoa'i


David Michael "Dave" Bautista Jr. (January 18, 1969), better known by his ring name Batista, is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and bodybuilder who performed in WWE.

From 2000–2010 and 2013–2014, 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 2019, he would challage against his long time friend Triple H at WrestleMania 35 until he lost the match before he ended his wrestling career and retirement.

He will be inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame in 2020.



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