David Bautista
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Leviathan Kahn Deacon Bautista Batista Dave Batista
Billed height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Billed weight	290 lbs (131 kg)
Born	January 18, 1969 Washington DC
Resides	Tampa, Florida
Billed from	Washington, D.C.
Trained by	Afa Anoai
Debut	1997

David Michael Bautista, Jr. ^[1] (born January 18, 1969) better known by his ring name Batista, is an American professional wrestler. Batista is currently wrestling on the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where he is the reigning World Heavyweight Champion. Image File history File links Dave_batista. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Nickname: Cigar City, The Big Guava, T-Town Location in Hillsborough County and the state of Florida. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... Afa Anoai is a former professional wrestler/manager. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Career

Batista tried out at the WCW Power Plant but was told he would never make it in the wrestling business by Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker. He then went to the WWF who sent him to work with Afa Anoai. He wrestled in Anoai's WXW promotion under the name Kahn. // Although World Championship Wrestling was a brand name used by promoter Jim Barnett for his Australian promotion, the first promotion in the United States to use the World Championship Wrestling brand name (though it was never referred to as WCW) on a wide scale was Georgia Championship Wrestling (although Vincent... The WCW Power Plant was a professional wrestling school located in Atlanta and owned and operated by World Championship Wrestling. ... Afa Anoai is a former professional wrestler/manager. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2000-2002)

He made his Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in 2000, joining forces with Synn. During his tenure in OVW he was called Leviathan. As a member of the Disciples of Synn stable he would go undefeated until being beaten at an OVW supercard, Christmas Chaos by WWF's Kane (with help from Stone Cold Steve Austin). He would later go on to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship from 'The Machine' Doug Basham. After losing the belt to The Prototype, Synn felt Batista was getting too independent and "sold" him to Reverend D-Von to begin his WWE (then still WWF) career. OVW logo Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American independent circuit professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Synn is a female professional wrestling manager at Ohio Valley Wrestling, a developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Steven James Williams (born Steven James Anderson on December 18, 1964), better known by his ring name Stone Cold Steve Austin, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. ... Doug Basham (born on May 12, 1971) is a professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its Extreme Championship Wrestling brand. ... John Felix Anthony Cena, Jr. ... Devon Hughes is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment as D-Von Dudley. ...

World Wrestling Entertainment

He began his WWE career on the May 9, 2002 episode of SmackDown! as Deacon Bautista, a heel enforcer for Reverend D-Von on the SmackDown! franchise. Batista made his WWE match debut in a tag match teaming with D-Von against Randy Orton and Faarooq with Batista pinning Orton after using his spinebuster. Over a sequence of weeks, Orton would try to beat D-Von and Batista with different partners, but ultimately losing each time to Batista's spinebuster. After splitting with D-Von (and defeating D-Von after a Batista Bomb), he went to RAW and was rebranded as Dave Batista (or simply Batista). May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humorously referred to as evil. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are often bad guys in pro wrestling storylines. ... Enforcer is a professional wrestling term for one of two situations. ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... Randal Randy Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980), is an American professional wrestler currently working for the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment where he is one-half of the World Tag Team Champions with Edge. ... Ron Simmons (born May 15, 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler and American football player. ... A Powerbomb is a professional wrestling move in which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestlers shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat. ... WWE Raw (whose trademark is capitalized RAW) is the Monday night professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the primary broadcast of the Raw brand. ...

After establishing himself as a monster through a series of squash matches, including one where he maliciously and relentlessly attacked Tajiri, sending him to the hospital for a long recovery (kayfabe), he aligned himself with Ric Flair and feuded with Kane, getting a couple of wins over Kane. Batista's pay-per-view debut was at Armageddon 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he defeated Kane, only after heavy interference from Flair. In professional wrestling, a squash is an extremely one-sided match; one performer dominates the other and quickly defeats him with virtually no resistance. ... Yoshihiro Tajiri (born September 29, 1970 in Yokohama), better known simply as Tajiri, is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in the United States of America with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. ... In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced KAY-fayb; IPA: ) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as real, that is the portrayal of professional wrestling as not staged or worked. ... Ric Flair (born on February 25, 1949, and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an American professional wrestler currently with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its RAW brand. ... A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ... WWE Armageddon is a pay-per-view event that began in December 1999, and followed the Survivor Series pay-per-view in November. ... Nickname: Venice of America Location of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County, Florida. ...

2003 - 2005

In January 2003, Batista joined with Triple H, Ric Flair, and Randy Orton to form the stable Evolution. However, Batista was sidelined for much of 2003 after he tore his right triceps at a house show in a tag team match against the Dudley Boyz that saw his tag team partner, Randy Orton break his foot as well. During his recuperation after surgery to reattach his triceps, Dave was out jogging with his wife in the rain when he slipped, retearing his triceps. He faced another setback when after his second surgery to reattach his triceps he suffered an infection that required a third surgery to clean out the infection. He made his return on the October 20, 2003 episode of RAW, interfering in a match between Goldberg and Shawn Michaels and "shattering" Goldberg's ankle by inserting it in a folding chair and then jumping off the second rope on to the chair. After the interference, Evolution came out and Triple H rewarded Batista with a guaranteed payment of $100,000 after the briefcase was stolen by Mark Jindrak and Garrison Cade. On the November 10, 2003 episode of RAW, Goldberg defeated Batista by disqualification when Triple H interfered and attempted to hit him with a sledgehammer. 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003. ... Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, Triple H, an abbreviation of his former monicker, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. ... Ric Flair (born on February 25, 1949, and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an American professional wrestler currently with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its RAW brand. ... Randal Randy Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980), is an American professional wrestler currently working for the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment where he is one-half of the World Tag Team Champions with Edge. ... In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet... Evolution was a heel stable on World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand consisting of Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista, and Randy Orton, officially founded on February 3, 2003. ... The triceps brachii muscle is a large three-headed skeletal muscle found in humans. ... A house show is a professional wrestling show run by a major promotion (such as the WWE), that is not televised. ... Team 3D is also the name used by the professional American electronic sports company. ... Randal Randy Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980), is an American professional wrestler currently working for the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment where he is one-half of the World Tag Team Champions with Edge. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... William Scott (Bill) Goldberg (born December 27, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American professional wrestler and retired American football player. ... Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born on July 22, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Shawn Michaels. ... Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, Triple H, an abbreviation of his former monicker, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. ... Lance Morgan Cade (born March 2, 1981[1]) is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... A sledgehammer. ...

At Armageddon 2003, Batista took part in two matches, losing to Shawn Michaels in a singles match but winning a tag team turmoil match along with Ric Flair, eliminating the Dudley Boyz to become one-half of the World Tag Team Champions. By the end of the PPV, all four members of Evolution held championships on RAW, with Triple H winning the World Heavyweight Championship and Randy Orton winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship. WWE Armageddon is a pay-per-view event that began in December 1999, and followed the Survivor Series pay-per-view in November. ... Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born on July 22, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Shawn Michaels. ... A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... Team 3D is also the name used by the professional American electronic sports company. ... The World Tag Team Championship belt (2002 to present) The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title. ... The World Heavyweight Championship is the name given to a number of unrelated titles, meant to emphasize the top championship of boxing, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other similar sports and performance arts. ... The WWE Intercontinental Championship belt The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling title. ...

They held the titles until the February 16, 2004, episode of RAW, when they were defeated by Booker T and Rob Van Dam. They later regained the titles for a short period. February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Booker Tio Huffman (born May 1, 1965), better known by his wrestling persona Booker T, is an American professional wrestler. ... Robert Alexander Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970), is a Polish American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rob Van Dam (abbreviated to RVD). ...

In late 2004, after Randy Orton defeated Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship, Triple H evicted him from the group, claiming that the title which Orton held was rightfully his. It was Batista who delivered an electric chair to Orton after Triple H gave Orton a "thumbs up" before turning it into a "thumbs down." Christopher Michael Benoit (born May 21, 1967), is a French Canadian professional wrestler. ... Much of the action in professional wrestling involves the application of techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming him/her down. ...

Batista as a member of Evolution with Triple H and Ric Flair.

Between SummerSlam 2004 and roughly before the period he began his program with Triple H, Dave suffered an embarrassing losing streak. Triple H would jokingly taunt Dave for this over the latter part of 2004. In fact, Dave's struggles seemingly culminated when Dave was pinned by mid-card wrestler Maven on the October 25, 2004 edition of RAW. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 142 KB)Evolution: Centre, Triple H; Left, Batista; Right, Ric Flair This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 142 KB)Evolution: Centre, Triple H; Left, Batista; Right, Ric Flair This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... Evolution was a heel stable on World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand consisting of Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista, and Randy Orton, officially founded on February 3, 2003. ... Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, Triple H, an abbreviation of his former monicker, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. ... Ric Flair (born on February 25, 1949, and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an American professional wrestler currently with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its RAW brand. ... 2004 The official theme song is Summertime Blues, by Rush. ...

At the 2004 Survivor Series, Triple H, Batista, Gene Snitsky, and Edge were to face-off against Maven, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, and Randy Orton in an 8-Man Elimination Tag Match for control of RAW over the following month (the members of the winning team would each be the RAW general manager for a week). Prior to the pay-per-view, Edge, Snitsky, and Triple H all had an argument in the locker room regarding Triple H's championship, with each wrestler claiming that they should hold the title. Batista, who was present at that time, did not say a word but rather took a brief look at the belt as everybody was leaving the locker room, adding into the growing fan speculation and interest in his character. They ended up losing, causing much unrest within Evolution. In the first week following Survivor Series, Triple H had offered Maven a spot in Evolution (rather than have Maven challenge him for the World Title) which was turned down. Official Survivor Series logo. ... Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, Triple H, an abbreviation of his former monicker, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. ... Gene Snitsky or simply Snitsky (born Eugene Andrew Snisky on January 14, 1970 in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. ... Adam Joseph Copeland (born on October 30, 1973), is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Edge. ... Maven Klint Huffman (born November 26, 1976, in Chantilly, Virginia) is a former middle school teacher and professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 2001 and July 5, 2005. ... Christopher Keith Irvine (born on November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is a Canadian actor, radio host, rock musician and inactive professional wrestler. ... Christopher Michael Benoit (born May 21, 1967), is a French Canadian professional wrestler. ... Randal Randy Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980), is an American professional wrestler currently working for the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment where he is one-half of the World Tag Team Champions with Edge. ... This is a list of authority figures in professional wrestling, people who have (kayfabe) power over a particular promotion or brand. ...

Throughout the next two months, the relationship between Batista and Triple H began to deteriorate. After a loss to Chris Jericho by disqualification, Batista was verbally insulted by Triple H. Batista teased leaving Evolution that night, but he declared that he was still part of Evolution and that they tricked everyone. Still, Dave began behaving more like a face in the next few weeks, despite Evolution's heelish tactics. One particular moment showed a disgusted Batista as Triple H and Ric Flair boasted about how they had intimidated and/or beat up Jim Ross, Danny Hodge, and Stacy Keibler. He continued to show his loyalty to Triple H and Evolution by running down to the ring and assisting him in matches. However, despite this, fans started cheering for Batista. Christopher Keith Irvine (born on November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is a Canadian actor, radio host, rock musician and inactive professional wrestler. ... In professional wrestling, a face is a character who is portrayed as being moral or approving (that is, faces are good guys or crowd favorites). The vast majority of wrestling storylines (though not all) place a heel (or bad guy) against a face. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humorously referred to as evil. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are often bad guys in pro wrestling storylines. ... James William (Jim) Ross, also known as J.R., or Good Ol J.R. (born January 3, 1954), is a professional wrestling executive and a play-by-play announcer working for World Wrestling Entertainment on WWE RAW. To many peers, Ross is considered to be one of the best wrestling... Danny Hodge is a collegiate wrestler for the University of Oklahoma. ... Stacy Ann-Marie Keibler (born October 14, 1979 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress and former professional wrestling valet and personality for World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. ...

2005

As 2005 opened, Batista's growing popularity was becoming more and more evident, especially to Triple H. Triple H soon realized the possibility of Batista, much like Randy Orton the year before, becoming a threat to his World Heavyweight Championship. Triple H suggested that Dave not enter the Royal Rumble, claiming that it would be selfish of him to do so, and to simply focus on Triple H retaining the title. After defeating La Resistance in a handicap match, Dave entered anyway and went on to win the Royal Rumble, earning the right to participate in the main event of WrestleMania 21 against the world champion of his choice. Royal Rumble 2005 was the eighteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. ... WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...

In an attempt to persuade Batista to challenge WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield rather than Triple H, Triple H concocted a scheme that saw him attempt to have Batista run over in a limousine resembling the one used by Layfield. Initially, Dave didn't want help from Evolution and wanted to confront JBL by himself. Triple H insisted that Evolution stick together and accompanied Dave anyway. In fact, it was HHH that saved Dave from the oncoming vehicle. Batista became aware of the plot while sneakily eavesdropping on fellow Evolution members, and on the February 21 episode of RAW he signed a contract guaranteeing him a match with World Champion Triple H at WrestleMania 21, thus leaving Evolution and officially turning face for the first time in WWE. He emphasized his departure by powerbombing Triple H through the table used for the contract signing. Batista initially pretended that he would sign with SmackDown!, giving Triple H and Flair the "thumbs up," but turned it into a "thumbs down" before attacking the pair, much to the delight of the crowd, who became unglued upon the thumbs-down. The WWE Championship belt, April 11 2005 – August 20, 2006; September 18, 2006 – present The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship is a professional wrestling title. ... John Bradshaw Layfield, or JBL (born John Charles Layfield on November 29, 1967) is an American former professional wrestler. ... Hit and run is the illegal act of hitting an object, such as a pedestrian, parked car, or mailbox, with a vehicle and immediately leaving the location of the incident. ... A limousine (or limo) is an unusually long luxury car, traditionally black or white in color. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A contract is a promise or an agreement made of a set of promises. ... A Powerbomb is a professional wrestling move in which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestlers shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat. ...

Batista went on to win the World Heavyweight Championship on April 3, 2005 at WrestleMania 21. The show ended with confetti falling through the air as Batista celebrated his title win with the fans chanting his name. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...

At Backlash, on May 1, 2005, Batista once again faced Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship. Batista retained the title but continued to feud with Triple H. Along the way, he even helped commentator Jim "J.R." Ross gain an upset victory over Triple H on RAW. Backlash is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which started in 1999. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ...

On May 23, 2005, Batista successfully defeated Edge to retain his title. After the match, Batista was betrayed by Ric Flair, who helped Triple H viciously attack the champion. During the brutal attack, Triple H challenged Batista to Hell in a Cell, setting up a match at Vengeance 2005. Batista survived the pedigree and won the match, retaining his title yet again. With this win, Batista became the first wrestler to pin Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match. This also made him the first wrestler to defeat Triple H at three consecutive pay-per-views. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adam Joseph Copeland (born on October 30, 1973), is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Edge. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Steel cage match. ... WWE Vengeance is an annual World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event, which started in 2001 replacing WWE Armageddon for that year and eventually took over Fully Loadeds pay-per-view spot in 2002. ... Much of the action in professional wrestling involves the application of techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming him/her down. ... Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, Triple H, an abbreviation of his former monicker, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Steel cage match. ...

On June 30, 2005 Batista was revealed as the last pick in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery, making a surprise appearance while John "Bradshaw" Layfield was celebrating his victory in a six-man elimination match to win the new SmackDown! Championship. With this, Batista became the first World Heavyweight Champion after its post-WCW/Alliance re-incarnation on SmackDown!. With Batista as the new face of SmackDown!, there was no need for the new belt and a feud between Batista and JBL was set up. They faced off at the Great American Bash on July 24, 2005 where JBL defeated Batista by DQ after the referee saw Batista use a steel chair. They had a rematch at SummerSlam on August 21, 2005 in a No-Holds-Barred match which saw Batista pin JBL following a powerbomb on the steel steps. The feud culminated in a match between the two on the first episode of SmackDown! broadcast after the show's move to Friday nights, with Batista retaining the title in JBL's signature bull rope match. June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The WWE Draft (also known as the WWE Draft Lottery) is an annual event held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in which a few members of the its brands, RAW ,SmackDown! and ECW, jump to another brand. ... John Bradshaw Layfield, or JBL (born John Charles Layfield on November 29, 1967) is an American former professional wrestler. ... WCW logo until 1999 World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SummerSlam 2005 was the eighteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Soon after retaining the title in a feud with Eddie Guerrero, WWE.com reported that Batista suffered a muscle tear in his back at the taping for the November 11, 2005 edition of SmackDown! due to a double chokeslam from The Big Show and Kane. Plans had been made for Batista to defend the title in a triple threat match with Eddie Guerrero and Randy Orton on the November 18, 2005 episode, but the match didn't take place due to the unexpected death of Eddie Guerrero on November 13, 2005. Batista paid homage to Eddie Guerrero during the SmackDown! and RAW tribute shows dedicated to Guerrero's memory. Batista was great friends with Eddie Guerrero Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005), better known by the ring name Eddie Guerrero, was an American professional wrestler. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Wight (born February 8, 1972), better known by the ring names (The) Big Show and (The) Giant, is an American professional wrestler. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Batista would lead Team SmackDown! against Team RAW in an interbrand feud before 2005's Survivor Series. The feud would see the Big Show and Kane chokeslamming Batista several more times in the weeks leading up to Survivor Series in an on-camera explanation for Batista's injury. Batista would help his team win the Survivor Series main event. Official Survivor Series logo. ...

On the December 2, 2005 edition of Friday Night SmackDown!, Batista saved Rey Mysterio from a double team attack by RAW 's reigning World Tag Team Champions The Big Show and Kane. It was later announced that Mysterio would team with Batista to face Big Show and Kane at Armageddon 2005, a SmackDown! exclusive pay-per-view. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio (born December 11, 1974), better known by the ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler under contract to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) currently taking time off due to a legitimate knee injury. ... The World Tag Team Championship belt (2002 to present) The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title. ... Paul Wight (born February 8, 1972), better known by the ring names (The) Big Show and (The) Giant, is an American professional wrestler. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... WWE Armageddon is a pay-per-view event that began in December 1999, and followed the Survivor Series pay-per-view in November. ...

On the December 16, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, Batista and Mysterio received a title shot at the WWE Tag Team Champions MNM. The two defeated MNM to become champions in a match which they dedicated to Eddie Guerrero. With Batista and Mysterio becoming the WWE Tag Team Champions, the clash with the Big Show and Kane at Armageddon turned into a Champions vs. Champions encounter. At Armageddon on December 18, 2005, Batista and Mysterio lost to Kane and Big Show when Kane pinned Mysterio after a chokeslam. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WWE Tag Team Championship belt. ... MNM are a heel stable in World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005), better known by the ring name Eddie Guerrero, was an American professional wrestler. ... In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On the December 30, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, MNM defeated Batista and Mysterio after help from the returning Mark Henry to regain the WWE Tag Team Championships. During the interference, Henry attacked Batista, lifted him up, and gave him the World's Strongest Slam. December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Gordon Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the SmackDown! brand. ... John Cena hits an F-U (Firemans carry powerslam) on Kurt Angle. ...

2006

On January 9, 2006, WWE.com announced that Batista had torn his right tricep following a match with Mark Henry at a live event on January 8, 2006 in Verona, New York. The following day, WWE.com announced that, due to his injury, Batista was forced to vacate the World Heavyweight Championship at the SmackDown! tapings in Philadelphia on January 10, 2006, two days after surpassing Triple H's previous mark of 280 days for longest reigning champion. Later that night, Kurt Angle defeated the final contestant, Mark Henry, to become the new World Heavyweight Champion after winning a battle royal. These events were aired on the January 13, 2006 edition of SmackDown!. Dave went on to have successful surgery on his arm on January 12, 2006. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Gordon Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the SmackDown! brand. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Verona is a town located in Oneida County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 6,425. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kurt Steven Angle (born on December 9, 1968) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). ... Battle royal, plural battles royal, traditionally refers to a fight involving three or more combatants which is fought until only one fighter remains standing. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On February 19, 2006, Batista made an appearance at No Way Out 2006 and told the crowd that once his arm had healed he would return to regain his World Heavyweight Championship. At WrestleMania 22, Batista once again made a brief appearance. This time he interrupted a Randy Orton interview, putting SmackDown! on notice; the World Heavyweight Championship would return to him by WrestleMania 23. Batista made his official return during the July 7, 2006 edition of SmackDown! in Philadelphia immediately jumping from behind and entering into a feud with the man who put him out with the arm injury, Mark Henry. February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... WrestleMania 22 was the twenty-second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ... WrestleMania 23 is the forthcoming twenty-third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ...

At Saturday Night's Main Event, Batista won his first televised match since his return, a six man tag match with Rey Mysterio and Lashley taking on King Booker, Finlay and Mark Henry. In a bizarre twist of fate, during the match Mark Henry was legitimately injured, and was ruled out of the scheduled match between the two at The Great American Bash (thus further delaying by at least eight months a potential feud between the two, which was already delayed by Batista's injury). Batista would put out an open challenge to replace the injured Henry which was answered by Mr. Kennedy. Batista would lose this match via DQ for failing to stop choking Mr. Kennedy into the turnbuckle with his boot, but continued to attack Kennedy which resulted in Mr. Kennedy suffering a laceration on his forehead so severe that it exposed his cranium and required 20 stitches to close. Batista would go on to lose another match with Kennedy via count out in a rematch on SmackDown! before finally defeating Kennedy by pinfall on the August 4, 2006 edition of SmackDown!. This is a list of results from every edition of WWE Saturday Nights Main Event (formerly WWF Saturday Nights Main Event). ... The Great American Bash was an annual summer PPV in the NWAs Jim Crockett Promotions and then in WCW. After WCW was sold to WWE, WWE took over the promotion of the event. ... Ken Anderson (born March 6, 1976), is an American professional wrestler better known as Ken Kennedy and Mr. ...

During this time Batista would try to regain a world title, facing both Big Show for his ECW World Heavyweight Championship during an ECW show, and King Booker for his World Heavyweight Championship during SummerSlam and SmackDown!. Batista won these matches but not the titles as the contests ended via disqualification. Batista continued on as a top contender to the World Title; competing against King Booker on several occasions while feuding with Finlay, before finally defeating King Booker to regain the World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series 2006; in the same arena where he surrendered the title. Paul Wight (born February 8, 1972), better known by the ring names (The) Big Show and (The) Giant, is an American professional wrestler. ... The ECW World Heavyweight Championship belt The ECW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship title. ... Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) is a professional wrestling brand of World Wrestling Entertainment, based on the independent promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling that lasted from 1992 to 2001. ... Booker Tio Huffman (born May 1, 1965), better known by his wrestling persona Booker T, is an American professional wrestler. ... SummerSlam 2006 is the ninteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. ... David (Dave) Finlay (born October 20, 1958) is a British / Irish professional wrestler and road agent currently wrestling on the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring name Finlay. ... Survivor Series 2006 was the twentieth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. ...

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Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

Batista hits his batista bomb on Joey Mercury.

• Batista Bomb / Demon Bomb (Sitdown powerbomb)
• Spinebuster
• Spear
• Suplex powerslam
• Diving full nelson slam
• Front powerslam
• Muscle Buster
• Side belly to belly suplex

• Nicknames

• "The Demon" - as Leviathan
• "Guardian of The Gates of Hell" - as Leviathan
• "The Animal"
• "Big Dave"

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Championships and accomplishments

• Ohio Valley Wrestling

• OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Batista in his second World title reign

• World Wrestling Entertainment

• World Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current)
• World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Ric Flair
• WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rey Mysterio
• Royal Rumble (2005)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• Feud of the Year (2005) - vs Triple H

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI Wrestler of the Year (2005) - ranked #1 in PWI 500 of that year
• PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2005)

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Personal life

Batista is of Greek and Filipino heritage. His year of birth was disputed for several years. His website originally listed him as being born in 1969, while several contradictory news reports, as well as the IMDB, had claimed that he was actually born in 1966. In addition, Obsessed with Wrestling claimed for a time that, when Batista re-signed with WWE in January 2005, he revealed that he had been working under a fake age (a common practice in the entertainment field) and admitted that he was actually thirty-nine years old (and would therefore have been born in 1966). ^[1] However, this claim was later removed. In March 2006, Batista stated in an interview that he was born in 1969. ^[2], ^[3] The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15... March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Events 1 March 2006 (Wednesday) Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...

Batista married second wife Angie, a Filipina [4], in October 1998. Angie is a survivor of ovarian cancer. In the August 2006 edition of WWE magazine Batista (who is on the cover) revealed that he and his wife are currently separated. Batista has two daughters and a step daughter from his first marriage. Ovarian cancer is a malignant ovarian neoplasm (an abnormal growth located on the ovaries). ...

Batista has numerous tattoos, including a large Chinese dragon on his back, red Kanji lettering on his upper left biceps which says "Angel" in tribute to his wife, a signature design on his upper right biceps, and a small Sun on his stomach which encircles his belly button. He recently added a tattoo on his arm of the flags of the Philippines and Greece merged into one. A tattoo is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin; in technical terms, tattooing is micro-pigment implantation. ... Chinese dragons The Chinese dragon or Lóng in Mandarin Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 龍; Simplified Chinese: é¾™; pinyin: Lóng; Cantonese Yale: Lùhng; Japanese: ryÅ« or tatsu ç«œ; Korean: ryong 룡; Thai: mungkorn มังกรจีน; Vietnamese: rồng) is a mythical Chinese creature that also appears in other East Asian cultures, and is also sometimes... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyōgana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji Kanji (Japanese:  ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (平仮名), katakana (片仮名), and the Hindu-Arabic numerals. ... Look up Biceps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Sun is the star of our solar system. ...

In an edition of SmackDown! magazine, he stated that he collected lunchboxes. This collection started when he bought his wife an ET lunchbox and she did not want to break it, so he bought a second one. ^[5]

Batista can breakdance. This was shown in a commercial promoting WWE SummerSlam 2004 where he did his take on a "floor routine" (basically mocking the floor routines shown at the Olympic Games). A breakdancer performing an one-handed freeze (also known as a freeze) . Breakdance (media coined phrase), also known as breaking or b-boying, is a street dance style that evolved as part of the hip hop movement that originated among African American youths in the South Bronx of New York... 2004 The official theme song is Summertime Blues, by Rush. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...

Batista has torn his right triceps three times, and has had four surgeries on it (three reattachments, one to clean up due to infection).

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Controversy

Batista was in and out of trouble during his childhood in Washington D.C. and Virginia. One of his more infamous scrapes with the law involved his stealing automobiles when he was 13. Before getting into professional wrestling, he worked as a bouncer in various clubs, and was once arrested for brawling with a man even though his actions were taken in self-defense. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ... A doorman (more commonly referred to as a bouncer) is a term for a person who deals with the general security of a bar, pub or nightclub. ... Clubbing, also known as a disco A nightclub (often shortened to club) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ...

In 2005, Batista gave two controversial interviews to the British tabloid newspaper The Sun. In the first interview, Batista, then wrestling on the RAW brand of WWE, criticized SmackDown!, stating, "I've watched their tapings live and it seems like a lot of the guys couldn't care less. There's a lack of passion and pride." ^[8] In the second interview, Batista acknowledged that his statements had attracted considerable backstage heat from members of the SmackDown! brand. He then went on to claim, "there are guys on both shows who are lazy, couldn't care less and show no dedication." He then criticized rival wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, claiming, "I've also seen clips of their car wreck matches with A.J. Styles doing his stunts. That's not wrestling. Wrestling is storytelling." ^[9] In April 2006, Styles responded to Batista's comments, quipping, "I think it's funny that a guy who takes a bump and tears his back tells me that I don't know how to wrestle." ^[10] Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Look up sun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002. ... Allen Lloyd Jones (born June 2, 1978), better known by his ring name A.J. Styles (also written AJ Styles), is an American professional wrestler. ... A bump occurs whenever a wrestler hits the mat or the arena floor after receiving a move from his/her opponent. ...

At a 2006 SummerSlam pay-per-view commercial shoot, it was reported that Batista got into a real-life fistfight with Booker T (Booker T had a noticeable black eye at the next SmackDown taping). The incident was reported on WWE.com, with both men telling their sides of the story. SummerSlam 2006 is the ninteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Booker Tio Huffman (born May 1, 1965), better known by his wrestling persona Booker T, is an American professional wrestler. ...

Trivia

• Batista's entrance music was remixed and had lyrics added to it in March 2005, with the new theme debuting after WrestleMania 21. The song, called "I Walk Alone", was performed by Saliva. A version of the song with an additional opening verse was included on the WWE album Wreckless Intent.

• Since WrestleMania 21, Batista has used the infamous "thumbs up, thumbs down" gesture before he performs the Batista Bomb on his opponent. This is a reference to the gesture Triple H used against Randy Orton when he kicked Orton out of Evolution (leading to a brutal assault). Batista took this gesture from Triple H when he feigned signing to SmackDown!

• Since WrestleMania 21, Batista began shaking the ring ropes violently before making his famous "thumbs up, thumbs down" gesture, which he has acknowledged he took from the Ultimate Warrior.

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References

External links

• Official Site
• Official Forumboard
• WWE profile
• Batistainfo.com (fansite)