Biography Of WWE Superstar Dave Batista

David Michael Bautista was born on January 18, 1969. He is a former bouncer that met Curt Hennig and Road Warrior Animal in Minneapolis. He went to the WCW Power Plant for a tryout, and in another bad decision, WCW decided that he would never make it as a wrestler. He was trained by Wild Samoan Afa and made his wrestling debut in 1997.Evolution:
Batista missed 8 months in 2003 due to a tear in his biceps muscle. Several months after his return, Randy Orton was kicked out of Evolution. Over the next few months, Batista started to become a superstar. He went on to win the 2005 Royal Rumble and was guaranteed a title match at WrestleMania 22.
World Heavyweight Champion:
At WrestleMania 22, Batista won the World Heavyweight Championship from former Evolution leader, Triple H. Batista went on to defeat Triple H at Backlash and in a Hell in a Cell Match at Vengeance. The next night he was drafted to Friday Night SmackDown!.SmackDown! Superstar:
Batista took his title to SmackDown! and immediately got into a feud with JBL which he dominated. In the summer of 2005, he signed a 5 year deal with WWE. After defeating JBL, he faced and teamed with Eddie Guerrero shortly before his death in the fall of 2005.An Injured Champ:
After tearing a lat muscle, Batista continued to wrestle. During this time, he briefly held the tag team titles with Rey Mysterio. While wrestling with this injury, he tore his triceps muscle and had to vacate the World Heavyweight Title on the January 13, 2006 edition of SmackDown!. Batista regained the title on November 26, 2006 at the Survivor Series.Losing and Regaining the Title:
Batista lost the title to the Undertaker at WrestleMania 23. He regained the title a few months later when he beat the Great Khali and Rey Mysterio at Unforgiven 2007. In December, he lost the title to Edge in a triple-threat match that also included the Undertaker.Regaining the Title on RAW:
In 2008, Batista was drafted back to RAW. A few weeks later, the World Heavyweight Championship was shifted from SmackDown to RAW. Batista claimed the title for a fourth time when he beat Chris Jericho at Cyber Sunday 2008. He lost the title back to Jericho eight days later in a Steel Cage Match.Title Victories:
World Heavyweight Championship4/3/05 WrestleMania 21 - beat Triple H11/26/06 Survivor Series - beat King Booker9/16/07 Unforgiven - beat Champion The Great Khali & Rey Mysterio10/26/08 Cyber Sunday - beat Chris Jericho
World Tag Team Championship12/14/03 Armageddon - Tag Team Turmoil Match: Ric Flair & Batista won the Tag Team Titles in a match featuring champs the Dudley Boyz, Scott Steiner & Test, Rob Conway & Rene Dupree, the Hurricane & Rosey, Lance Storm & Val Venis, and Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade3/22/04 RAW - w/Ric Flair regained the World Tag Team Titles from Booker T & Rob Van Dam8/4/08 RAW - w/John Cena beat Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes
WWE Tag Team Championship12/16/05 SmackDown - w/Rey Mysterio won the WWE Tag Team Titles from MNM
(Sources: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac, IMDB.com, & Onlineworldofwrestling.com, prowrestling.com)Batista started off his career working for Afa’s WXW promotion under the name Kahn. Shortly after, he signed a WWE developmental deal and wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling. While there, he was known as Leviathan and Demon of the Deep. He would debut for WWE in May 2002.Batista made his WWE debut on the May 9, 2002 edition of SmackDown! He was the bodyguard for Reverend D-Von Dudley and held the collection plate. After a few months he left D-Von and SmackDown!. He debuted on the November 4, 2002 edition of Monday Night RAW and quickly aligned himself with Ric Flair. On the January 27, 2003 edition of RAW, Evolution was formed. The group featured Triple H, Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Batista.