Biography Dave Batista

Wrestler Name: Batista
Real Name: David Michael Bautista
Ethnicity: Greek & Fillipino
Birthday: January 18, 1969
Hometown: Washington DC
Currently Resides: Reston, Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Children: 3 Daughters
Height: 6 foot 6
Weight: 290 pounds
Trained by: Wild Samoan Afa
Debut: 1997
Previous Gimmicks: Kahn(WXW) Leviathan (OVW) Demon of the Deep (OVW) Deacon Batista (WWE) David Batista (WWE)
Finishing Move: Batista Bomb (Power Bomb)
Career Highlights: World Heavyweight Champion; WWE Tag Team Champion; World Tag Team Champion; 2005 Royal Rumble winner One of the toughest Superstars to ever grace RAW has taken his remarkable physique, ability and record to SmackDown!

In July 2005, World Heavyweight Champion Batista was announced as the final, and maybe most stunning, draft pick in the 2005 Draft Lottery.

The new World Heavyweight Champion may appear cool and collected in his finely tailored suits and shades, but just ask Triple H what happens when you cross this 6-foot-5, 317-pound Superstar.

Batista gained all the experience he could from Evolution. Then, he ripped through Ric Flair and Triple H — taking the World Heavyweight Championship in the process. Batista began his ascension to the top of RAW by winning the 30-man Royal Rumble Match. That earned him a spot in the main event at WrestleMania 21, where he used his explosive power to capture the World Heavyweight Championship.

Batista’s only other championship came alongside “The Dirtiest Player in the Game,” as the pair won the World Tag Team Championship from the Dudleys — the most decorated tag team of all time — for the World Tag Team Championship at Armageddon 2003.

Perhaps Batista’s road to WWE success began at age 17, during his senior year of high school, when he decided to move out of his house and strike out on his own. Less than a year later, he began bouncing at nightclubs in the greater D.C. area. Having largely grown up in the streets, Batista was well prepared for the altercations he saw night after night in the bars. Sometimes, he’d even get involved himself. Through crushing those who defied him, Batista learned that when provoked, he was practically invulnerable. He also realized that surrounding himself with people who might agitate him probably wasn’t the best idea. Batista needed a place where he could harness his physicality and continue to push himself. That place was WWE.

With hopes of one day becoming a WWE Superstar, Batista began training for a career in sports-entertainment. His size, power and aggressive nature separated him from the pack. In short order, he was ready for WWE. In early 2002, Batista debuted on SmackDown! alongside tag-team specialist D-Von Dudley. But within a few months, he viciously turned on Dudley and left him lying motionless in the ring. Turning his back on D-Von proved to be a wise career move, as it helped open the door to RAW.

Upon moving over to RAW, Batista was scouted by Ric Flair for a spot in the group that would come to be known as Evolution. Batista absorbed all the knowledge and experience he could from “The Nature Boy” and “The Cerebral Assassin,” and he watched fellow Evolution member Randy Orton rise to the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam. But the following night on RAW, Orton was unceremoniously dumped from the group by its three remaining members. For Batista, this was a wake-up call. No matter how great he became, he realized, he would always have a glass ceiling over his head while in Evolution because of Triple H’s obsession with the World Heavyweight Championship. Batista stayed loyal, but he remained cautious.

In late 2004, rumors of unrest in Evolution surfaced, and toward the end of the year, tensions between Batista and Triple H became noticeable to the viewing public. The situation was pushed to the brink when The Game used psychological warfare to attempt to persuade Royal Rumble Match winner Batista to defect to SmackDown! and challenge for the WWE Championship — rather than remain on RAW and challenge him for the World Heavyweight Championship. In resounding fashion during a contract-signing session, Batista declared that he was staying put by sending Triple H through a table with a Batista Bomb. He then signed the RAW contract, pitting him against Triple H at WrestleMania 21. There, he would reach the pinnacle of sports-entertainment — thanks, in a large part, to his ability to power out of Triple H’s Pedigree finisher attempt.

partial source: Batistainfo.com