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BATISTA
David Bautista was born on
January 18 in either 1966 or 1969. He is a
former bouncer that met Curt Henning & Road
Warrior Animal at a bodybuilding show 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.
Pre-WWE career:
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.
Deacon Batista:
Batista made his WWE debut on the 5/9/02
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 11/4/02 edition of
Monday Night RAW and quickly aligned himself
with Ric Flair. On the 1/27/03 edition of RAW,
Evolution was formed. The group featured Triple
H, Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Batista.
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 the 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 tricep 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.
Title Victories:
World Heavyweight Championship
4/3/05 WrestleMania 21 - beat Triple H
11/26/06 Survivor Series - beat King Booker
World Tag Team Championship
12/14/03 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 Cade
3/22/04 RAW - w/Ric Flair regained the World Tag
Team Titles from Booker T & Rob Van Dam
WWE Tag Team Championship
12/16/05 SmackDown - w/Rey Mysterio won the
WWE Tag Team Titles from MNM
(Sources: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac,
IMDB.com, & Obsessed with Wrestling.com)
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