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Dave Bautista
David Michael Bautista Jr. is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of the most prolific professional wrestlers of the Ruthless Aggression Era, he rose to fame for his multiple stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019.
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entertainment · American actor and professional wrestler (born 1969) · professional wrestler · actor · film producer · mixed martial arts fighter · athlete · also Dave Bautista, Batista, David Michael Bautista, Jr., David Bautista, David Michael Bautista Jr., David Michael Baustista
Born 18 January 1969 · Q44158
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2026· 4 entries
“[We] have really become close again, which we really haven”
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GeekTyrant: Dave Bautista Has Reportedly Joined a STAR WARS Project
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Public attention spiked: 14,131 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 4,566, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: Film Road House 2
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2024· 1 entry
Bautista, who supported U
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2020· 1 entry
Bautista is 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed around 275 pounds (125 kg) as of August 2020, later slimming down to around 240 pounds (110 kg) by September 2024.
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2019· 2 entries
WWE officially announced that Batista would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2020
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When Batista viciously attacked Ric Flair and repeatedly demanded "give me what I want" to Triple H, which became a popular phrase associated with Batista
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2018· 3 entries
Batista reunited with the rest of Evolution for an appearance on SmackDown's 1000th episode, where Batista teased a match with Triple H, as Triple H had never beaten Batista in singles competition
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Bautista joined his castmates in support of Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn after Gunn's firing over old tweets joking about pedophilia and rape
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Returned in early 2019 for his final program where he retired from professional wrestling after his loss at WrestleMania 35 that year
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2014· 3 entries
Batista was heavily booed by the crowd after winning the Royal Rumble, despite playing a heroic character
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To be a legitimate compression fracture of his L1 spine)
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Before going on hiatus again later that year
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2012· 2 entries
At CES MMA: Real Pain in Providence, Rhode Island
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Evans was forced out of the bout after a probation violation landed him back in jail
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2010· 6 entries
Having previously registered an interest in competing in MMA
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Batista entered the Royal Rumble match at number 30, but failed to win as he was eliminated by John Cena
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Beginning in 2010, Bautista began eating a mostly plant-based, pescetarian diet, and in 2021 planned to go completely vegan in the near future.
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Appeared in an episode of Chuck, and also made a cameo appearance in Relative Strangers
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Because of Angie's ovarian cancer battle
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Bautista began eating a mostly plant-based, pescetarian diet, and in 2021 planned to go completely vegan in the near future
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2009· 1 entry
Had both upper arms covered in large, tribal style tattoos, and the phrase "DC soldier" added to his right biceps
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2008· 2 entries
Was a judge on an episode of Iron Chef America, with snails as the theme ingredient
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And made the final three before being eliminated by Triple H
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2007· 1 entry
His autobiography, Batista Unleashed, was released
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2005· 1 entry
And WrestleMania XXX in 2014, with the former being one of the top five highest-grossing pay-per-view events in wrestling history
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2002· 1 entry
Gained fame under the ring name Batista, initially as a member of Evolution
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2000· 1 entry
Bautista was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), a WWF developmental territory
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1999· 2 entries
Less than three months before his 31st birthday
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And signed with WWE in 2000 (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF), training at its former developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling
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1998· 1 entry
Bautista married his second wife, Angie, on October 13, 1998.
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1990· 1 entry
Bautista married his first wife, Glenda, in 1990.
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1969· 2 entries
Born 1969-01-18.
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The son of Donna Raye (née Mullins) and hairdresser David Michael Bautista
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