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Dave Batista
{{Infobox Wrestler
|name=Dave Batista
|names='''Batista'''<br />Deacon Bautista<br />Leviathan<br />Kahn
|image=Dave Batista - Guardians of the Galaxy premiere - July 2014 (cropped).jpg
|img_capt=Batista at the premiere of ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' in July 2014

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He [[marriage|married]] his wife Angie on October 13, 1998 and has two daughters and one step daughter from a prior marriage,<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1176985/bio ''Wedding date on IMDb'']</ref> In 2006, Batista said that he and his wife are separated
  .<ref>'''"WWE Magazine"''', August 2006, ''"Animal's House"'' pp. 54-58. (English)</ref>.

== Career ==
Batista tried out at the [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] [[WCW Power Plant|Power Plant]] but was told he would never make it in the wrestling business by [[Buddy Lee Parker|Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker]].<ref name="aboutcom">[http://prowrestling.about.com/od/thewrestlers/p/batista.htm About.com article on Batista]</ref> He then went to the WWF. They sent him to work with [[Afa Anoa'i]]. He wrestled in Anoa'i's [[World Xtreme Wrestling|WXW]] [[professional wr(contracted; show full)

==== 2007 ====
Two months later at [[WrestleMania 23]], Batista lost the championship to the winner of the Royal Rumble match, [[The Undertaker]].<ref>{{cite news | author = McElvaney, Kevin | title = Pro Wrestling Illustrated, July 2007| work = "WrestleMania 23" | publisher = Kappa Publishing | year = 2007| month = June | pages = 74-101 | language = English}}</ref> They continued to fight over the title to a tie in a match at [[WWE Backlash|Backlash 2007]]
.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Backlash 2007 Results |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/backlash07.html |work= |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |date= |accessdate=2007-07-08 }}</ref>. After a [[Steel Cage Match]] between the two men on May 11, [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the title from the Undertaker by using his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank]] title opportunity.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=SmackDown - May 11, 2006 Results |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070511.html |work= |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |date= |accessdate=2007-07-08 }}</ref> Afterwards, Batista challenged Edge three tim(contracted; show full)

==Departure from World Wrestling Entertainment and MMA debut==
Batista quit [[WWE]] on May 24, 2010. He went to [[MMA]] on June 16, 2010. He won a fight against [[Vince Lucero]].


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== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Relative Strangers]]''
| Cameo role
| [[Direct-to-video]]
|-
| 2009
| ''[[My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?]]''
| Police Officer
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Wrong Side of Town]]''
| Big Ronnie 'B.R.'
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2011
| ''[[House of the Rising Sun (movie)|House of the Rising Sun]]''
| Ray
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2011
| ''{{sortname|The|Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption}}''
| Argomael
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2012
| ''{{sortname|The|Man with the Iron Fists}}''
| Brass Body
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Riddick (movie)|Riddick]]''
| Diaz
| 
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| 2014
| ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (movie)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''
| [[Drax the Destroyer]]
| 
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== Other websites ==
{{Commons category|David Bautista|Dave Batista}}
* [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/batista WWE Profile]
* [http://www.demon-wrestling.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/demonwrestling Official Myspace Site]
* [http://www.genickbruch.com/dandy/exklusiv.php?&interview=193&version=original Batista/Leviathan Interview on Genickbruch.com]

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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Actors from Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:American mixed martial artists]]
[[Category:American professional wrestlers]]
[[Category:Doping cases in sport]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Arlington, Virginia]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Virginia]]
[[Category:WWE wrestlers]]

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