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{{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

|real_height=
|real_weight=

|height={{height|ft=6|in=6}}
|weight={{weight|pounds=278}}
|birth_date =Janaury 18 1969
|dea{{Birth_  date = February 6 2015 (aged 46)and age|1969|01|18|mf=y}}
|birth_place =[[Arlington County, Virginia]]
|resides=[[Tampa, Florida]]
|billed=[[Washington, D.C.]]
|trainer=[[Afa Anoa'i]]
|debut=1997
|retired=
}}
'''David Michael Bautista''' (born January 18, 1969 died February 6 2015),<ref name="official">[http://web.archive.org/web/20061201050622/http://www.demon-wrestling.com/db/about.php About Batista at his official site]</ref> better known as '''Dave Batista''' or by the ring name '''Batista''', is an [[Americans|American]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], [[actor]], [[Mixed martial arts|mixed martial artist]], and [[Bodybuilding|bodybuilder]]. Batista is currently signed to the [[WW(contracted; show full) a live event on January 8, 2006. The following day, WWE.com announced that, due to his injury, Batista was forced to give up the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] at the ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'' taping on January 10 2006 (aired on January 13 2006). Batista had surgery on his arm on January 12, 2006.

Batista made his return on July 7, 2006. Batista won his first televised match since his return, a six man tag match with [[Rey 
Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] and [[Bobby Lashley|Lashley]] taking on [[Booker HuffmanT (wrestler)|King Booker]], [[Dave Finlay|Finlay]] and Mark Henry. Oddly, Mark Henry was injured, and could not wrestle in the match between the two at [[WWE The Great American Bash|The Great American Bash]]. Batista made several tries to win back the championship title before finally winning it back from [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] on November 26, 2006.

==== 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 CopelandEdge (wrestler)|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 times but never won the championship. The third match included the statement that if Batista lost, he could no longer get another chance at the World Heavyweight Championship while Edge remains champion.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Vengeance 2007 Results |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/vengeance07.html |work= |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |date= |accessdate=2007-07-08 }}</ref>

Edge later was injured and gave up the belt just before he was to wrestle Kane at the 2007 Great American Bash pay-per-view. [[Dalip Singh|The Great Khali]] became the new World Heavyweight Champion, winning a [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|Battle Royal]] and eliminating Batista. Batista and Kane faced Khali at The Great American Bash where Khali retained the title. Batista finally defeated Khali, and [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]], at [[WWE Unforgiven]] to claim his third World Heavyweight Championship after eight consecutive tries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/unforgiven/matches/|title=Unforgiven 2007 Results|accessdate=(contracted; show full)[[Category:Actors from Washington, D.C.]]
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