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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
|height={{height|ft=6|in=3}}
|weight={{convert|272|lb}}
|birth_date ={{Birth date 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=2014
}}
'''David Michael Bautista''' (born January 18, 1969),<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]] retired [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], [[actor]], [[Mixed martial arts|mixed martial artist]], and [[Bodybuilding|bodybuilder]]. Batista is currently signed to the [[WWE]] under the [[Legends]] program.

Batista has held the World Heavyweight Championship three times, the World Tag Team Championship 3 times (with Ric Flair (2) and John Cena (1)), the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio) and the [[WWE Championship]] once. He also won the Royal Rumble twice, one in 2005, and the other in 2014.

(contracted; show full)'Raw'' General Manager Bret Hart, who requested he face an injured Randy Orton to qualify for a shot at WWE Championship against Cena again at the new Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view. Batista refused and quit the company after Hart named Orton winner by forfeit. His profile was subsequently moved to the WWE.com alumni page. He later said in an interview that he left WWE because he did not like the direction the company was going in and would not be returning any time soon.

==== Return to WWE (2014
 - present) ====

On the 23 December 2013 episode of ''Raw'', a vignette aired announcing the return of Batista on the 20 January 2014 episode of ''Raw''. It was later announced that Batista would be participating in the 2014 Royal Rumble Match. Batista returned to confront [[WWE World Heavyweight Championship|WWE World Heavyweight Champion]] Randy Orton on the January 20 ''Raw'', and vowed to win Royal Rumble Match and become champion at WrestleMania. Later(contracted; show full)a, Triple H and Randy Orton came down to the ring to attack The Shield after their 11-on-3 handicap match, using the name and the theme of Evolution. At Extreme Rules, Evolution lost to The Shield. At Payback, Evolution lost to The Shield again. On June 2 edition of ''Raw'', Batista (kayfabe) quit WWE after Triple H denied him a shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship; this was done to write Batista off WWE TV so he could promote ''Guardians of the Galaxy''.


==== Retirement and Legends program (2014-present) ====

In December 2014, Batista announced he was retiring from professional wrestling. In January 2015, WWE announced Batista had signed a [[Legends contract]].⏎
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== Championships and accomplishments ==
[[File:Batista with World Heavyweight Championship.jpg|right|thumb|Batista during his second World Heavyweight Championship reign]]
* '''[[Ohio Valley Wrestling]]'''
** [[OVW Heavyweight Championship]] (1 time) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ky/ovw/ovw-h.html#last|title=O.V.W. Heavyweight Title|accessdate=2007-07-19|publisher=Wrestling-Title.com}}</ref>
(contracted; show full)[[Category:Actors from Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:American mixed martial artists]]
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[[Category:Doping cases in sport]]
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[[Category:People from Arlington, Virginia]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Virginia]]
[[Category:WWE wrestlers]]