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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}}
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==== Return to WWE (2014) ====

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 that night, Batista confronted [[Alberto Del Rio]], who had been trash talking him for several weeks, and eventually attacked him with a ''Batista Bomb''. Six days later at the Royal Rumble, Batista entered the Rumble match at number 28 and eliminated [[Roman Reigns]] to win the match, becoming the fifth wr(contracted; show full)
** [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] (2 times) - with [[Ric Flair]]<ref>[http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/3044541321151 ''Batista and Ric Flair's World Tag Team Title History]</ref><ref>[http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/3044541321421 ''Batista and Ric Flair's 2nd World Tag Team Title History]</ref>
** [[Royal Rumble]] (2005, 2014)
** [[WWE Championship]] (
[[List of WWE Champions|2 times]])
* '''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''
** [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Feud of the Year|Feud of the Year]] award in 2005 - vs Triple H

=== Steroid allegations ===
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