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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
|height={{height|ft=6|in=6}}
|weight={{convert|300|lb}}
|birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1969|01|18|mf=y}}
(contracted; show full)tch with [[Mark Henry]] at 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]] and [[Bobby Lashley|Lashley]] taking on [[Booker T (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 ====
(contracted; show full)
On October 16, 2018, Batista again united with the rest of Evolution. This was for an appearance on [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'s [[WWE SmackDown 1000|1000th episode]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Evolution reunites: Triple H, Batista, Randy Orton & Ric Flair to appear at SmackDown 1000|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/article/evolution-reunites-smackdown-1000|publisher=WWE|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref>

==== Return and Appearances (2014-present) ====

He signed a 5
  -year contract and was to return at the Royal Rumble 2020 but he got injured and he is to return in 2021. Batista is coming out of retirement.

== Championships and accomplishments ==
[[File:Batista with World Heavyweight Championship.jpg|right|thumb|Batista during his second World Heavyweight Championship reign]]
* '''[[Ohio Valley Wrestling]]'''
(contracted; show full)| ''{{sortname|The|Man with the Iron Fists}}''
| Brass Body
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| 2013
| ''[[Riddick (movie)|Riddick]]''
| Diaz
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| 2014
| ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (movie)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''
| [[Drax the Destroyer]]
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''''Television''''
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| 2006{{Endash}}2009
| ''[[Batista The Racer]]''
|   Himself
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== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== Other websites ==
{{Commons category|Dave Bautista}}
* [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/batista WWE Profile]
* [http://www.demon-wrestling.com Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615174517/http://www.demon-wrestling.com/ |date=2009-06-15 }}
* [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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107093312/http://www.genickbruch.com/dandy/exklusiv.php?&interview=193&version=original |date=2009-01-07 }}

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