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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= 198 cm
|weight= 130 kg
|birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1969|01|18|mf=y}}
(contracted; show full)27;). He joined with [[Ric Flair]]<ref>{{cite news |title=RAW - November 18, 2002 Results |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/021118.html |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |access-date=2007-07-08 }}</ref> and fought many times with [[Glen Jacobs|Kane]], whom he beat in his first [[pay-per-view]] at [[WWE Armageddon|Armageddon 2002]].<ref>{{cite news | author = PWI Staff | title = Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts | work = 
"Wrestling’s historical cards" | publisher = Kappa Publishing | date = 2007 | pages = 112 | language = en}}</ref>

==== 2003-2004 ====
In January 2003, Batista joined with [[Triple H]], [[Ric Flair]], and [[Randy Orton]] to form the group [[Evolution (professional wrestling)|Evolution]].<ref>{{cite news |title=RAW - January 27, 2003 Results |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/030127.html |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |access-date=2007-07-08 }}</ref> Batista did not wrestle for much of 2003 after he tore his right [[Triceps brachii muscle|triceps]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Live Event - March 1, 2003 Results |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/liveevent/030301r.html |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |access-date=2007-07-08 }}</ref> Batista re-tore his triceps while training. He had more problems when after his second [[surgery]] to repair his triceps he got an [[infection]]. He needed a third surgery to clean out the infection. He made his return on October 20 interfering in a match between [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]] and [[Shawn Michaels]].

At Armageddon 2003, Batista took part in two matches. He lost to [[Shawn Michaels]] in a singles match but won a [[Tag team]] along with Ric Flair to become the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Champions]]. By the end of the PPV, all four members of Evolution held every male championship on ''RAW''.<ref>{{cite news | author = PWI Staff | title = Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts | work = "Wrestling’s historical cards" | publisher = Kappa Publishing | date = 2007 | pages = 114 | language = en}}</ref>

Batista and Flair held the titles until February 16 2004 when they were defeated by [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] and [[Rob Van Dam]].<ref>{{cite news |title=RAW - February 16, 2004 Results |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/040216.html |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |access-date=2007-07-08 }}</ref> They later won the titles back for a short period.<ref>{{cite news |title=RAW - March 22, 2004 Results |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/040322.html |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |access-date=2007-07-08 }}</ref>

==== 2005 ====
[[File:David-Michael-Bautista-denis-apel-edited.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Batista during his first [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] reign]]
As 2005 began, Triple H believed that Batista was becoming a threat to his World Heavyweight Championship. Triple H told Batista not enter the [[Royal Rumble]]. He said it would be selfish of him to do so, and that he should be helping Triple H keep the title. Dave entered anyway and went on to win the ''Royal Rumble''. This earned him the right to wrestle in the main event of [[WrestleMania 21]] against the World Champion of his choice.<ref name="PWI Staff 2007 117">{{cite news | author = PWI Staff | title = Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts | work = "Wrestling’s historical cards" | publisher = Kappa Publishing | date = 2007 | pages = 117 | language = en}}</ref>

In an attempt to get Batista to challenge [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] [[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]] rather than him, Triple H created a plan to have Batista run over in a [[limousine]] similar the one used by Layfield. At first, Batista did not want help from Evolution in dealing with JBL. Triple H said that Evolution needed to stick together and went with him anyway. Triple H saved him fr(contracted; show full) |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/050630.html |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |access-date=2007-07-08 }}</ref> JBL and Batista wrestled for the championship at the Great American Bash on July 24 2005. JBL defeated Batista by disqualification after the referee saw Batista use a steel [[chair]].<ref name="PWI Staff 2007 118">{{cite news | author = PWI Staff | title = Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts | work = 
"Wrestling’s historical cards" | publisher = Kappa Publishing | date = 2007 | pages = 118 | language = en}}</ref> They wrestled at [[SummerSlam]] on August 21 2005 in a [[No-Holds-Barred match]]. Batista pinned JBL to win the championship title.<ref name="PWI Staff 2007 118"/>

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==== 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 |date= June 2007 | pages = 74-–101 | language = en}}</ref> They continued to fight over the title to a tie in a match at [[WWE Backlash|Backlash 2007]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Backlash 2007 Results |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/backlash07.html |publisher=Online World of Wrestling |access-date=2007-07-08 }}</ref> After a [[Steel Cage Match]] between the two men on May 11, [[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]] won the title from the Undertaker by using his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank](contracted; show full)[[Category:Actors from Washington, D.C.]]
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