Batista
| Wrestler: | Batista |
|---|---|
| Real Name: | David Bautista |
| Birthday: | January 18, 1969 |
| Hometown: | Grew up in Washington DC Currently: Reston, Virginia |
| MaritalStatus: | Divorced from Angie w/3 Daughters |
| Height & Weight: | 6’5″ – 317 lbs |
| Trained by: | Wild Somoan Afa |
| Debut: | 1997 |
| Previous Gimmicks: | Kahn (WXW) Leviathan (OVW) Demon of the Deep (OVW) Deacon Batista (WWE) David Batista (WWE) |
| Finishing Move: | Demon Bomb |
| Favorite Moves: | Spinebuster Spear Strong Clothesline Doublehand Choke Lift Elevated Half Crab Elbow Face Stretch Hammerlock and Arm Bar |
Batista Title History
David Michael Bautista Jr; better knows as Batista in the WWE, was born on January 18,1969. He’s one of the strongest wrestlers in the business today and has a lot of support from the fans, especially since he left Evolution, where he was over shadowed by Triple H and Ric Flair. Since his move to Smackdown, Batista has tasted victory at the championship level. He has won the World Heavyweight Championship 3 times and has also won the WWE Tag Team Championship with Rey Mysterio once, as well as the World Tag Team Championship twice with Ric Flair during the Evolution days. He is an animal in the ring, and a stylish man on the streets. Batista, known for his powerful “Batista Bomb”; a powerful sit-out power bomb, is a wrestler at heart. He fights to win the gold, and doesn’t back down from his opponents. His match against The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 23, was voted as Match of the Year in 2007. He performs at a high level and his popularity has risen incredibly.
Batista was always one to criticize other wrestling brands, to the point where he even criticized Smackdown when he was on the Raw roster. He now wrestles on the Smackdown roster, but still makes appearances on the Raw brand, due to feuds with Raw superstars such as Umaga. He is a proud wrestler, but a cocky one at the same time. His quick rise to the top, made him a confident superstar in the locker room, and even caused a real life fight with Booker T backstage during a 2006 Summer Slam PPV commercial. It was reported that Batista claimed that he was better than the rest of the roster due to his quick advancement and his main event status and appearances. His ego surpassed his confidence and it got out of control. Batista threw a punch at Booker, which resulted in major swelling, and Booker swore he’d get his revenge on Batista, but eventually both were able to put it behind them.
Batista came from a poor family, and he himself stated that he’s no ashamed what so ever to admit it. His mother, Donna Raye Bautista; a lesbian, is of Greek nationality and his father David Michael Bautista, is Filipino. It wasn’t easy growing up for Bautista Jr, claiming there three murders on his front lawn that he had either witnessed or known about, by the time he was only nine years of age. He also said that he was stealing cars by the time he was 13. Not the Batista we know of today, but the Bautista Jr who grew up at a young age. He grew up working as a bouncer for many clubs, but was later arrested after a fight that left two people badly injured. Batista was then sentenced to a years’ probation. He did many other things such as life guarding and so forth, but he had dreams of becoming a body builder. Batista loved body building and could see himself on the cover of popular body building magazines. He says that body building is what possibly saved his life.
As I mentioned before, Batista is a stylish guy, and has also posed for many magazines, as well as appearing in plenty of WWE Pay Per View commercials; his most famous one being where he was shown break dancing promoting WWE SummerSlam 2004. He’s also appeared representing the WWE on an episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition in January 2007, alongside John Cena and Ashley Massaro. Batista has been divorced twice, but has two daughters Keilana(born in 1990) and Athena(born in 1992), with his first wife Glenda. He then married his second wife Angie in October of 1998; however the two divorced in 2006. Batista has also dated WWE Diva Melina and also 2006 Diva Search contestant Rebecca DiPietro. He is already a proud grandfather of two grandsons: Aiden and Jacob, who are both Keilana’s kids. Batista has achieved a lot, but has also been accused of a lot; specifically steroid use. Batista was accused of using anabolic steroids when a list of wrestlers were named in an article by ESPN, who were reportedly clients of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando, which is one of many pharmacies under investigation for filling illegal prescriptions.
At the end of the day, David Michael Bautista Jr, is a well respected individual in the world of wrestling and in modern day society. He has succeeded at many things, and has survived a rough childhood; though I can guarantee that Batista’s list of achievements isn’t complete. The Animal is still on the loose.
written by Christian Rios
Posted by admin on November 16th, 2010 :: Filed under