Dave Bautista
David Michael Bautista Jr. is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist and bodybuilder. From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista and became a six-time world champion. He holds the record for the longest reign as World Heavyweight Champion at 282 days. In August 2012, he signed a contract with Classic Entertainment & Sports to fight in mixed martial arts. He won his lone MMA fight on October 6, 2012, defeating Vince Lucero via TKO in the first round. He has played the role of Drax the Destroyer in the films Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
About Dave Bautista in brief
David Michael Bautista Jr. is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist and bodybuilder. From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista and became a six-time world champion. He holds the record for the longest reign as World Heavyweight Champion at 282 days. In August 2012, he signed a contract with Classic Entertainment & Sports to fight in mixed martial arts. He won his lone MMA fight on October 6, 2012, defeating Vince Lucero via TKO in the first round. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he has played the role of Drax the Destroyer in the films Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. He has starred in The Man with the Iron Fists, Riddick, the James Bond film Spectre, and Blade Runner 2049. In October 2018, he made his second return to WWE and faced Triple H at WrestleMania 35 in April 2019, before retiring from wrestling. He also trained at Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and has become a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. He is the son of Donna Raye and hairdresser David Michael Bautsa. He was born on January 18, 1969, in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Arlington, Virginia. Bautistas has said that he lived in poverty, and that he had a hard life—before he reached the age of nine, three murders had occurred on his front lawn.
By age 17, he was estranged from his parents and lived on his own. His paternal grandfather served in the Philippine military, worked as a taxi driver and barber, and held other jobs to feed the family. His mother is a lesbian. He later admitted, \”I am proud of my parents. They are good, honest, hard-working folks. They taught me the values of working hard.’’ He was a nightclub bouncer until he was arrested after a fight that left two patrons injured, one of whom was rendered unconscious. In 2006, he tried out at the World Championship Wrestling Power Plant, but was told he would never make it in the wrestling business by Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker. He then went to the World Wrestling Federation, who advised him to train with Afa Anoaʻi in the Wild Samoan Training Center wrestling school, where he went to train and compete in Anoa’i’s World Xtreme Wrestling promotion. While still in WWE’s main roster, he later won the OVW Heavyweight Championship from Doug Basham before he was promoted to The Prototype A few months later. He went undefeated until being beaten at Christmas Chaos by Kane with help from Stone Cold Stone Cold Steve Austin. In 2009, he became a member of the Disciples of Synnnn, a stable led by Steve Austin and Steve Austin’s son, Steve Austin Jr. He had his debut match as Khan on October 30, 1999.
You want to know more about Dave Bautista?
This page is based on the article Dave Bautista published in Wikipedia (as of Dec. 04, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
