Dave Batista
Name: Dave Bautista (Dave Bautista)
Real Name: David Michael
Batista Birthday: January 18, 1969 (51 years old)
Birthplace: Washington, USA
Height: 198 cm Weight: 120 kg
THE CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF DAVE BATISTA
David Michael Batista Jr. was born in Washington on January 18, 1969. His mother, Donna Ray (before the marriage of Mullins), has Greek roots, and his father, David Michael Batista, is the son of Filipino immigrants, a hairdresser. Dave’s parents are divorced. In 2016, Batista openly talked about his mother’s unconventional sexual orientation, calling himself “the proud son of a lesbian.”
Batista lived in a poor and dangerous area of Washington – as a child, three murders occurred right in front of his house, and at 13, Dave began to steal cars. At 17, Batista began to live separately from her parents, worked as a bouncer in nightclubs. Once Dave had a serious fight with two guys, one of whom received serious injuries, and the other spent several days unconscious. For a fight, the court sentenced the guy to one year probation. He understood that the innate tendency to violence must be curbed and given a “legal” way out. His choice fell on combat sport.
DAVE BATISTA IN THE RING
Before getting into wrestling, Batista got in good shape, diligently engaged in bodybuilding. “I became big, very big – weighed about 160 pounds,” Batista recalled. At one of the sports shows, Dave met promoters from the World Championship Wrestling who told him that no one was hired for the championship.
Then Batista turned to the promotion company World Wrestling Entertainment, but there was refused – they did not conduct trial matches. Dave went to the Wild Samoanets private training camp, after which he was finally allowed to hold a demonstration match. The judges liked the assertive and powerful Batista, and the young fighter became a member of Ohio Valley Wrestling: “And so I became a monster named Leviathan.”
DAVE BATISTA IN THE RING
Before getting into wrestling, Batista got in good shape, diligently engaged in bodybuilding. “I became big, very big – weighed about 160 pounds,” Batista recalled. At one of the sports shows, Dave met promoters from the World Championship Wrestling who told him that no one was hired for the championship.
Then Batista turned to the promotion company World Wrestling Entertainment, but there was refused – they did not conduct trial matches. Dave went to the Wild Samoanets private training camp, after which he was finally allowed to hold a demonstration match.
Then Batista turned to the promotion company World Wrestling Entertainment, but there was refused – they did not conduct trial matches. Dave went to the Wild Samoanets private training camp, after which he was finally allowed to hold a demonstration match.
Having won many victories in the ring, Batista still got into World Wrestling Entertainment, where he began to perform under his real name Batista. He joined the Evolution group, which included Player players (Jean-Paul Levesque), Rick Flair and Randy Orton. In 2005, Batista twice defeated Levesque, becoming the new world heavyweight champion. The following year, after being disqualified and one failure, Dave was able to regain the title back.
In 2005, Batista twice defeated Levesque, becoming the new world heavyweight champion. The following year, after being disqualified and one failure, Dave was able to regain the title back.
In 2007, at the annual Unforgiven competition, Batista defeated Great Kali (Indian wrestler Dalip Singh Ran) and American Ray Misterio and became the new world heavyweight champion. In 2008, during an unequal fight with the Heritage wrestling alliance, Batista got a hamstring and a neck injury and dropped out of sports for six months. In 2010, Dave became the WWE Champion for the second time, but due to subsequent failures and disagreements with his superiors, the fighter announced his dismissal from WWE.
In 2008, during an unequal fight with the Heritage wrestling alliance, Batista got a hamstring and a neck injury and dropped out of sports for six months. In 2010, Dave became the WWE Champion for the second time, but due to subsequent failures and disagreements with his superiors, the fighter announced his dismissal from WWE.
Dave’s comeback took place three years later. Then for the second time in his career, Batista won the battle of WWE Royal Battle, but the title of world champion in the end received the 32-year-old American Daniel Brian. Shortly afterwards, Batista ended his career at WWE and has not since appeared in the ring.
Since October 2012, Batista has been participating in Mixed Rules (MMA) fights. He made his debut in the battle with Vince Lucero. According to the athlete, he does it for the sake of interest, not money, realizing that in the UFC he will never earn as much as in the WWE. “I just like it. If you get the most terrible thing that awaits me in the ring with your fist in the face, I’m ready. ”
DAVE BATISTA IN THE MOVIE
Batista received his first film role in 2006 – in the comedy “Strange Relatives”, he played a small role as a wrestler. Then Dave appeared in the season 6 of the series “Secrets of Smallville” (episode 8), and three years later – in a small role in the thriller “My son, my son, what have you done” in which he played a police officer.
In 2011, Batista played a major role in the action movie House of the Rising Sun, in which he appeared as an ex-policeman trying to start a new life. In the fantasy film “Scorpion King 3: The Book of the Dead” (2012), Dave played Agromail, a powerful and clumsy warrior who was called to kill the scorpion king Metaes (Victor Webster) and destroy the resistance.
PERSONAL LIFE OF DAVE BATISTA
In the early 1990s, Batista was married – his wife Glenda gave birth to two daughters: Keilani (born 1990) and Athena (born 1992). Soon after the birth of the daughters, the couple divorced.
In 1998, the second wedding took place – with his second wife, Angie Batista, lived in marriage until 2006. By the age of 40, Batista became the grandfather of two grandchildren: Jacob and Aiden, who gave birth to his first daughter.
Batista later met with Mexican-American wrestler Melina Perez and American wrestler and dancer Barbara Gene Blanc, performing under the name Kelly Kelly. In a 2009 interview, Batista admitted that he also had a short relationship with Canadian wrestler Rosa Mendes.
