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'''David Bautista''' was one of the top-tier [[ProfessionalWrestling wrestlers]] in Wrestling/{{WWE}} under the name '''Batista''' between 2002 and 2010.

During his time in WWE, he was part of the stable Wrestling/{{Evolution}}, and became a 4 time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html World Heavyweight Champion]], 2 time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Champion]], 1 time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html Tag Team Champion]][[note]]With ReyMysterio[[/note]], and 3 time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html World Tag Champion.]][[note]]2 times with RicFlair, once with JohnCena[[/note]]

Since his time in the ring, he has also done other works and media, including MMA and a role as "Brass Body" in ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists'', and he will have a role in the Marvel movie ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' as Drax.

You can learn more about his career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Batista That Other Wiki]].

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!!Tropes associated with Batista:
* AmbiguouslyBrown: [[ButNotTooForeign His father's Filipino, while his mother's Greek.]]
* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr, Wrestling/JohnCena
* AwesomeMcCoolname: His daughter's name is Athena. As in the Greek goddess.
* {{Badass}}
** Batista's eventual BadassDecay turned into [[FountainOfMemes memes]] in the wrestling community.
** And he eventually regained his {{Badass}} status thanks to a FaceHeelTurn.
*** YMMV towards [[HumiliationConga the end of that turn.]]
* BadassGrandpa: ''Yes'' he ''is'' a RealLife grandfather.
* ButNotTooForeign
* ChewingTheScenery: After turning heel, Batista started putting his propensity for {{Narm}} to good use.
* CoolOldGuy: He was already in his thirties when he debuted in WWE. Of course, it helped that his longtime tag-team partner, RicFlair, was a BadassGrandpa at that point.
* CoolShades: Tends to wear these when he's not wrestling.
* DirtyOldMan: Repeatedly accused of hitting on the younger Divas, even if they were already seeing someone (and when he was married).
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: It was pretty sad to see this world-class sports-entertainment star (who at one point was second in popularity to JohnCena, no less!) reduced to a wildly ranting, wheelchair-bound maniac during his final appearance on WWE television.
** Although that may have been his own wish. Chris Jericho said that he loved the way he went out during his leave of absence in 2005, being dragged out of the arena by security, kicking and screaming, because that's a way a heel goes out in style.
* DuctTapeForEverything: At Extreme Rules 2010, Batista lost his Last Man Standing match against JohnCena by getting his legs duct-taped around a ring post.
* FallenHero: During his last heel run. Emphasized during his feud with JohnCena at [=WrestleMania=] 26.
* FanNickname: Botchtista.
** And after what Santino called him one time, the Manimal.
* FormerTeenRebel: Admitted that he was a {{Delinquent}} during his youth and was a carjacker.
* GeniusBruiser
* GenreSavvy: One of the key points of his character.
** DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Attacking TheUndertaker during his trademark long elaborate [=WrestleMania=] ring entrance.
* GlassCannon
* HumiliationConga: The months after [=WrestleMania=] XXVI to his retirement could count as this right up to his last night. Also might qualify as a DownerEnding.
* ItsAllAboutMe
* KickTheDog: Had Shelly "Ariel" Martinez fired after she refused his advances. Both of them have since apologized to each other via Twitter.
** Reportedly, he tried to do the same with Mickie James, until [[PapaWolf The Undertaker got involved]].
* LargeHam: His final heel run, to the point that he would only cut his in-ring promos after demanding that a spotlight be shone on him and only him.
* LastNameBasis
* MemeticMutation: Batista is truly wrestling's gift to memes.
* [[Narm/ProfessionalWrestling Narm]]: When on the mic... or making any kind of face in general. More or less the main reason for his MemeticMutation status.
** Also, any time he shakes the ropes. It makes him look like the UltimateWarrior and that... that's no good. (Although he came by it honestly: he admits he took the move straight from the Warrior.)
** With a possible exception of his AWESOME promo leading up to his match with Cena at [=WrestleMania=]. Yes... Batista and awesome promo in the same sentence... I hear something crumbling.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Apparently.
* OldShame: His first WWE stint as "Deacon Batista", the sidekick of Reverend D-Von (a.k.a. [[{{Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys}} D-Von Dudley]]).
** And his OVW run as "Leviathan".
* PopularityPower
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: STOOP! THAT! LOW!
* RedBaron: The Animal (as Leviathan): "The Demon of the Deep"
* TheRival and WorthyOpponent: He and JohnCena are both these to each other ever since the 2005 RoyalRumble. After Batista's FaceHeelTurn, he became the RivalTurnedEvil in their Wrestling/WrestleMania 26 match.
* RoguesGallery: [[JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]], {{Edge}}, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, MarkHenry, TheUndertaker, ChrisJericho and JohnCena.
* ScreamingWarrior
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After repeatedly failing to beat JohnCena for the world title, and getting injured in a match, he quit the Wrestling/{{WWE}}. But that was only on Kayfabe, because...
** ...He had later stated that he didn't like the direction in which the company was going.
* SharpDressedMan
* ShoutOut: The OVW vignette where the Disciples of Synn summoned from Leviathan from the deep was based directly on [[{{Wrestling/KevinSullivan}} Kevin Sullivan]] summoning the Purple Haze ("Maniac" Mark Lewin) in Florida in the 1980s.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He actually had a real backstage fistfight with BookerT over this. Pretty much everyone else agreed with Booker; see NiceCharacterMeanActor above.
* TallDarkAndHandsome
** TallDarkAndSnarky: During his heel runs.
* TenMinuteRetirement: On the record to saying he would like one more match/brief run with the WWE before taking an executive role in the company.
* TheBrute: This was his role as a member of TripleH's Evolution stable.
* TheGiant
* TooDumbToLive: His 2009 FaceHeelTurn? Yeah, it basically happened because Batista apparently assumed that being in a Fatal Four Way for the World Heavyweight Championship with ReyMysterioJr as one of his opponents meant that Rey wouldn't actually try to win and would just help him. Especially when Rey later admitted that if Batista had just ''asked'' him to help him, he would have.
** It's standard InsaneTrollLogic, which is standard operating procedure for most heels.
* UnderwearOfPower
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Rey Mysterio. (See above for reason)
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Has the Philippine and Greek flags tattooed on his left biceps, as a tribute to his mixed heritage (see AmbiguouslyBrown above).
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