* 2 Professional wrestling career
o 2.1 Ohio Valley Wrestling (2000–2002)
o 2.2 World Wrestling Entertainment (2002–2010)
+ 2.2.1 Debut
+ 2.2.2 Evolution (2003–2005)
+ 2.2.3 SmackDown! (2005–2008)
+ 2.2.4 Return from injury (2006)
+ 2.2.5 Pursuit of the World Heavyweight Championship (2007)
+ 2.2.6 Return to Raw (2008–2009)
+ 2.2.7 Return from injury and departure (2009–2010)
* 3 Post-WWE
* 4 Media
* 5 Controversy
o 5.1 Criticism of WWE and TNA
* 6 Backstage problems
o 6.1 Incident with Booker T
o 6.2 Steroid allegations
* 7 Personal life
* 8 In wrestling
* 9 Championships and accomplishments
* 10 References
* 11 External linksEarly lifeBatista was born the son of David Michael Bautista, who is Filipino and Donna Raye Bautista, who is Greek His parents separated (and eventually divorced). His paternal grandparents were also from the Philippines as his grandfather served in the military, worked as a taxicab driver, barber, and other jobs to feed the family. Batista says he is not ashamed to admit he lived in povertyHe has publicly admitted to having a hard life where, as before he was age nine, three murders occurred on his front lawn As young as age 13, he was stealing automobiles. By age 17, he was considered estranged from his parents and on his own despite admitting later that "I am proud of my parents. They are good, honest, hard-working folks. They taught me the values of working hard. Batista became a regular bouncer for clubs until he was arrested after a fight that left two badly injured patrons, one of which could be found lying in the street. After a trial, he was sentenced to one year of probation. He was also a lifeguard before he pursued a career in bodybuilding. He credits bodybuilding as possibly saving his life
Batista won the World Heavyweight Championship on April 3 at WrestleMania 21. won a rematch with Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship at Backlash. After Batista retained his title against Edge, he was betrayed by Ric Flair, who helped Triple H viciously attack the champion as Triple H challenged Batista to a Hell in a Cell match at Vengeance. Batista won the match at Vengeance, retaining his title yet again. With this win, Batista became the first wrestler to pin Triple H in a Hell in a Cell matchBatista at a SmackDown! live event in Cincinnati, Ohio.On June 30, Batista was revealed as the last pick in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery; he made a surprise appearance while JBL was celebrating his victory in a six-man elimination match to win the new SmackDown! Championship. JBL defeated Batista at The Great American Bash by disqualification after the referee saw Batista use a steel chair They had a rematch at SummerSlam in a No Holds Barred match in which Batista pinned JBL. The feud culminated in a Bull Rope match with Batista retaining his championship. Soon after retaining the title in a feud with Eddie Guerrero,WWE.com reported that Batista suffered a muscle tear in his back at the taping for the November 11 edition of SmackDown! due to a double chokeslam from Big Show and Kane. Plans had been made for Batista to defend the title in a Triple Threat match with Eddie Guerrero and Randy Orton on the November 18 episode, but the match did not take place due to the unexpected death of Guerrero on November 13, the date of the taping. Batista paid homage to Guerrero during the SmackDown! and Raw tribute shows dedicated to Guerrero's memory.Batista led Team SmackDown! against Team Raw in an inter-brand feud before Survivor Series. The feud saw Big Show and Kane chokeslamming Batista several more times in the weeks leading up to Survivor Series in an on-camera explanation for Batista's injury.[Batista ultimately helped his team win the match. After Batista saved Rey Mysterio from Big Show and Kane, it was announced that Mysterio would team with Batista to face the Big Show and Kane at Armageddon.On the December 16 edition of SmackDown!, Batista and Mysterio defeated WWE Tag Team Champions MNM to win the titles in a match they dedicated to Eddie Guerrero, and thus Batista became a double champion. and the clash with Big Show and Kane at Armageddon turned into a Champions vs. Champions encounter. Batista and Mysterio lost to Kane and Big Show at Armageddon. weeks later on SmackDown!, MNM defeated Batista and Mysterio after help from the returning Mark Henry to regain the WWE Tag Team Championships. During the interference, Henry attacked Batista, and performed his World's Strongest Slam. The teams met again in a steel cage match that Henry also became involved in, and Batista and Rey were defeated again. On January 9, WWE.com announced that Batista tore his right triceps during a match with Mark Henry at a live event on January 6. Due to his injury, Batista was forced to vacate the World Heavyweight Championship at the SmackDown! tapings on January 13, two days after surpassing Triple H's previous mark of 280 days for longest reigning champion. In his book, Batista Unleashed, Batista said that he believed that Henry was "careless" during their match as he never gave Batista any warning that the move was coming. Batista went on to have successful surgery on his arm on January 12
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