David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American
actor, retired professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist and
bodybuilder.Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999, and signed
with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2000. From 2002
to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista and became a
six-time world champion by winning the World Heavyweight Championship
four times and the WWE Championship twice. He holds the record for the
longest reign as World Heavyweight Champion at 282 days and has also
won the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair
and once with John Cena) and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with
Rey Mysterio). He was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and
went on to headline WrestleMania 21, one of the top five
highest-grossing pay-per-view events in professional wrestling
history. Bautista re-signed with WWE in 2013, going on to win the 2014
Royal Rumble match and headline WrestleMania XXX before again
departing that June. In October 2018, Bautista made his second return
to WWE and faced Triple H at WrestleMania 35 in April 2019, before
retiring from wrestling.Bautista began acting in 2006 and has starred
in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), Riddick (2013), the James Bond
film Spectre (2015), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). In the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, he has played the role of Drax the Destroyer in
the films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
He has also appeared in several direct-to-video films since 2009.
actor, retired professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist and
bodybuilder.Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999, and signed
with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2000. From 2002
to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista and became a
six-time world champion by winning the World Heavyweight Championship
four times and the WWE Championship twice. He holds the record for the
longest reign as World Heavyweight Champion at 282 days and has also
won the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair
and once with John Cena) and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with
Rey Mysterio). He was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and
went on to headline WrestleMania 21, one of the top five
highest-grossing pay-per-view events in professional wrestling
history. Bautista re-signed with WWE in 2013, going on to win the 2014
Royal Rumble match and headline WrestleMania XXX before again
departing that June. In October 2018, Bautista made his second return
to WWE and faced Triple H at WrestleMania 35 in April 2019, before
retiring from wrestling.Bautista began acting in 2006 and has starred
in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), Riddick (2013), the James Bond
film Spectre (2015), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). In the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, he has played the role of Drax the Destroyer in
the films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
He has also appeared in several direct-to-video films since 2009.
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