Intro:
David Bautista was born on January 18 in either 1966 or 1969. He is a former bouncer that met Curt Hennig and Road Warrior Animal at a bodybuilding show in Minneapolis. He went to the WCW Power Plant for a tryout, and in another bad decision, WCW decided that he would never make it as a wrestler. He was trained by Wild Samoan Afa and made his wrestling debut in 1997.

Pre-WWE career:
Batista started off his career working for Afa's WXW promotion under the name Kahn. Shortly after, he signed a WWE developmental deal and wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling. While there, he was known as Leviathan and Demon of the Deep. He would debut for WWE in May 2002.

Deacon Batista:
Batista made his WWE debut on the May 9, 2002 edition of SmackDown! He was the bodyguard for Reverend D-Von Dudley and held the collection plate. After a few months he left D-Von and SmackDown! . He debuted on the November 4, 2002 edition of Monday Night RAW and quickly aligned himself with Ric Flair . On the January 27, 2003 edition of RAW , Evolution was formed. The group featured Triple H, Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Batista.

Evolution:
Batista missed 8 months in 2003 due to a tear in his biceps muscle. Several months after his return, Randy Orton was kicked out of Evolution. Over the next few months, Batista started to become a superstar. He went on to win the 2005 Royal Rumble and was guaranteed a title match at WrestleMania 22 .

World Heavyweight Champion:
At WrestleMania 22 , Batista won the World Heavyweight Championship from former Evolution leader, Triple H . Batista went on to defeat Triple H at Backlash and in a Hell in a Cell Match at Vengeance . The next night he was drafted to Friday Night SmackDown! .

SmackDown! Superstar:
Batista took his title to SmackDown! and immediately got into a feud with JBL which he dominated. In the summer of 2005, he signed a 5 year deal with WWE. After defeating JBL, he faced and teamed with Eddie Guerrero shortly before his death in the fall of 2005.

An Injured Champ:
After tearing a lat muscle, Batista continued to wrestle. During this time, he briefly held the tag team titles with Rey Mysterio . While wrestling with this injury, he tore his triceps muscle and had to vacate the World Heavyweight Title on the January 13, 2006 edition of SmackDown! . Batista regained the title on November 26, 2006 at the Survivor Series .

Title Victories:
  World Heavyweight Championship
 4/3/05 WrestleMania 21 - beat Triple H
 11/26/06 Survivor Series - beat King Booker
 
  World Tag Team Championship
 12/14/03 Armageddon - Tag Team Turmoil Match: Ric Flair & Batista won the Tag Team Titles in a match featuring champs the Dudley Boyz, Scott Steiner & Test, Rob Conway & Rene Dupree, the Hurricane & Rosey, Lance Storm & Val Venis, and Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade
 3/22/04 RAW - w/Ric Flair regained the World Tag Team Titles from Booker T & Rob Van Dam
 
  WWE Tag Team Championship
 12/16/05 SmackDown - w/Rey Mysterio won the WWE Tag Team Titles from MNM