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Batista
Batista is SmackDown's resident dominant Animal. Feel the excitement of Batista's impactful entrance with his theme song by Saliva on WWE Wreckless Intent.
Professional wrestler Batista was born David Michael Bautista Jr. on Jan. 18, 1969, in Washington, D.C. He started his career wrestling for WXW under the name Kahn, and soon after he signed a deal with WWE using the name Leviathan, and making his debut in May 2002. He won his first World Heavyweight Championship at “Wrestlemania 21” when he defeated Triple H in the main event. Some of his finishing and signature moves are the ‘Batista Bomb,’ ‘Spinebuster,’ ‘Knockout Clothesline’ and the ever popular ‘Suplex Powerslam,’ and some of his nicknames are “The Animal,” “Big Dave,” “The Beast” and “Estafista” by his fans in South America. Batista has torn his right tricep three times, and has had four surgeries to repair it. He is also a breakdancer, and he has guest starred on an episode of the CW Network television series “Smallville,” playing a villain named Aldar, who could suck the bones out of people. Batista married his wife Angie in October 1998, and he has three daughters, two from a previous marriage and one stepdaughter. (January 2004) Was a member of Evolution with Triple H, Randy Orton and Ric Flair. (August 2004) Teamed up with fellow Evolution members, Triple H and Ric Flair to attack former Evolution member, Randy Orton just a few minutes after he defended his World Heavyweight Championship against Chris Benoit 1 day after he won it. (January 2005) Won the 2005 Royal Rumble and now will face the World Heavyweight Champion (probably Triple H) at WrestleMania 21. (March 2005) Confirmed to fight Evolution leader Triple H for the World Heavyweight Title at Wrestlemania 21. (April 2005) Defeated Triple-H to become World Heavyweight Champion. (April 2005) Will take on Triple H in a match for the World Heavyweight title at Backlash on Sunday, May 1, 2005. The match is being called Batista/Triple H 2. (May 2005) Defeated Triple H at Backlash. (June 2005) Defeated Triple H at Vengeance in a Hell In A Cell match. This marked Triple H's first ever loss in a Hell In A Cell match. (June 2005) He was the final draft lottery pick from RAW to go to Smackdown. (June 2005) Is 3-0 in matches against Triple H before being drafted to "Smackdown". (June 2005) Has been drafted to "Smackdown" from "Raw" in the Draft Lottery. (July 2005) Will face JBL for the World Heavyweight Championship at the Great American Bash on Sunday, July 24, 2005. (July 2005) Lost to JBL at the Great American Bash, but retained World Heavyweight Championship via disqualification. (July 2005) Lost to JBL at the Great American Bash by DQ so he retained the WWE Heavyweight Title. (August 2005) Defeated JBL at Summerslam in a no holds barred match, to retain the WWE world Heavyweight Title. (December 2005) Along with Rey Mysterio, defeated MNM for the WWE tag Team Titles. (January 2006) After suffering a serious tricep injury, was forced to surrender the World Heavyweight Championship, ending his 9 month reign as champion. (July 2006) Returns to Smackdown! by attacking Mark Henry, The man who put him on the injury list. (November 2006) Won back World heavyweight champion-belt from King Booker at Survivor Series '06. At Survivor Series '06 in Philadelphia, PA, Batista defeated King Booker to regain the World Heavyweight title. Batista and John Cena defeated Finlay and Booker T at Armageddon '06. Batista defeated Mr. Kennedy to retain the World title at the 2007 Royal Rumble. WWE No Mercy 2007 Results No Mercy has come and gone. No Chris Jericho, but we did get to see three world title changes, Batista flying through the air, and an unannounced Last Man Standing match. No Mercy 2007 took place on October 7, 2007 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Dark match: Hardcore Holly defeated Cody Rhodes Holly pinned Rhodes after an Alabama Slam. Triple H defeated Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship (11:15) Triple H pinned Orton with a Schoolboy. This match was originally supposed to be John Cena defending the title against Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match, but was changed when Cena suffered a legitimate injury and the title was vacated. Orton was awarded the title at the beginning of No Mercy by Vince McMahon. Mr. Kennedy, Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch defeated Jeff Hardy, Paul London and Brian Kendrick (8:06) Kennedy pinned London after a Green Bay Plunge. CM Punk defeated Big Daddy V (w/Matt Striker) by disqualification to retain the ECW Championship (1:37) Big Daddy V was disqualified after Striker attacked Punk. Triple H defeated Umaga to retain the WWE Championship (6:33) Triple H pinned Umaga after a Pedigree. Finlay fought Rey Mysterio to a no-contest (9:08) The referee stopped the match after Finlay took a bump to the outside and feigned unconsciousness. Finlay then attacked Mysterio from behind. Beth Phoenix defeated Candice Michelle to win the WWE Women's Championship (4:32) Phoenix pinned Michelle with a Bridging Fisherman's Suplex. Batista defeated The Great Khali (w/Ranjin Singh) in a Punjabi Prison match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (14:47) Batista won after escaping from the structure by climbing over the bamboo cage. Randy Orton defeated Triple H in a Last Man Standing match to win the WWE Championship (20:25) Triple H failed to answer the 10-count after an RKO on the announce table. 
OVER THE TOP....Undertaker leg drops Batista in their Cyber Sunday showdown wwe.com THEY are not the names we would have picked out at the start of the year but the two men involved in the best in-ring feud of 2007 are Batista and The Undertaker. Almost six months after their last meeting, the pair picked up where they left off by stealing the show at Cyber Sunday with another modern classic. It was a good night for many of the federation’s other big names too, with Rey Mysterio, Finlay, Triple H and Umaga all impressing. And your trusty Sun wrestling team was in Washington DC to witness the interactive PPV live. Below is our diary of the night. 7.40pm(11.40pm UK time): After a day spent trying out all the versions of the new Smackdown vs Raw 2008 computer game, we were ushered into the appropriately named ‘Suite 316’ for the best view in the Verizon Arena. It’s a hard life sometimes. Before the show, the traditional dark match takes place and we're given the chance to check out two new WWE tag teams as Jesse & Festus took on Deuce & Domino. The only notable thing was just how over Festus was with the crowd, with loud chants and a big pop as his team won the match. 8.05pm: WWE fans cast more than 13million votes to choose the contests for Cyber Sunday, and their first decision was to put Finlay and Mysterio in a stretcher match. It was the right option, as Smackdown’s best workers brought something new to the old stipulation of putting your foe on the trolley and getting him over a white line. Twice Finlay knocked Rey out of the ring and straight onto the stretcher with Mysterio going one better sending his Belfast-born opponent onto the trolley with a perfectly timed 619. After a mix-up with a TV camera lead stopping the stretcher moving, Rey sent Finlay sailing over the line to claim victory. 8.25pm: The first, and arguably, only surprise of the night saw The Miz get an ECW title shot with 39 per cent of the vote. His loss to CM Punk was OK, but we spent the duration wondering why anyone would vote for him. We put it down to a mix of his reality TV exposure, weak ECW roster, Punk supporters wanting to guarantee a win and disillusioned hardcore fans joking around. 8.40pm: Shawn Michaels is announced as the contender for Randy Orton’s WWE championship after polling 59 per cent. Ken Kennedy then beats fellow vote loser Jeff Hardy in an unmemorable contest. 9.00pm: With Matt Hardy’s face still a mess, Kane is the fans’ choice to fight MVP for the US title in his place. Sadly they had nowhere near the bout Matt would have put on, and the count-out ending is quite rightly met with boos. 9.20pm: Another title match, another cheap finish. Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels wrestled well, especially given HBK’s injuries, but the ending ruined everything. As Shawn went for Sweet Chin Music, Randy ducked and then used a low blow in front of the ref for a disqualification. As with MVP, it means Orton loses the match but keeps the belt. 9.45: Like most of the 14,000 fans at the Verizon Arena, we wanted to see Triple H and Umaga in a cage match, but they still put on a super streetfight after 57 per cent of voters plumped for that instead. The big move was Umaga running over two announce tables and then splashing Hunter through the third. Triple H was always going to win though, getting the three count after a sledgehammer shot and Pedigree. 10.15: Mickie James topped the best Halloween costume poll for her American Indian get-up, although we much preferred Layla’s sexy cop. 10.30: In the biggest landslide of the night, 79 per cent of people picked Stone Cold Steve Austin to referee the main event and the place exploded for his stunners on Mick Foley and JBL. Steve was almost anonymous afterwards though, making the wise choice to call things down the middle and allowing Batista and Undertaker to do their thing. And just like at WrestleMania, it was the storytelling, reversals and near-falls that kept fans guessing throughout and made the bout so special. After failing to down The Phenom with one Batista Bomb, and then another, we really started believe Big Dave couldn’t do it. But a third Batista Bomb led to a clean win for The Animal, his first over Taker, and a happy ending to a strong PPV. thesun.co.uk The Animal is back SmackDown's Animal, Batista was out of action for almost six months. Batista was forced to relinquish his World Heavyweight Championship due to a serious triceps injury suffered at the hands of Mark Henry. But Batista is back on SmackDown. Look back at some of the Animal's greatest moments. (wwe.com) WrestleMania XXIV WrestleMania XXIV is the forthcoming twenty-fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It is scheduled to take place on March 30, 2008 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The event will be the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Florida. It will also be the second WrestleMania to be held entirely outdoors, the only other having been WrestleMania IX. WWE and the city of Orlando plan to host festivities that will span over a five-day period within the central Florida region, bringing numerous branding opportunities and television coverage, leading up to the event at the Citrus Bowl. Despite the risks of an outdoor show, WWE chairman Vince McMahon has announced that the “show will go on, regardless of the weather.” The Central Florida Sports Commission estimate WrestleMania XXIV will pump $25 million into the local economy while creating numerous jobs, and bring around 60,000 visitors to the city for the event. WrestleMania XXIV will be a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from the RAW, SmackDown, and ECW brands. The tagline for WrestleMania XXIV is “The Biggest WrestleMania Under the Sun”. The official theme songs for the event are “Snow ((Hey Oh))” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and “Light It Up” by Rev Theory. Tickets went on sale to the public on November 3, 2007. Over 41,000 tickets were sold in 30 minutes, already making WrestleMania XXIV the highest-grossing event in the history of the Citrus Bowl. wikipedia.org  Batista |
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