Born name

david michael bautista

Nickname / Ringname

Batista, Dave Batista, Deacon Batista, Leviathan, Kahn/Khan, The Beast, DJ

Sun sign

Capricorn

Place of birth

Washington, D. C., USA

nationality

training

Batista ging Wild Samoan Training Center

occupation

Former American wrestler, bodybuilder and actor

To build

Bodybuilder

Height

198 cm (calculated height)

Batista’s actual height is given as 193 cm.

weight

130 kg or 287 pounds

girlfriend/spouse

Batista married

1. Glenda Batista – Dave Batista married Glenda in the early 1990s and had two daughters with her, Keilani (born 1990) and Athena (born 1992) before the divorce.
2. Angie Bautista – Dave then married Angie on October 13, 1998. But they also divorced in August 2006.

race/ethnicity

multiracial

hair colour

Schwarz

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

Great personality

measurements

These measurements are not verified. Therefore they may / may not be correct.

• Chest – 140 cm or 55 inches
• Waist – 92 cm or 36 inches
• Weapons – 51 cm or 20 inches
• Calves – 41 cm or 16 inches
• Thigh – 71 cm or 28 inches

shoe size

13 (US)

brand promotion

WWE SummerSlam (2004), Cover des Flex Magazine (April 2005), Nutrabolics (2007), Muscle and Fitness (September 2008)

Religion

Christianity

Known for

His time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) when he became world champion 6 times. He retired as a wrestler in 2010.

first movie

2010 film Wrong Side of Town for his role as Big Ronnie “BR”

Personal trainer

Afa Anoa’i and Marrese Crump coached Batista to prepare a good physique for WWE.

Batista’s favorite things

• Favorite food – steak
• Favorite Band – Metallica, Linkin Park
• Favorite Music – Freed from the saliva

During wrestling

• Finishing Moves
  • Batista-Only
  • Batista-Bombe

• Signature Moves
  • Big Boot
  • Elevated One-Legged Boston Crab
  • Hammerlock / Armbar Combination
  • Vertikale Suplex / Front / Swinging Side Powerslam Variationen
  • running clothesline
  • shoulder block
  • Speer
  • Spine buster
  • turnbuckle thrust
  • Zweihand-Choke-Lift

Batista facts

1. Batista is the longest-serving World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history.
2. Dave Batista was a regular bouncer for several clubs before joining WWE.
3. Batista says he lived in poverty growing up. He started stealing cars when he was 13.
4. Batista made his WWE debut as a bodyguard for D-Von Dudley on the Smackdown brand. He then joined RAW and wrestled Ric Flair as manager.
5. Batista was already the grandfather of two grandsons, Jacob and Aiden, by Keilani (his first daughter) before he was 40.
6. “The Animal” is the nickname previously used by George Steele and Joe Laurinaitis before Dave Batista.
7. Batista Unleashed is Batista’s autobiography, published in October 2007.
8. Batista has a keen interest in collecting lunch boxes, and his favorite lunch box is the 1967 Green Hornet Lunch Box.
9. Batista was named after his father, David Michael Bautista, and Batista’s sister, after his mother, Donna Raye Bautista.
10. Follow him on Twitter.