48 Facts About Dave Bautista

Dave Bautista would go on to win the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship four times, the World Tag Team Championship three times, and the WWE Tag Team Championship once.

Dave Bautista has additionally starred in Spectre, Blade Runner 2049, Final Score, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, Army of the Dead, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Knock at the Cabin, and Parachute.

Dave Bautista's mother is of Greek descent, while his father was born to Filipino immigrants.

Dave Bautista worked as a nightclub bouncer until he was arrested after a fight that left two patrons injured, one of whom was knocked unconscious.

Dave Bautista worked as a lifeguard before deciding to pursue a career in bodybuilding, which he credits with saving his life.

Dave Bautista tried out at World Championship Wrestling's Power Plant, where trainer DeWayne Bruce told him he would never make it in the wrestling business.

Dave Bautista wrestled his debut match under the ring name Khan on October 30,1999, less than three months before his 31st birthday.

Dave Bautista trained with Marrese Crump in Muay Thai and Eskrima.

Dave Bautista made his OVW debut later that year under the ring name Leviathan, where he immediately joined forces with Synn.

Dave Bautista later won the OVW Heavyweight Championship from "The Machine" Doug Basham before losing the belt to The Prototype.

Dave Bautista made his WWE in-ring debut in a tag team match teaming with D-Von against Faarooq and Randy Orton, pinning Orton.

Dave Bautista emphasized his departure by powerbombing Triple H through the table used for the contract signing.

Dave Bautista then set his sights on King Booker's World Heavyweight Championship, with the two facing in a match for the title at 2006 SummerSlam on August 20.

Dave Bautista won the match by leaping from the inner bamboo structure to the outer one, shortening his escape route and beating Khali to the floor.

Dave Bautista then pulled an unconscious Batista on top of The Undertaker for the pinfall to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

Dave Bautista's hamstring was injured at SummerSlam, in the same match that John Cena was forced out of action with a neck injury.

Dave Bautista was expected to be out of action for six to eight months.

Dave Bautista then stated that he would not retire, but move to SmackDown instead.

Dave Bautista's promo was interrupted by new Raw General Manager Bret Hart, who ordered he face an injured Randy Orton to qualify for a shot at WWE Championship against Cena again at the new Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view.

Dave Bautista's profile was moved to the alumni page on WWE's website.

Dave Bautista later said in an interview that he left WWE because he "did not like the direction the company was going in".

Dave Bautista tweeted to confirm his removal, citing previous obligations as the reason why he could not attend the 2021 event.

Dave Bautista said that WWE honored his request to induct him at a future ceremony.

Dave Bautista became a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Cesar Gracie.

However, in April 2011, Dave Bautista stated that negotiations fell through when the organization was bought by the Zuffa company.

Dave Bautista was expected to make his MMA debut against Rashid Evans on October 6,2012, at CES MMA: Real Pain in Providence, Rhode Island.

Dave Bautista went on to win the fight by technical knockout at 4:05 in the first round.

Dave Bautista has acted in several television shows as both himself and his wrestling character.

Dave Bautista guest starred in the eighth episode of season 6 of Smallville as Aldar, an extraterrestrial who escaped from the Phantom Zone and who sucks the bones out of people for nourishment.

Dave Bautista starred in the 2010 action film Wrong Side of Town.

Dave Bautista appeared as the villainous Brass Body in the Universal Studios film The Man with the Iron Fists.

Dave Bautista played Drax the Destroyer in the 2014 Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy, which was a critical and commercial success.

Dave Bautista played Mr Hinx in the James Bond film Spectre, and starred as the villain Tong Po in the reboot of the martial arts film Kickboxer.

Dave Bautista was widely praised for his supporting role in Blade Runner 2049.

Dave Bautista reprised his role as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Dave Bautista called Gunn's firing "nauseating" and declared that he would ask to be recast if Disney, the parent company of Marvel Studios, did not use Gunn's script for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Dave Bautista had a villainous role in Dune, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert, which was released to critical and commercial success.

Dave Bautista starred in M Night Shyamalan's horror film Knock at the Cabin.

Dave Bautista appeared in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Duke and in the fantasy-adventure film In the Lost Lands with Milla Jovovich, directed by Paul W S Anderson.

Dave Bautista remarked on his 2007 appearance on MTV Cribs, "I was trying to collect my action figures, but I gave up, there became too many".

Dave Bautista actually saw things from a different perspective from reading the book.

Dave Bautista has appeared on MTV Cribs showing his house and cars.

Dave Bautista married his second wife, Angie, on October 13,1998.

Dave Bautista has numerous tattoos, including a large dragon on his back, red kanji lettering on his upper left biceps which says "Angel", a signature design on his upper right biceps, and a small sun on his abdomen which encircles his navel.

Dave Bautista has a tattoo on his arm of the flags of Greece and the Philippines.

Dave Bautista once had a tattoo of a meteor on his arm, a logo associated with former friend Manny Pacquiao, but had it covered up with a sugar skull design after Pacquiao made homophobic remarks.

Dave Bautista supported Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

Dave Bautista endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election and appeared in an ad for his presidential campaign.