Hometown Grew up in Washington DC Currently: Reston, Virginia
Height 6'5"
Weight 317 lbs
Marital Status Divorced from Angie w/3 Daughters
Trained by Wild Samoan Afa
Debut 1997
Previous Names Kahn (WXW) Leviathan (OVW) Demon of the Deep (OVW) Deacon Batista (WWE) David Batista (WWE)
Finishing Move(s) Demon Bomb
Favorite Move(s) Spinebuster Spear Strong Clothesline Doublehand Choke Lift Elevated Half Crab Elbow Face Stretch Hammerlock and Arm Bar
Notable Feuds Rikishi Randy Orton Rev DVon Scott Steiner Booker T Goldust The Dudley Boyz Booker/RVD Chris Benoit Randy Orton Ric Flair Triple H John Bradshaw Layfield Melina Perez Mark Henry The Undertaker The Great Khali Edge The Edgeheads Montel Vontavious Porter Umaga (WrestleMania 24) Shawn Michaels C.M. Punk John Cena Kane Santino Marella Chris Jericho
Title History OVW World Heavyweight title defeating Machine [Doug Basham] (November 28, 2001); (WWE) World Tag Team titles w/Ric Flair defeating The Dudley Boyz in a Tag Team Turmoil match (Armageddon 2003); (WWE) World Tag Team titles w/Ric Flair defeating Booker T & Rob Van Dam (RAW – March 22, 2004); (WWE) World Heavyweight title defeating Triple H (Wrestlemania 21 – April 3, 2005); WWE Tag Team titles w/Rey Mysterio defeating Joey Mercury & Johnny Nitro (SmackDown! – December 16, 2005); (WWE) World Heavyweight title defeating King Booker w/Queen Sharmell (Survivor Series – November 26, 2006); (WWE) World Heavyweight title defeating The Great Khali and Rey Mysterio (Unforgiven – September 16, 2007); (WWE) World Tag Team titles w/John Cena defeating Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr. (RAW – August 4, 2008); (WWE) World Heavyweight title defeating Chris Jericho (Cyber Sunday – October 26, 2008); WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Heavyweight title defeating Randy Orton (Extreme Rules – June 7, 2009); WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Heavyweight title defeating John Cena (Elimination Chamber – February 21, 2010);