Dave Bautista

'''David Michael Bautista. Jr '''is an American actor, semi-retired professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist, and bodybuilder.

From 2000 to 2010 and 2013 to 2014, he was signed to WWE under the ring name Batista, where he became a six-time world champion, winning WWE's World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice. He holds the record for the longest reign as World Heavyweight Champion at 282 days, and has also won the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair and once with John Cena) and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio). He was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and went on to headline WrestleMania 21, one of the top five highest-grossing pay-per-view events in professional wrestling history. When Bautista returned to WWE in 2014, he won the 2014 Royal Rumble match, after which he headlined WrestleMania XXX.[9]

In August 2012, Bautista signed a contract with Classic Entertainment & Sports to fight in mixed martial arts.[10] He won his MMA debut on October 6, 2012, defeating Vince Lucero via TKO in the first round. He was representing the Philippines during the fight.[11]Bautista began acting in 2006 and has starred in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), Riddick (2013), the 24th James Bond film, Spectre (2015) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).[12]

He provided the voice for Drax The Destroyer in Disney's 2024 animated feature film Big Space Heroes.