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David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of his generation's most prolific professional wrestlers, he rose to fame for his multiple stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999 and signed with WWE (then WWF) in 2000. From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista, initially as a member of Evolution. He would go on to win the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship four times (with his first reign remaining the longest in history at 282 days), 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 also won the 2005 and 2014 Royal Rumble matches and subsequently headlined WrestleMania 21 and WrestleMania XXX, with the former being one of the top five highest-grossing PPV events in wrestling history. Having largely stepped back from professional wrestling in 2020, he retired after WrestleMania 35 in 2019. As an actor, Bautista is known for portraying Drax in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2014–2023) and Rabban in Dune (2021) and its 2024 sequel. Bautista has additionally starred in Spectre (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Final Score, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (both 2018), Army of the Dead (2021), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), Knock at the Cabin, and Parachute (both 2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Bautista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Set in the grim, neon-soaked underbelly of Gotham City in the DCU, Batman: Black Mask follows Bruce Wayne, four years into his relentless crusade against crime. Gotham’s criminal empire teeters on chaos as Roman Sionis, the sadistic crime lord known as Black Mask, wages war to seize absolute control of the city’s underworld. Ruthless, theatrical, and unflinchingly brutal, Sionis hides behind his eerie obsidian mask while orchestrating assassinations, drug operations, and political corruption. As Batman hunts for answers, he discovers that Black Mask’s reach extends into Gotham’s elite—threatening to expose the very foundations of Wayne Enterprises and drag Bruce’s name through the filth he swore to destroy. Beside him stands Robin (Dick Grayson), his protégé for two years, eager to prove himself in a world that offers no mercy. But when Black Mask targets Robin directly to break the Bat’s spirit, the mission turns deeply personal. Torn between vengeance and justice, Bruce must confront his darkest instincts and the fear of losing another family. The film dives into the psychological war between predator and prey—where the line between heroism and obsession blurs in pools of blood and shadow. Batman: Black Mask is a violent, character-driven descent into Gotham’s criminal insanity, where every victory comes with a price—and even Batman can bleed.
