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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.
Dave Bautista
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Marc Marigold and Fletcher Davis, outlaws closer than brothers, set their sights on the ultimate score: a royal train owned by crime kingpin Oscar Minerva. But Oscar was ready. His men lay in wait, ambushing Marc and Fletcher the moment they board. Captured and bloodied, they’re given a brutal choice—only one can live. Fletcher sacrifices himself, staying behind so Marc can escape. Broken but determined, Marc sets out to build a team to save him. During a bank robbery, he meets Jonathan Jordan, a disillusioned bank teller spiraling into a midlife crisis. Struck by Marc’s reckless freedom, Jonathan offers to join him. Together, they storm Oscar’s fortress. In the chaos, Jonathan snipes Oscar dead. Victory, however, isn’t sweet. Fletcher, hardened by six months under Oscar’s rule, refuses to leave. He sees a chance to turn the criminal empire into something better. Marc, heartbroken, leaves with Jonathan, but not empty-handed—Fletcher gifts them a bruised, half-healed bodyguard: Brutas Birmingham. Marc, Jonathan, and Brutas retreat to Bo’s Bar, where Marc’s old friend Bo Hunter still tends drinks. Bo lost his daughter, Alice, to Marc’s violent past, but the bond between them held. With Bo’s help, and that of his scrappy 17-year-old ward Pete Ramson, Marc makes a decision: they’re starting an agency. One that will rival Fletcher’s empire—and maybe, save their own souls.
