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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
Bane
for Bane in The Batman: Gotham Knights (2018)
Suggested by matthewsimmons
Loose adaptation of No Man's Land and Knightfall. Already in rough shape after the recent alien attacks, a "natural "disaster hits Gotham. The League of Assassins, now ran by Bane, take control over Gotham. However, Bane is actually working for Talia Head (Talia al Ghul) and Lex Luthor. Bane is in love with Talia and hopes to win her over. Talia has secured a high position in LexCorp and will take over the company if Lex becomes President, which he announces in the film. Bane will also hunt the Batman and break him within the first half of the film. Bane will then release villains such as Poison Ivy, Two-Face, and Victor Zsasz from prison. Jonathan Crane will become Scarecrow and assist Bane. Penguin will take control of more areas of the city and also work with Bane. Barbara Gordon will become Batgirl and team up with Nightwing to fight these villains while Batman recovers. Bane tells the world that if any other sups come into the city he will blow it up. Bane will be defeated at the end of the film and the rest of the league will leave the city reporting back to Ras al Ghul who is revealed to still be alive. We will also find out Talia has a son.
