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Made his WWE debut on May 9, 2002. He became Deacon Batista; the side-kick of Reverend D-Von (Dudley).
A short time later, the Deacon gimmick was dropped, and he assumed the ring name Batista. Outside the ring, Batista signed a new WWE contract.
On the August 15, 2002 edition of "Smackdown," Batista is spotted tossing D-Von on the floor in the backstage area. The WWE's way of seperating Batista and D-Von.
Three weeks later, Batista made short work on the Rev. D-Von in a match.
Batista switched to the Raw roster on November 4, 2002, and changed his ring name to Dave Batista.
On the November 25, 2002 episode of "Raw," Batista used outside interference from Ric Flair to defeat the monster Kane in a huge upset.
The following week on "Raw," Batista, with Flair in his corner defeated The Hurricane in Austin, TX.
At Armageddon '02, Batista defeated Kane.
In January 2003, Batista was introduce to the WWE Fans as The Animal after he joined Triple H and Randy Orton in the formation of a new faction - Evolution.
In February 2003, Batista suffered a torn bicep injury, putting him out of action for a while .
At Armageddon '03, Batista and Flair defeated the Dudley Boyz in a "tag team turmoil" match to capture the World Tag Team title in Orlando, FL.
Batista and Flair successfully defended the World Tag Team title against the Dudley Boyz in a "tables" match at the 2004 Royal Rumble.
On February 7, 2004 in Saitama, Japan, Batista and Flair beat the Dudley Boyz to successfully defend the World Tag Team title.
At Wrestlemania XX in New York, NY, Evolution (Batista, Flair and Orton) defeated Mick Foley and The Rock aka The Rock and Sock connection reunited for one night only to rid the WWE of Evolution.
On the March 22, 2004 edition of "Raw," Batista and Flair defeated Booker T and Rob Van Dam to regain the World Tag Team title in Detroit, MI.
After many of the WWE fans and Superstars began to realise that Batista was a very dominating prescence they began to focus on Evolutions Animal .
At Vengeance '04, Batista defeated Chris Jericho.
After a long time watching HHH get all the glory after he did all the work,the WWE fans noticed changes in Batista as he appeared to be very interested in the World Championship .
Batista eliminated John Cena to win the 2005 Royal Rumble in Fresno, CA.Much to the horror of evolution member and then champion Triple H who realised he would have to face Batista @ Wrestlemania 21 unless he could convince him to move to Smackdown and face then WWE champion J.B.L.After months of will he ? wont he ? Batista answered HHH's question with a helacious Batista Bomb through a table .
At Wrestlemania 21 in Los Angeles, CA, Batista defeated Triple H to capture the World Heavyweight title.
At Backlash '05, Batista defeated Triple H to retain the World Heavyweight title.
Batista defeated Triple H at the 2005 Vengeance PPV in Las Vegas to retain the World Heavyweight title in a "hell in a cell" match
