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THE ANIMAL IS UNLEASHED!!!
BATISTA
Power Wrestler 6/Savvy Wrestler 3
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Attitude: Face
Height & Weight: 6’6”, 317
Lift DC: 16
Reputation: +5
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 10, Con 17, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 14
Endurance: 153
Wound: 17
Base Attack Bonus: +8
Save: Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +3
Training Background: Fitness |
Skills: Climb +3, Diplomacy +1, Intimidate
+12, Knowledge (power maneuvers) +5, Perform (promo) +6, Perform (vignette)
+6, Profession (bodybuilder) +5, Sense Motive +6.
Feats: Can of Whupass, Extra Finisher: Spinebuster, High
Pain Threshold, Imposing, Low Center of Gravity, Popular Appeal, Power
Maneuvers Proficiency, Rough Maneuvers Proficiency, Signature Move: Clothesline,
Savvy Maneuvers Proficiency, Simple Maneuvers Proficiency, Smelled a Fish.
Talents: Brute Force, Cerebral Assassin, Force of Nature,
Irresistible Force, Stroke.
Signature Move: Clothesline (power maneuver, 3d6 damage,
knockdown check, does stun, Signature Move bonus, -3 to maneuver check,
3/show).
Finishing Maneuvers: Spinebuster (power maneuver, 3d6
damage, requires lift check, -3 to maneuver check).
Batista Bomb (power maneuver, 3d6 damage, requires lift check, immediate
pin attempt, -4 to maneuver check)
The new World Heavyweight Champion may appear cool and collected in
his finely tailored suits and shades, but just ask Triple H what happens
when you cross this 6-foot-5, 317-pound Superstar.
Batista gained all the experience he could from Evolution. Then, he ripped
through Ric Flair and Triple H — taking the World Heavyweight Championship
in the process. Batista began his ascension to the top of RAW by winning
the 30-man Royal Rumble Match. That earned him a spot in the main event
at WrestleMania 21, where he used his explosive power to capture the World
Heavyweight Championship.
Batista’s only other championship came alongside “The Dirtiest
Player in the Game,” as the pair won the World Tag Team Championship
from the Dudleys — the most decorated tag team of all time —
for the World Tag Team Championship at Armageddon 2003.
Perhaps Batista’s road to WWE success began at age 17, during his
senior year of high school, when he decided to move out of his house and
strike out on his own. Less than a year later, he began bouncing at nightclubs
in the greater D.C. area. Having largely grown up in the streets, Batista
was well prepared for the altercations he saw night after night in the
bars. Sometimes, he’d even get involved himself. Through crushing
those who defied him, Batista learned that when provoked, he was practically
invulnerable. He also realized that surrounding himself with people who
might agitate him probably wasn’t the best idea. Batista needed
a place where he could harness his physicality and continue to push himself.
That place was WWE.
With hopes of one day becoming a WWE Superstar, Batista began training
for a career in sports-entertainment. His size, power and aggressive nature
separated him from the pack. In short order, he was ready for WWE. In
early 2002, Batista debuted on SmackDown! alongside tag-team specialist
D-Von Dudley. But within a few months, he viciously turned on Dudley and
left him lying motionless in the ring. Turning his back on D-Von proved
to be a wise career move, as it helped open the door to RAW.
Upon moving over to RAW, Batista was scouted by Ric Flair for a spot in
the group that would come to be known as Evolution. Batista absorbed all
the knowledge and experience he could from “The Nature Boy”
and “The Cerebral Assassin,” and he watched fellow Evolution
member Randy Orton rise to the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam.
But the following night on RAW, Orton was unceremoniously dumped from
the group by its three remaining members. For Batista, this was a wake-up
call. No matter how great he became, he realized, he would always have
a glass ceiling over his head while in Evolution because of Triple H’s
obsession with the World Heavyweight Championship. Batista stayed loyal,
but he remained cautious.
In late 2004, rumors of unrest in Evolution surfaced, and toward the
end of the year, tensions between Batista and Triple H became noticeable
to the viewing public. The situation was pushed to the brink when The
Game used psychological warfare to attempt to persuade Royal Rumble Match
winner Batista to defect to SmackDown! and challenge for the WWE Championship
— rather than remain on RAW and challenge him for the World Heavyweight
Championship. In resounding fashion during a contract-signing session,
Batista declared that he was staying put by sending Triple H through a
table with a Batista Bomb. He then signed the RAW contract, pitting him
against Triple H at WrestleMania 21. There, he would reach the pinnacle
of sports-entertainment.
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