Motivational story of Dave Bautista - MQS

 

Good day Readers, welcome to the Motivational quote and story.

Today Our Motivational quote is –

 “ If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.”– Michele Ruiz.

Today I will share one such story of someone who worked hard enough to overcome the doubts and hate enforced upon him. Our story is about Dave Bautista. If you are a Professional Wrestling fan like me, you probably already know about whom I am referring here. He was one of the biggest stars of WWE. But today, I’m not going to discuss wrestler “Dave Batista”, as that personality was mostly made up, but I will try to discuss the real-life of Dave Bautista in this article.

Early Life of Dave Bautista - 

Dave Bautista was born on 18^th Jan 1969 in Washington D.C. in a mixed-raced family, of Greek and Filipino descent. Being brought up in a poor family Dave’s childhood was pretty rough. He got very little education in his childhood. At the tender age of 9, three murders occurred in his neighborhood that scarred Dave’s childhood. During his teenage, he was also got involved in some illegal activities such as stealing cars. In his youth, while working in a nightclub Dave got involved in a fight which resulted in his arrested and one year of probation. After release, Dave worked as a lifeguard.

Dave Bautista WWE career - 

There is a famous saying, which goes like, “Sometimes, one small incident can change someone's life”; the same happened with Dave when he felt so much humiliated while borrowing money from a friend to buy Christmas gifts for his children. He became determined to change the way he was leaving so far. Dave always possessed god-gifted physic and he thought about taking advantage of it by polishing it to perfection so that he can stand out from the crowd. Thus he started bodybuilding. The breakthrough finally came to his life when he joined the world's top wrestling organization, WWE. Bautista being a big guy with 132 Kilograms of weight (290 LBS), 6 ft 4-inch high, and with exceptional physical attributes became pretty famous in WWE in no time. But again problem arises when people started to compare Dave with his fellow wrestler John Cena. According to Dave, John was a well-educated and outspoken person, as a result, became pretty popular among the kids and teenagers, where Dave, with nominal education and a shy personality, felt kind of lost. On top of it, Dave had to face constant hate from the wrestling viewers on his every appearance in the wrestling ring, which, as per Dave, was very disheartening, as he was not in control of the character that was built for the stage. During this time Dave also faced an allegation (not proven) of steroid abuse which he denied completely. Dave took retirement from WWE in 2019 after WrestleMania 35. His last match was against his once friend, Triple H.

Dave Bautista MMA Debut - 

After taking retirement from Professional wrestling he started his carrier in MMA. He got his training in Brazilian-jiu-Jitsu from Cesar Gracie and earned his Purple Belt. He also took some training in Muay Thai during this time. He had his only match in MMA against Vince Lucero where Dave won the match via Technical knockout.

Dave Bautista's acting career and filmography- 

Apart from Wrestling and MMA Dave Bautista is also pretty famous for his acting talent. He debuted in Hollywood from the movie “Relative Strangers” in 2006 where he played the role of Wrestler. His popular acting works include - 

1. In 2009, Dave played a role of a police officer in the movie "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?"
2. In  2010,  Dave played Big Ronnie in the movie "Wrong Side of Town"
3. In 2011, there was two movies "House of the Rising Sun" and "The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption" where Dave played the role of Ray and Argomael respectively
4. In 2012, Dave played the role of  Brass Body in the movie "The Man with the Iron Fists"
5. In 2013, in the movie "Riddick", dave played the role of Diaz
6. In 2014, in the Movie "The Guardians of the Galaxy" he played the role of "Drax the Destroyer", who was Dave's most popular role. in his filmography to date
7. In 2015, in the Movie "L.A. Slasher", Dave played the role of a drug dealer.
8. In the same year, he played Mr. Hinx in the movie "Spectre"
9. In 2015, in his third Movie "Heist", Dave played John Cox
10. In 2016, there were four movies, “ The Boss”, where he played Chad. “Kickboxer: Vengence” where Dave played Tong Po. In the Movie “Marauders” where Dave acted as Stockwell. In the movie “The Warriors Gate” Dave played the role of Arun the Cruel.
11. In 2017, Dave played the role of Stupe in the movie “Bushwick”.
12. In the same year, he played the role of Drax in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2”.
13. Dave played Sapper Morton in the movie “Blade Runner 2049”. This movie was released on 2017
14. In 2017, Dave played Sapper Morton in the Movie “2048: Nowhere to Run”
15. In the year 2018, Dave appeared as Drax the Destroyer in “Avenger: Infinity War”
16. In 2018, he played Everest in the movie “Hotel Artemis”
17. In the same year, Dave played Trent DeRosa in the movie “Escape Plan 2: Hades”
18. In 2018, in the same year, only Dave played Michel Knox in “Final Score”
19. In 2018, Dave played Owen Davidson in “Master Z: The IP Man Legacy”
20. In 2019, In the movie “Avenger: Endgame” he again played Drax the Destroyer.
21. In 2019, in the movie “Stuber”, Dave played Det. Victor “Vic” Manning
22. In 2019,  Dave again played Trent DeRosa, in the movie “Escape plan: The Extractor”
23. In 2020, Dave played JJ in “My Spy”
24. In 2021, in the Movie “Army of the Dead”, Dave played Scott Ward.
25. In 2021, Dave played Glossu Rabban, in the Movie Dune
26. There are also three movies in the pipeline where Dave is supposed to act. These movies are “ Thor: Love and Thunder”, “Guardians of the Galaxy vol.3” and “Knives Out 2”

Dave Bautista Net worth - 

It is estimated that Dave Bautista’s net worth is $14 Million to $17 Million as per sources.

Conclusion - 

From the story of Dave Bautista, we all can learn that, no matter how difficult the circumstances are if one has the will and the determination, he/She can surely be successful in life.