Bill Tabb is a retired American professional wrestler, known by his ringname The Black Assassin, who competed in North American regional promotions including the American Wrestling Alliance and

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, specifically

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and

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during the 1980s.

Career

Jim Crockett Promotions

Making his professional debut in 1985, Big Bill Tabb began appearing on

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facing Ron Bass on January 1, 1986 as well as teaming with Lee Peek against

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& Shaska Whatley and faced Magnum T. A.,

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and

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in singles matches. The following year, he and The Mulkys lost a handicap match to Vladimir Petrov in his debut match for the promotion on January 3, 1987. After losing to

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on January 23, he also lost a 6-man tag team match with

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and Jack Jackson against Big Bubba Rogers and the Midnight Express. He also faced

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Florida Championship Wrestling

In early 1987, he moved to Florida Championship Wrestling as the masked wrestler The Black Assassin managed by

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. Briefly siding with

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in his feud with

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, he attacked Rotunda after Funk and Rotunda had wrestled to a time limit draw on the 7/04/1987 edition of World Championship Wrestling, and then he teamed with Funk and Oliver Humperdink in a 6-man tag team "Bunkhouse" match against

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, Ed "The Bull" Gantner and

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pinning Mulligan after interference from Kevin Sullivan on July 11, 1987. Two days later, he and

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lost to

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and

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on July 13, 1987. Teaming with the

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, he lost a 6-man tag team match to

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and

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on October 18 and, with Kevin Sullivan, lost to Ron Simmons and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams in

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on December 6, 1987.

Later career

Moving on to the

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he participated in a controversial storyline involving

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in which DeBeers, a pro-

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white South African, refused to enter the ring with him and was counted out as a result. After a brief stint as The Blade Warrior in the

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in 1989, he went on to numerous regional and independent promotions wrestling under various names including the Black Prince and The Beast before retiring in 1998.

Championships and accomplishments

*All-State Wrestling **ASW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *Other titles **ICW Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

External links

Profile at Online World of Wrestling

Championship Wrestling from Florida: The Black Assassin
via

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabb, Bill Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male professional wrestlers