Bill Tabb

Infobox Wrestler
name=Bill Tabb

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The Black Prince
The Blade Warrior
The Beast
"Big" Bill Tabb
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billed= Atlanta, Georgia
trainer=Oliver Humperdink
debut=1985
retired=1998
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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 National Wrestling Alliance, specifically Florida Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions during the 1980s. [ cite web |url=http://www.cwfarchives.com/articles/goodthings.php |title=Championship Wrestling from Florida: All Good Things Must Come To An End |accessdate= |author=Levy, Max |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month=May |format= |work= |publisher=CWFarchives.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

Career

Jim Crockett Promotions

Making his professional debut in 1985, Tabb began appearing on Championship Wrestling from Georgia facing Ron Bass on January 1 1986 as well as teaming with Lee Peek against Baron von Raschke & Shaska Whatley and faced Magnum T.A., Tully Blanchard, Tim Horner and Jimmy Valiant in singles matches. [ cite web |url=http://www.horsemen4ever.com/1986.html |title=World Championship Wrestling: 1986 |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Horsemen4ever.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

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 Arn Anderson on January 23, he also lost a 6-man tag team match with Eric Long and Jack Jackson against Big Bubba Rogers and the Midnight Express. He also faced Barry Windham [ cite web |url=http://www.horsemen4ever.com/1987.html |title=World Championship Wrestling: 1987 |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Horsemen4ever.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

Florida Championship Wrestling

In early 1987, he moved to Florida Championship Wrestling as the masked wrestler The Black Assassin managed by Oliver Humperdink. Briefly siding with Dory Funk, Jr. in his feud with Mike Rotunda, he teamed with Funk and Oliver Humperdink in a 6-man tag team "Bunkhouse" match against Blackjack Mulligan, Ed "The Bull" Ganter and Bugsy McGraw pinning Mulligan after interference from Kevin Sullivan on July 11 1987. [ cite web |url=http://www.insidepulse.com/article_v3.php?contentid=63891&rssAuthor=1 |title=The SmarK 24/7 Rant for Championship Wrestling From Florida - July 11 1987 |accessdate= |author=Scott, Keith |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2007-01-12 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=InsidePulse.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

Two days later, he and Incubus lost to Ron Simmons and Scott Hall in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 13 1987.

Teaming with the Samurai Warriors, he lost a 6-man tag team match to Kendall Windham, David Sierra and Nelson Royal on October 18 and, with Kevin Sullivan, lost to Ron Simmons and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams in Atlanta, Georgia on December 6 1987.

Later career

Moving on to the American Wrestling Association he partipated in a controversial storyline involving Col. DeBeers in which DeBeers, a pro-apartheid white South African, refused to enter the ring with Tabb and was counted out as a result.

After a brief stint as The Blade Warrior in the Continental Wrestling Association in 1989, Tabb 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

*Other titles:*ASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) :*ICW Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)Finishing Move: The Powerslam

References

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/bill-tabb.html Profile at Online World of Wrestling]
* [http://www.cwfarchives.com/Wrestler.php?id=302 Championship Wrestling from Florida: The Black Assassin]