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Don Bass
Nickname: Dandy, Texas; The Arkansas Flash
From: West Memphis, AR
Birthday: Mar 14th
Pro Debut: 1973
Aliases: The Singing Cowboy, Donnie Bass, The Assassin, The New York Assassin
Feds Worked For: TSW, AWA, NWA, Continental Wrestling Association (TN), Gulf Coast Wrestling (AL/FL/LA/MS), Magic of Wrestling (AR), NWA Mid-South (AL),
Career Highlights: -AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Don Greene)
-CWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Gary Young)
-NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Champion (w/ Ron Bass)
-NWA (Gulf Coast) United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Bobby Bass)
-NWA Mid-South Champion
-Panama City Champion
-Tennessee Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Ron Bass)
Affiliates: Maw Bass, Jimmy Hart, Boss Winders, Zeek Rivers, Tojo Yamamoto, Miss Sylvia, Downtown Bruno, Ron Bass, Gary Young, Don Greene, Jimmy Blaylock, Jimmy Hart, The First Family
Notable Feuds: The Fabulous Ones, Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Billy Travis, Jeff Jarrett, Alex Krisis, Steve Keirn
Other Facts: -Real name was Donald Hollis Welch
-Billed as the brother of professional wrestlers Ron Bass & Bobby Bass and the son of professional wrestler manager Maw Bass
-When Dutch Mantel was billed as Dutch Bass, Don was billed as his brother.
-Competed under a mask as one of the Assassins in the version of the team that competed in the Memphis area as part of Jimmy Hart's First Family. He is not to be confused with either Jody Hamilton or Tom Renesto, who competed as the Assassins in Oklahoma.
-When using the nickname "The Arkansas Flash", he would oddly wear boots that had an outline of Texas on them.
-Former member of the First Family.
-Sometimes billed from Greasy Corner, AR, Dallas, TX, or Pampa, TX
-Passed away September 16, 2016 due to cancer.
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