Donald Hollis Welch (March 14, 1946 – September 16, 2016) was an American professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Don Bass.

[2] In the early 1980s, Don Bass joined Continental Wrestling Association as one half of The Interns with Roger Smith.

In 1987, after a brief absence he returned to CWA and in an angle, he tried unsuccessfully to become a country singer by lipsynching to songs that was originally sung by Bobby Bare.

Don Bass would work under several masks and gimmicks including The Assassins, Scorpion, Rock and Roll Phantom and Fire.

He trained Derrick king, Alan Steele, "Big" Nasty Bill, Hoss Williams, Blade, Jett Logan, Alexi Krisis, Dustin 5 Starr and Simon Reed of the Posse And Tombstone plus many more.