| Joe Tomasso | |
| Birth Name: | Joseph DiTomasso |
| Birth Date: | 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Ring Names: | Assassin Assassin #2 The Bat Joe Tomasso Tiger Tomasso Tiger Joe Tomasso Tiger 'Tweet Tweet' Tomasso[1] |
| Debut: | 1952[2] |
| Retired: | 1976 |
Joseph DiTomasso (1922 – April 30, 1988) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Tiger Joe Tomasso. He is most known from his matches in Stampede Wrestling and American Wrestling Association.
DiTomasso was born in Montreal, Quebec, but moved to Hamilton, Ontario at a young age.[3]
Tomasso debuted in 1952 for Stampede Wrestling, then known as Big Time Wrestling, where he lost his debut match against George Scott.[4] His second match was against Stu Hart where he once again lost.[5] In his third match, Joe, Chico Garcia and Ripper Leone defeated George Scott, Sandy Scott and Sugy Hayamaka.[5]
During the 1950s, he engaged in a long-running series of NWA regional American midwest grudge matches against Bobby Nelson.[6]
In 1960, Tomasso was defeated by Bob Rasmussen in one of his first American Wrestling Association matches.[7]
In 1976, Joe was defeated by Karl von Schotz.[8] After two years of not wrestling, Tomasso had his last wrestling match in 1980 where he defeated Smith Hart by disqualification.[9]
According to wrestling book , Tomasso was in a friendly "clique of Alberta wrestlers", including Tiny Mills.[10]