Wang Bin (; born April 14, 1994), is a Chinese
professional wrestler
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, using the
ring name Tian Bing. He is best known for his time in
WWE
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, and for being the first wrestler from
Mainland China
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to compete in the company.
Professional wrestling career
Inoki Genome Federation (2013–2016)
Wang debuted in the
Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) on December 31, 2013, defeating
Kendo Kashin
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at the
Inoki
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It owes its nickname to its old Enok tag, which he later associates with the Old Testament character Enoch. "Ness" ...
Bom-Ba-Ye 2013 event. Wang continued to wrestle for IGF for three years before leaving for the WWE. He wrestled his last IGF match on May 29, 2016, teaming with
Alexander Otsuka
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to defeat the team of
Pancrase
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legends
Masakatsu Funaki
is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as , who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF ...
and
Takaku Fuke
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at the Genome36 event.
WWE (2016–2018)
On June 16, 2016,
WWE
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officially announced Wang's signing to the company.
Although being promoted as WWE's first mainland Chinese developmental talent, Wang was preceded by Kenny Li six years before him.
On the October 26, 2016 episode ''
NXT
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* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
'', Wang made his television debut under the ring name Tian Bing, teaming with
Ho Ho Lun
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in a losing effort against
#DIY in the first round of the
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament.
He competed in the
André the Giant Memorial battle royal
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at
WrestleMania 33
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, where he eliminated
Fandango
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and
Tyler Breeze
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From 2010 to 2012, he pe ...
before being eliminated by
Dolph Ziggler
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After a prolific career in amateur ...
. Bing would make an appearance on the prerecorded episode of NXT on October 17, 2018, teaming with Rocky, in a losing effort to the team of
Oney Lorcan
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and
Danny Burch
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. He was released from his contract on October 19.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tian Bing
1994 births
Living people
Chinese male professional wrestlers
Sportspeople from Anhui
Chinese expatriate sportspeople in the United States