May 19, 2006 World of Hurt Wrestling: Doink the Clown defeated The Jersey Devil. This was all part and parcel of the popular demand that they were in. In retaliation Akbar called on the original Doink Matt Borne. March 17, 2007 World Pro Wrestling: Navajo Warrior and Lucha Reigns beat Doink and Mighty Henrich by disqualification. Doink is a playable character in Acclaim's 1994 video game, WWF Raw, Midway's WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995), and THQ's SmackDown vs. Last edited on 27 November 2022, at 00:13, "Slam! Plenty of wrestlers have played the role of this iconic clown! In late 1992, Jackson signed on with the WWF and started to team up with The Bushwhackers in their feud against The Beverly Brothers. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event and the worlds best TV and movies. Perfect ended in a time limit draw. [12] On June 2, 2007, Doink, Eugene and Kane defeated Umaga, Viscera and Kevin Thorn on Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIV. Sign up for BINGE to watch. May 6, 2006 East Coast Championship Wrestling: Doink The Clown defeafed Tex McCoy. WATCH OSBORNE AS BIG JOSH IN SIX-MAN ACTION. May 13, 2006 FEW: Doink the Clown defeated Chainz. Go to WWE Network. January 27, 2007 Impact Zone Wrestling: Honky Tonk Man defeated Doink the Clown. July 2, 2012 RAW:Heath Slater defeated Doink the Clown. Sign up for BINGE to watch. Dink's first PPV appearance was on March 20, 1994 at WrestleMania X, teaming with Doink to face Bam Bam Bigelow and Luna Vachon in a losing effort. With names like Lord Littlebrook, Little Tokyo and The Haiti Kid, these competitors werent the largest guys in the locker room, but that didnt stop them from stealing the show night after night. [2] Giroux also made appearances in the World Wrestling Federation from 1982, often teaming with his brother Lionel Giroux who wrestled as "Little Beaver". March 18, 2006 Impact Zone Wrestling: Lil Joe and Captain America and Doink beat Matt Garza and Prince al-Farat and The Jihad Kid. August 12, 2011- JCW: Doink The Clown was in the 15 man battle royal won by Zach Gowen. Once the circus music started, WWE fans instantly knew that Doink the Clown was on his way to the ring. Perfect defeated Doink the Clown. June 13, 2009 NWA Underground: Doink The Clown defeated Money Mike. And oftentimes in the Land of the Rising Sun, the wrestling events featured a very talented performer who went by the name of Little Tokyo. January 20, 2007 Midwest Wrestling Alliance: Doink the Clown defeated Bad Boy. Watch every Premium Live Event and get unlimited access to WWE's premium content - available to you anywhere, anytime, on any device. He started taking delight in making children smile. Doink The Clown turned babyface and introduced a little clown sidekicked named. Undertaker v. Adam Bomb in a casket match was the main event. May 5, 2012 TCW: TCW International heavyweight champion Tim Storm defeated Doink The Clown to retain the title. [11][12] Dink's second PPV appearance came at the 1994 Survivor Series where he was joined by fellow "Mini Clowns" Pink and Wink to make up the team Clowns'R'Us to face Jerry Lawler and his three "Mini Kings" Sleazy, Cheesy and Queasy. Following his departure from the WWF, Borne appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling for a handful of matches as Doink. Mr. March 29, 2007 Anarchy Championship Wrestling: Doink the Clown defeated Ricky Rhodes. October 3, 1994 RAW: Doink The Clown defeated Barry Horowitz. Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Tiger Jackson". Osborne was found dead on June 28, 2013, in the Plano, Texas apartment he lived in. January 22, 1994 Royal Rumble: Doink The Clown entered at #14 but was eliminated by Bam Bam Bigelow. On May 25, 1990 he defeated Kerry Von Erich for the USWA Texas Heavyweight Title and dropped the title back to Von Erich on June 1. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event, your favorite shows, new movies, live sports, and more. Giroux's best known imitation role was as "Dink the Clown,"[10] the slapstick partner of Doink the Clown (at the time played by Ray Apollo, the fourth and last wrestler to play Doink on a regular basis in the WWF). Then, at the 1994 Survivor Series, Doink was joined by Dink, Pink, and Wink in a team collectively known as Clowns R Us. January 8, 2005 New Era Pro Wrestling: Aaron Andrews defeated Doink the Clown (T.C. The sight of the Macho Midget distracted Doink long enough to be rolled up for a pinfall. In Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling on June 6, 1980, he won his first championship, also the first of two tag titles he would hold with Buzz Sawyer. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event, your favorite shows, new movies, live sports, and more. March 3, 2007 Big Time Wrestling: Doink the Clown beat The Russian Hammer w/Johnny Fabulous. Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Disney + HotStar. After beating his opponents, he would make them dress in clown outfits. September 1, 2008 Rampage Pro Wrestling: Tatanka defeated Doink The Clown. Doink The Clown has been played by various WWE wrestlers over the years. In Mexico there is a tradition for the midget wrestlers to imitate "full sized" wrestlers such as Mascarita Sagrada and Mascara Sagrada. Get exclusive pro wrestling content on Fightful Select, our premium news service! In the early days of his career, Giroux wrestled in many National Wrestling Alliance territories, for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, and in Germany, as well. June 10, 2006 World Professional Wrestling (Night Show): Salvator Sincere defeated Doink the Clown. While the match between Doink the Clown and Crush at WrestleMania 9 wasnt a classic by any definition, there is a case to be made that this duoor, perhaps more aptly, triooffered the most engaging WrestleMania moment of 1993. [14] The new character debuted on March 27 for ISPW in New Jersey. May 8, 2010 Pro Wrestling Syndicate: Doink the Clown (Matt Borne) vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan ended in a Double Count-out. SmackDown results, April 28, 2023: Find out who was drafted in Night One of the 2023 WWE Draft, WWE NXT Spring Breakin' results, April 25, 2023: Indi Hartwell retains the NXT Women's Championship in gutsy performance at Spring Breakin', Roman Reigns survives Cody Rhodes with controversial victory at WrestleMania, 30 greatest WWE Title changes: WWE Top 10 special edition, April 23, 2023, Dominik Mysterios career lookback: WWE Playlist, Triple H introduces the World Heavyweight Championship. April 2006: Doink The Clown (Dusty Wolfe) went on tour in Korea, Japan, Guam, and Hawaii (Virgil defeated Doink). December 12, 1994 RAW: Bob Backlund defeated Doink The Clown by Submission. June 5, 2010 WXW: Matt Borne defeated Anthony Michaels. Wolfe and Borne were scheduled to meet on August 15,[15] but Wolfe never arrived at the event. November 19, 2005 Mid South Wrestling Alliance: Doink the Clown (Dusty Wolfe) defeated Shawn Sanders w/Moustafa Sharmout. That run came to an end when Crush put him in his place. Or the jesters battling Bam Bam Bigelow & Luna Vachon at WrestleMania X? February 26, 2005: Doink the Clown defeated Big Daddy Kahuna in Adams, Massachusetts. April 3, 1993 Superstars: Doink The Clown defeated Dale Wolfe. He also wrestled alongside some other now known names such as Al Snow and Terry Funk when wrestling for MTW. World Wrestling Federation Evil Doink (Played by Matt Borne): World Wrestling Federation Doink and Dink: Results from Mid-South (Oklahoma), Impact Zone (Oklahoma), or Asylum Championship (Texas) Doink is Dusty Wolfe. Follow him on Twitter @miketchin. September 12, 1993 Wrestling Challenge: Doink The Clown defeated Scott Despres. June 9, 2012 SCW: Doink The Clown defeated Smith James. His ring name under this gimmick was "Borne Again". [3] Giroux's biggest exposure came when he performed as Doink the Clown's sidekick Dink in the World Wrestling Federation between 1993 and 1995. Borne then made a few appearances with Douglas as "himself", sporting his face half-painted with the Doink makeup. Dinks second PPV appearance came at the 1994 Survivor Series where he was joined by fellow Mini Clowns Pink and Wink to make up the team ClownsRUs to face Jerry Lawler and his three Mini Kings Sleazy, Cheesy and Queasy. March 20, 1994 Wrestlemania X: Bam Bam Bigelow and. The joker tumbled into a WWE ring at WrestleMania X-Seven in a Gimmick Battle Royal, teamed with Kane and Eugene against Umaga, Viscera & Kevin Thorn in perhaps the weirdest tag match in WWE history and was last seen on July 2, 2012 in a losing effort against Heath Slater. May 23, 1994 RAW: Owen Hart defeated Doink The Clown. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event, your favorite shows, new movies, live sports, and more. August 14, 1995 RAW: Waylon Mercy defeated Doink The Clown by Submission. Osborne cited in a shoot interview that Bam Bam Bigelow did not like putting over Osborne. April 26, 2010 CWI: Doink The Clown defeated RJ City. September 10, 2005 Pro Wrestling Entertainment: Doink The Clown defeated Jackpot w/Max Speed. May 24, 1993 RAW: Mr. In late 1992, Jackson signed on with the WWF and started to team up with The Bushwhackers in their feud against The Beverly Brothers. Doink the Clown is a gimmick used by several wrestlers since the 1990s. March 13, 2010 WWS: Doink The Clown and Anthony Prime Time defeated Damien Darling and Danny Davis. Borne debuted in the WWF on March 2, 1985, wrestling Rick McGraw to a time-limit draw in the Boston Garden. The return of Dark Side of The Ring was previously announced, and the subjects of the episodes have been confirmed. One was Tiger Jackson, smaller than small, but full of energy and enthusiasm. 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April 30, 2011 PHW: Matt Borne and Danny Davis defeated Damien Darling and TJ Marconi. While Apollo had talent, he didnt own the character the way Borne had. In the 1990s, Claude Giroux followed that tradition after working for the WWF for about 6 months, appearing as miniature versions of several full-sized wrestlers. Welcome to the world of the little guys and gals! [29] He was 55 years old. Depending on how you look at him, Doink The Clown is one of the best products of WWE 's New Generation Era. September 3, 2006 Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling: Doink The Clown defeated Judge Krush. [31], In June 2015, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against WWE, alleging that "WWE created a culture of violence and sacrificed Matt Osborne's brain for its own profit" which "led to further illnesses and injuries, including depression and drug abuse, which ultimately resulted in his untimely death." On the July 2, 2012 Raw, he made a surprise return and lost to Heath Slater. Raw results, April 24, 2023: Bad Bunny challenged Damian Priest to a Street Fight at WWE Backlash in Puerto Rico! Prestigious. Dink was introduced as a present to Doink the Clown by Santa Claus himself on an edition of WWF Superstars of Wrestling that aired on November 27, 1993. If you have house show results from 1994, the show to which I am referring was held at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, SC. With Midget Wrestling being seen as a sideshow to the "tall version", Giroux tended to travel from promotion to promotion instead of staying in one area for a long time. Giroux made his debut in the late 1970s after being trained by Little Brutus and Hall of Famer Sky Low Low under the name "Tiger Jackson". May 8, 1995 RAW: Jeff Jarrett defeated Doink The Clown by Submission. Originally played by second-generation star, Maniac Matt Borne, Doink the evil. July 26, 1993 RAW: Doink The Clown defeated Phil Apollo. June 6, 1993 Wrestling Challenge: Doink The Clown defeated Louis Armstrong. Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Shahid. April 9, 2005 UCW Battle of Champions: Doink the Clown (T.C. Other topics include the transition to the New Generation Era, turning Doink babyface, WrestleMania 17, wrestling in the Northeast, the travel around the world, being paired with Dink, working . "School of Hard Knocks: A Daily News Reporter Gets a Serious Education Learning the Professional Wrestling Ropes", "Professional wrestler Licameli enjoys life as Doink the Clown", Matt Osbone's 2001 WWF match, from WrestlingData.com, Matt Osborne's 2007 WWE match, from WrestlingData.com, "WWF/E Vengeance results, from TheHistoryOfWWWE.com, "Pruett's Pause: WWE Raw SuperShow - A.J. Hornswoggle is arguably the most successful and recognizable competitor from his fraternity. [18] During his stint with WCW, Osborne won the United States Tag Team Championship with Ron Simmons and the World Six-Man Tag Team Championship with Dustin Rhodes and Tom Zenk. Doink the Clown was distinctive enough to live on in the lore of WWE history, despite largely being buried as a farcical mistake of a character. At WrestleMania 2, he was a corner man for Mr. T in the actors boxing match against Rowdy Roddy Piper. March 28, 1994 RAW: Doink The Clown defeated Eric Cody. When Doink first burst upon the WWE scene, his jokes were more malicious. On August 8, 2010, Borne won the Wrecking Ball Wrestling Championship. April 10, 2010 Extreme Wrestling Federation: Jimmy Jacobs defeated Doink the Clown in Muncie, Indiana. After his debut,Jackson helped Randy Savage out a few times but also went back to teaming with the Bushwhackers, this time working as The Macho Midget.. April 7, 2007 CIW: Doink the Clown and Nacho Libre beat Wild Stallions and Mr. Main Event. Doink the Clown: Bio Once the circus music started, WWE fans instantly knew that Doink the Clown was on his way to the ring. When the Dink gimmick was phased out by 1995, Giroux left the WWF as well, working mainly on the independent circuit ever since. [9] Following his departure, Doink was played by Ray Licameli (also known as Ray Apollo).[23][24]. September 25, 2011 DOA: Matt Bourne vs. Dave Hess ended in a no contest. Eventually, Doink became a jobber, regularly losing to wrestlers like Jeff Jarrett, Hakushi, Waylon Mercy and, in his final televised match in September 1995, to Hunter Hearst Helmsley. June 11, 2005 EWF: Doink the Clown defeated Noah Lott. July 18, 1993 Wrestling Challenge: Doink The Clown defeated Ken Hamilton. Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Disney + HotStar. Claude Giroux (born July 13, 1956) is a Canadian-born midget wrestler whose career spans over 20 years. Sign up for BINGE to watch. Doink The Clown Appeared In The Crowd He debuted as a fan who would run in from the crowd with an axe handle to save babyfaces from villainous attacks by heels. Doink and Dink also battled with Bigelow and Luna Vachon in a feud that culminated at WrestleMania X. Doink would later encounter Jerry Lawler again in a match at Survivor Series. July 10, 1993 Superstars: Crush defeated Doink The Clown by count-out. Two days later Borne suffered his first recorded defeat, losing to David Sammartino in Hershey, PA. May 26, 2007 Big Time Wrestling: Doink and Kamala defeated Nick Steel and Wolfman. October 28, 2007 Mid-South Wrestling Alliance: Prince Al Farat (w/Jin Soon) defeated Doink the Clown. Matt Borne, the original man behind Doink, was fired for recurring drug abuses, eventually leaving the gimmick (after bouncing through a few others) to Ray Licameli (also known as Ray Apollo). April 10, 2011 PWF: Judas Young defeated Matt Borne. August 28, 2010 IHWE: Brent Masters vs. Matt Borne ended in a no contest. [1] Character history World Wrestling Federation Doink the Clown: Bio Once the circus music started, WWE fans instantly knew that Doink the Clown was on his way to the ring. May 13, 2007 Mid-South Wrestling Alliance: Ricky Morton defeated Doink the Clown. Whenever these little people were a part of a live event, one could be assured to go on a veritable roller coaster ride of fun and frolic. Under the ring name Matt Borne, Osborne debuted on December 6, 1978 and wrestled for various National Wrestling Alliance territories, most prominently for Pacific Northwest Wrestling, where he was their heavyweight and four-time tag champion. A coda to Doinks full-time run in WWE came a year and half after hed stopped having matches on TV. [10] He was selected by Rhino to face Chris Benoit on the July 31, 2003 Smackdown!.[11]. [19] Borne made his final pay-per-view appearance for the company on May 17, 1992 at WrestleWar, where he defeated Richard Morton;[19] and continued to make sporadic WCW TV appearances throughout the summer of 1992 before leaving the company. [6] The Beverly Brothers recruited "Little Louie" to even the sides but to little success falling to the combination of the Bushwhackers and Tiger Jackson time and again including a prime time loss on the "Road to WrestleMania IX" Special shown on March 28.[7]. [22] Soon after his televised return, he began feuding with Crush after attacking him with a prosthetic arm on an episode of Superstars of Wrestling, which subsequently resulted in a match at WrestleMania IX. He went on to spend time in World Class, WCW, and in Memphis in the late 1980s and early 1990s before finding himself back in WWE and ready for the biggest push of his career. He would squirt children with trick flowers and delight in making little tykes cry. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event and the worlds best TV and movies. WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said the suit was without merit and blamed the attorneys for taking advantage of the families involved. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event and the worlds best TV and movies. From that position, he pranked fans before building up to playing tricks on babyface wrestlers as well. After leaving ECW, Osborne wrestled on the independent circuit, for several reunion shows and for various independent promotions under his Matt Borne ring name. December 1, 2006 Impact Zone Wrestling: Doink defeated Alamak w/Beaver Las Vegas. With a. April 15, 2005 Superstars Of Wrestling: Doink The Clown defeated Beau James. September 4, 1993 - Superstars: Doink The Clown defeated Mike Maraldo. SmackDown results, April 28, 2023: Find out who was drafted in Night One of the 2023 WWE Draft, WWE NXT Spring Breakin' results, April 25, 2023: Indi Hartwell retains the NXT Women's Championship in gutsy performance at Spring Breakin', Roman Reigns survives Cody Rhodes with controversial victory at WrestleMania, 30 greatest WWE Title changes: WWE Top 10 special edition, April 23, 2023, Dominik Mysterios career lookback: WWE Playlist, Triple H introduces the World Heavyweight Championship. [26] In early 2010, Osborne reinvented the Doink character to resemble Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight, nicknaming the incarnation 'Reborne Again'. Doink spent the summer months of 1993 continuing his feud with Crush as well as successful house show runs against Marty Jannetty and the 1-2-3 Kid, as well as occasionally losing to higher profile opponents like Bret Hart or Tatanka. With a miniature version of himself named Dink by his side, Doink targeted some of WWE's most notorious villains. While acting as a manager, Giroux occasionally also wrestled as Dink, twice on Pay Per View. July 4, 2007 World Pro Wrestling: Rick Steiner defeated Doink to retain the WPW Heavyweight title. Raw 2009 (2008, as a DLC character). March 2, 2007 Big Time Wrestling: Doink The Clown and Fred Curry Jr. defeated Aaron Morrison and Jonny Idol. April 15, 2007 NWA Black and Blue: Tom Carter defeated Doink the Clown by disqualification. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. May 6, 2005 Georgia Championship Wrestling: Doink the Clown defeated Jeff Lewis. It earned him a match at WrestleMania X, as Doink and Dink faced Bam Bam Bigelow and Luna Vachon. [33] The lawsuit was dismissed by US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant, who ruled that they failed to show that his death was linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy.[34]. [21] Borne would shortly thereafter become Doink the Clown, in a villainous clown gimmick that would frequently pull tricks on wrestlers at ringside as well as fans. August 7, 1993 Superstars: Doink The Clown defeated Joey Maggs. January 23, 1994 RAW: Doink The Clown defeated Joey Stallings. December 8, 2012 PWX: Shooter Storm defeated Doink The Clown. He and Jeff Jarrett won the USWA Southern Tag Team Titles defeating Cactus Jack and Scott Braddock. That was Matt Borne, who had actually put over Ricky Steamboat in one of the stronger matches of the original WrestleMania event. December 2, 2006 USWF: Doink the Clown defeated Gino Martino. November 20, 2010 All Out Mayhem: Doink the Clown Matt Borne defeated Demoltion Ax by DQ in South Portland, Maine. February 27, 1993 Superstars:The Big Bossmandefeated Doink The Clown by disqualification. [9], Played by Nick Dinsmore, he showed up in the A.P.A. Watch every Premium Live Event and get unlimited access to WWE's premium content - available to you anywhere, anytime, on any device. The evil clown astonished WWE viewers by attacking opponents with prosthetic clown limbs. Matt Osborne (as Doink) appeared in WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game and several versions of the video game WWE Raw. Watch every Premium Live Event and get unlimited access to WWE's premium content - available to you anywhere, anytime, on any device. For the British recipient of the George Cross, see, World Class Championship Wrestling (19861989), United States Wrestling Association (19891991). Borne played the character from the beginning in 1992 until Doink turned face in 1994. October 23, 1993 Superstars: Doink The Clown defeated Barry Horowitz. When Doink the Clown beat Crush at WrestleMania 9, it was not the first WrestleMania match for the man beneath the paint. This caused them to lose the Wrecking Ball Wrestling tag titles. January 15, 2006 Mid-South Wrestling Alliance: Doink the Clown (Dusty Wolfe) defeated Seth Allen. He was primarily a jobber, though occasionally beat other jobbers at house shows. The character of Doink the Clown has become something of a punchline in WWE history. ( WATCH). [2] He is still active in the Canadian Independent circuit. On a December episode of Raw, Doink was given a present from Santa Claus in the form of a midget in the Doink costume, which he named Dink. August 4, 2007 NWF: Doink the Clown defeated Ryan Denholm. April 26, 2008 United States Wrestling Federation: Doink and Kamala (w/Kimchee) defeated Antoine Roy and Rush w/Vito Carlucci. Giroux's first imitation gimmick came as a direct result of the antics of the heel Doink the Clown, who had a second Doink come out to interfere in the match. The group took part in a comedy-driven feud with Jerry "The King" Lawler and his "Royal Family" which consisted of three dwarf sidekicks - Queasy, Sleazy, and Cheesy, respectively. He's the author of the wrestling book, The Long Way Home. Rather than meekly retreating after the Hawaiian big man apparently injured his arm, the clown went on the attack. In Mid-South Wrestling, he allied with Ted DiBiase and Jim Duggan as a member of The Rat Pack, a heel stable, and won their tag title with DiBiase. WWE is saddened by the news that Matt Osborne, aka the original Doink the Clown, has passed away. Though no weapons were found near his body, and police said the death appeared accidental, they launched a precautionary homicide investigation. Dink has turned up in full outfit. January 28, 2005 Far North Wrestling: Doink the Clown defeated Lord Zoltan. Related: 5 Reasons WrestleMania 27 Is The Worst One Ever (& 5 Why It's WrestleMania 9). On the September 13, 1993 Raw, Doink poured a pail of water over Bobby Heenan, marking his fan favorite turn.
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