Follow him on Twitter @miketchin. Visit Sony LIV to sign in or sign up and enjoy WWE's premium content. June 6, 1993 Wrestling Challenge: Doink The Clown defeated Louis Armstrong. At Wrestlemania 10 Ray Licachelli became playing Doink and stayed the character until Doinks WWF end in 1995. This caused them to lose the Wrecking Ball Wrestling tag titles. June 2, 2007 East Coast Championship Wrestling: Doink the Clown defeated Tex McCoy. After making appearances in late 1992 in the crowd and at ringside, playing tricks on the fans and wrestlers, the Doink character made his in-ring debut in the WWF in 1993, originally wrestling as a technically sound heel. Numerous other wrestlers have portrayed the gimmick on the independent circuit. Shortly afterward, however, Osborne was fired for re-occurring drug abuses. [15] He also won the Texas Heavyweight Championship and defended the title at the Christmas Star Wars event against The Iron Sheik. 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. After leaving ECW, Osborne wrestled on the independent circuit, for several reunion shows and for various independent promotions under his Matt Borne ring name. 20 Apr 2023 12:31:39 And WWE returned to Doink, too, usually as a gag with wrestlers including Eugene, The Brooklyn Brawler, and Chris Jericho either playing the part or disguising themselves as Doink for various shenanigans. Doink played cruel jokes on both fans and wrestlers to both amuse himself and catch his victims off-guard. We're back with these 10 all-new episodes. 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. [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. June 14, 1993 RAW: Marty Jannetty vs. Doink the Clown ended in a Double Countout. [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]. At Wrestlemania 9 Steve Keirn (known as Skinner to WWF fans) debuted as the second Doink but did not replace Borne. In the year 1992, World Wrestling Entertainment introduced a new character who'd prove to become one of the company's most enduring gimmicks: Doink the Clown. [6] On March 9, 1996 Doink defeated Zip on a WWF house show in Bangalore, India. Check out Doink the Clowns WWE Alumni profile here! January 27, 2007 Impact Zone Wrestling: Honky Tonk Man defeated Doink the Clown. Doink the Clown: Doink's friendly Mini Me. [13] Throughout the year Borne would face a variety of opponents on television and at live events, and the highlight of this stint was losing to Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat at the first WrestleMania in Madison Square Garden. Visit Sony LIV to sign in or sign up and enjoy WWE's premium content. Doink the Clown | WWE 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. Reynolds) in Painesville, Ohio. However, his history is more complicated than it appears at first blush, including much more compelling beginnings than endings and changes to who played the gimmick. July 26, 1993 RAW: Doink The Clown defeated Phil Apollo. Competing as himself, he defeated Bill Jordan. Smooth w/Julius Sweet beat Doink. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claude_Giroux_(wrestler)&oldid=1124028455, This page was last edited on 27 November 2022, at 00:13. [1][12] In Canada, he worked for All Star Wrestling and Maple Leaf Wrestling. . 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. In this match, Doink and Dink teamed with Wink and Pink to meet Lawler's dwarf team of 'little kings' Queazy, Cheezy, and Sleazy. He debuted as a fan who would run in from the crowd with an axe handle to save babyfaces from villainous attacks by heels. [14] On May 23, 2010, Doink the Clown, portrayed by Dusty Wolfe, interfered against Skandor Akbar and his men Dr. Knuckles and Rommel. June 5, 2010 WXW: Matt Borne defeated Anthony Michaels. Though the match was good, Doink quickly became an afterthought as Lawler attacked The Hitman to recenter the focus on their issue. In addition to Borne, Doink has been portrayed occasionally by other wrestlers in the WWF (now WWE) and unofficially on the independent circuit. February 6, 1993 Superstars: Doink The Clown defeated Reno Riggins. September 3, 2006 Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling: Doink The Clown defeated Judge Krush. April, 11, 1993 UK Rampage: Doink The Clown defeated Kamala. July 15, 2007 Championship Wrestling International: Doink the Clown and Nacho Libre beat Eliminator and Seth James. [13] He reappeared on July 23, alongside several other WWE alumni, to help Lita take down Slater on WWE Raw 1000, the one thousandth episode of Raw. Dink has turned up in full outfit. This is, to date, Doink's final official appearance on WWE television. A rugged brawler in promotions like Mid-South Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling, Osborne made a major impact in WWE under the greasepaint of a prankster named Doink one of the most enduring personas of the early '90s. Doink then turned on Lawler on the September 26 episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge in Lawler's The King's Court segment, making Burger King jokes to amuse the crowd and eventually emptied a bucket of water over Lawler. March 7, 1993 Wrestling Challenge: Doink The Clown defeated Joey Maggs. In 1989, World Class merged with United States Wrestling Association based in Memphis, Tennessee. [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. April 26, 2008 United States Wrestling Federation: Doink and Kamala (w/Kimchee) defeated Antoine Roy and Rush w/Vito Carlucci. After losing the match, all six midgets attacked Jerry Lawler and chased him from the ring. He made his television debut for the WWF on March 23, 1985 edition of All Star Wrestling, teaming with Frank Marconi in a losing effort against WWF Tag-Team Champions Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham. December 25, 1993 Superstars: Doink The Clown defeated Reno Riggins. 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. He also suffered from heart disease, which had been a contributing factor in his death. May 26, 2007 Big Time Wrestling: Doink and Kamala defeated Nick Steel and Wolfman. and War Machine. Following his departure from the WWF, Borne appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling for a handful of matches as Doink. January 22, 1995 Royal Rumble: Doink The Clown entered at #8 but was eliminated by Kwang (Savio Vega). [29] He was 55 years old. Tiger Jackson on his DInk WWE Character - YouTube The subjects of Dark Side of the Ring's upcoming season have been confirmed. May 26, 2007 Anarchy Championship Wrestling: Rory Fox defeated Doink The Clown (Dusty Wolfe). August 13, 2010 EWF: Doink The Clown defeated Mr. Main Event. November 24, 2007 XWA: JDoink the Clown and Short Sleeve Sampson defeated Michael Sain. July 18, 1993 Wrestling Challenge: Doink The Clown defeated Ken Hamilton. With a miniature version of himself named Dink by his side, Doink targeted some of WWE's most notorious villains. Towards the beginning of the new millennium, an influx of Mexican minis entered WWE, and this grouping brought a most interesting, yet different style of operation in the ring. October 27, 2007 Northeast Wrestling: Doink and. November 23, 1994 Survivor Series: Doink and Dink and Pink and Wink defeated Jerry Lawler and Queezy and Sleezy and Cheesy. He started taking delight in making children smile. Shortly afterward, however, Osborne was fired for re-occurring drug abuses. 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. July 6, 2008 World Pro Wrestling: Kip James defeated Doink The Clown to retain the WPW Heavyweight title. Claude Giroux (wrestler) - Wikipedia Through three seasons, Dark Side of the Ring has covered some of the most controversial topics in wrestling history, ranging from the Chris Benoit murder-suicide and the death of Owen Hart to the Montreal Screwjob and the Brawl for All. 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'. Lee gets the central focus, C.M. November 20, 2009 WPW: Doink and Honky Tonk Man and Diamond Dallas Page beat Mighty Henrich and Jerry Grey and LA Park. ET on Tuesday, May 30. 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. [2] Doink is a clown (or evil clown) wearing traditional clown makeup (or a mask decorated to resemble such) and brightly colored clothes.