Following his departure from WCW in 1992, Roberts made his first, albeit brief, appearance in ECW on Nov. 14, 1993, defeating Mr. Hughes. Macho Man is a roster regular these days, but holds a curious Guinness World Record for the longest absence from a WWE game! Regularly updated WWE news articles, match promos & other spoilers keep you energised and updated throughout the day. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DoinkTheClown. When I did, he asked for a pen. The main event featured former WCW World Tag Team Champions and Heyman's Dangerous Alliance cohorts Arn Anderson and Beautiful Bobby Eaton in their most high profile of a handful of ECW appearances. Becky Lynch & Bianca Belair (Image credit: 2K) Raw's most-pushed ladies had a stellar bout. Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty used to be tag team partners. Alongside WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hit Man Hart, Neidhart became a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion and defined tag team competition in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Goldberg was a pre-order bonus ahead of WWE 2K17 and it led to a real-life comeback and two Universal Championship runs. The biggest name amongst the many wrestlers Steve Keirn worked with and who he even knew previously from school would have to be Terry Bollea. WAR 12/13/1996. A number of men have used the Doink gimmick in the WWF. 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, Bad Bunny vs. Damian Priest Road to Backlash, The American Nightmare takes on The Beast at WWE Backlash. Cody Rhodes, Bron Breakker and Bad Bunny are officially on the WWE 2K23 roster. Perfect and Bryan Crush Adams on TV, but what most people remember is Doink pranking other wrestlers during their matches. Doink the Clown Career Highlights. The beginnings of the Doink the Clown character were slow and subtle. He can be contacted by e-mail at jojst1@gmail.com. He wrestles in a clown costume, complete with face paint, makeup, and bright green hair. Once he left the ring, he was never seen again. They could have feuded with The Vaudevillains. Tag-team partner Miz turned on him after the match, triggering a heated bout between the pair at Summerslam. Lashley confusingly flip-flopped from heel to face and back again in 2022, but did enjoy a dominant run as US Champion. Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty Accused Of Spiking Female Fans Drinks, Raping Them & Throwing Them Out. Get those booking woes fixed yourself via WWE 2K23s all-compassing Universe mode. For now, an in-game reunion with his New Day team-mates is at least assured. After nefariously interfering in the match, he had to return to hiding underneath the ring. Cant see him? His last name is slightly easier to pronounce than it looks. If you are going to edit a lot, then make yourself a user and login. Shed answer, I thought that was all fake!, Then, Id look at her and reply, I did too! Although dressing somewhat like male dancers who rode around in limousines and motorcycles just living the good life, after Jackie Fargo gave them his seal of approval by saying, These are my boys, the fans accepted the team. RELATED: 5 Times WCW Was Ahead Of Its Time (& 5 Times It Was Stuck In The Past). If you have a healthy tag division. I am an admin of this site. Six months later, Hawk returned at the first-ever ECW November to Remember when he was selected by Sabu in a "dream partner tag team match." Sabu pinned Funk to win the TV Title, spoiling Bundys one and only ECW appearance. Pro wrestling gimmicks are a curious thing. Doink began by making ringside appearances, playing tricks on fans and wrestlers. - Z.L. Now as a face and with a new midget sidekick Dink, Doink would encounter Lawler again the following year in the infamous match at Survivor Series 1994. Tekno Team 2000 What kind of gimmick was that? In recent years, Keirn claims most people remember him as Doinks doppelganger more than any other gimmick he portrayed, including The Fabulous Ones. All three Imperium members received new names upon promotion from NXT to Smackdown. He started out as a vicious Heel played by veteran "Maniac" Matt Borne. 1 IWA United States Heavyweight Championship, 1 RCW United States Tag Team Championship (with Jay Love). Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty used to be tag team partners. Once his first stint with the WWF was over, Borne went to Texas, one of the territories where his father had first found success. Uh, lets not go there.) Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Shahid. Even after three decades I still have a soft spot for Euro Boss on the Amstrad CPC 464+. Though Doink the Clown gets top billing for the pack, that's actually a bit odd given the other big names involved. He also famously battled Hulk Hogan for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 2 inside the fabled blue-barred steel cage. He owns the longest WWE Championship reign in history, at 2,803 days. Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Without further ado, lets take a look at gimmicks that have become well-known fodder for Worst Gimmick lists but have been totally misunderstood by fans and pros alike. Roberts made his final ECW appearance in 1998 at November to Remember. New York, I cant say his relationships [with women] worked out, but he tried. He is sorely missed.. JBL is best known for teaming with Faarooq in the Acolytes, but he returned to WWE screens in a surprisingly new role last year as Corbins mentor and sidekick. As the brawl spilled all over the building, it would be a harbinger to the promotion that would be renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling less than a year later. Doink played cruel jokes on both fans and wrestlers in order to amuse himself and put them off guard. Steve Keirn also donned the Doink gimmick as part of a storyline that involved multiple Doinks, the character's first feud, with Crush, which culminated in a WrestleMania IX match where a second Doink (Keirn) crawled from underneath the ring during the match to incapacitate Crush with a cast. These are the six wrestlers on offer in the WWE 2K22 Clowning Around Pack. The second Doink, also evil, was played by veteran Steve Keirn, who had last been seen as Skinner.Sometime after Doink's first PPV loss, to Bret "The Hitman" Hart by DQ at SummerSlam 1993, the gimmick started . His costume would even be used by wrestlers such as The Bushwackers and Chris Jericho for attacks on their own rivals. In 1993, when every mid-card wrestler in the WWF had some sort of oddball gimmick (remember Duke the Dumpster Droese? He even had a small porta-potty in case nature called! GamesRadar+ is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Occasionally, Keirn would portray Doink in WWE, most infamously as a duplicate Doink to help Borne's original Doink defeat Crush at WrestleMania IX. The face turn, complete with a guy playing Santa Claus giving Doink his midget wrestler Sidekick Dink, is generally acknowledged as the moment that killed off everything that had made Doink so effective. He stayed with my wife and me when he was trying to get free of the trap. Much later, in Brandon, Florida, he called his school Professional Wrestling School of Hard Knocks. This one became incorporated into the WWE as a developmental territory called Florida Championship Wrestling. As a heel, Doink played cruel jokes on both fans and face wrestlers in order to amuse himself and put them off guard. Indeed, the majority of the names found at that link make it in, with three curious exceptions: celebs Mr T and Machine Gun Kelly, and NXT lady Sarray. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment More posts you may like. Former WCW Television Champion Bobby Eaton found a great deal of success as one-half of the legendary tag team, The Midnight Express. But in many respects, the WWEs way of doing things differed from Keirns old-school methods. Tag Team Wrestler Booker (1996 - 1998) Referee Trainer Backstage Helper. Sadly, rival Nathan Frazier is unlikely to make the cut. The eight-time 24/7 Champion formed a fun yet short-lived tandem with Daniel Bryan in 2019 but sadly that wont be found here as the bearded great is now on the AEW Fight Forever roster. Two retro favourites round off the legends list who amazingly never managed a pay-per-view bout against one another. We share awesome content covering all interesting parts of the Pre-Golden Era, Golden Era, New Generation Era, Attitude Era & the early Ruthless Aggression Era. He again found success as a tag team, winning the United States tag titles with Ron Simmons and claiming his only world title as part of the WCW six-man tag champions with Dustin Rhodes and Tom Zenk. He's been known as The Diamond Studd and Razor Ramon, but Scott Hall was always an influential and controversial figure in sports-entertainment. FCW was a promotion with TV tapings, traveling, and everything in between, not just a school. It didnt work, of course, and Stardust eventually turned heel on his brother. Below we serve up profiles of every playable wrestler, in your comprehensive WWE 2K23 roster reveal. But after his first year away, the 160 lbs young man improved his physique and returned with a solid 245 lbs of muscle. Freddie Blassie The Truth (and Somewhere In-Between). He held the NWA Florida Tag Team Championships with various partners, including Bob Backlund, Jimmy Garvin, Brian Blair, and Mike Graham. Doink the Clown is an infamous wrestling villain, or heel, who dressed as a clown and was known for committing cruel pranks such as popping children's balloons with a cigar, splashing water on the audience, and using a fake prosthetic arm to attack opponents. Both men are gone now, so its impossible to know whether this account is accurate. But in 2005, he was moved to SmackDown, got into a feud with The Undertaker, and started acting more like a terrorist -- which was poorly timed, as the London bombings happened right around that time. On May 14, 1994, Paul Heyman used his former WCW contacts to draw more than 1,500 fans into a standing-room only ECW Arena for When Worlds Collide. Thats a good question.. Collectively known as Los Lotharios, this tandem is arguably WWEs most under-utilised but you can change this in WWE 2K23. The only problem is fans had to wait until AEW started up to get a proper brother vs. brother classic match. Sign up for Peacock to watch. After becoming a babyface, his switch his finisher to a top rope Seated senton to a fallen opponent, dubbed the "Whoopie Cushion" (by Jerry Lawler). Bam Bam Bigelow and Luna Vachon defeated Dink the Clown and Doink the Clown in a Mixed Tag Team Match at the WWE's 1994 "Wrestlemania X" event. He started out as a vicious Heel played by veteran "Maniac" Matt Borne. Borne appeared at the first WrestleMania, going on third in a losing effort to Ricky the Dragon Steamboat. Although a fan and very close to Eddie, who he saw as a father figure, Keirn doubted he had the resolve to become a wrestler. Strowman is a late inclusion after his surprise return to WWE in September. After the incident, referees had to escort him to the back while Mabel was making his way to the ring. Bobby Heenan tries and tries but just cant seem to get into the building. Both Anderson and Eaton have always been closely associated with Jim Crockett Promotions and WCW, but in 1994, they tested waters a bit more exteme. Nobody was to be publicly seen together when working angles or you got fired.. Impressively, Sky and Kai followed up their surprise pairing with two womens tag-team title reigns. Danny Djeljosevic is a writer based in San Diego, CA. Cool trivia note: From 2008 to 2015, Angel worked under the brilliant name El Hijo del Ninja. From that position, he pranked fans before building up to playing tricks on babyface wrestlers as well. It represented a long-overdue face turn for Lynch, who should ascend back to prime popularity in 2023 hopefully by feuding with Rhea Ripley (also pictured). Jack Brisco was my idol at the time too.. They ensured that if the youngster was to become a wrestler, he would first learn to respect the business and earn his spot. In this match Doink and Dink would team with Wink and Pink to meet Lawler's midget team of 'little kings' Queazy, Cheezy and Sleazy. Former AWA World Champion Hansen teamed with former NWA World Champion Terry Funk to battle Kevin Sullivan and Abdullah the Butcher. [Photo: RingTheDamnBell.wordpress.com]Josh was a family-friendly character for WCW, a lumberjack, and outdoorsman who danced with bears and debuted in the promotion as a friend of mid-carder Tommy Wildfire Rich. Beginning of in-ring career: 05.12.1978. Matt was working a steady job, was loved by coworkers, and was pretty handy as a contracted employee. WWE Hall of Famer Arn Anderson is known for being one of the longest-tenured members of The Four Horsemen. The back of the Sportatorium (AKA the Snakepit), where I learned in the middle of the summer, was just like a microwave oven. WWFOldSchool.com is a property owned & managed by Dynamite Digital Media. After declining to participate in the historic NWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament when the "E" in ECW changed from Eastern to Extreme, Hawk quietly left the Philadelphia-based organization. World Wrestling Federation - Evil Doink (Played by Matt Borne): January 1993: Doink The Clown began showing up at TV events mengling with the fans and playing evil pranks. The closest thing is a bodybag match at Madison Square Garden, recorded for the Rampage 1991 VHS tape. Sadly the reign only lasted a week, and Bliss is edging back towards the Twisted Bliss character featured prominently in WWE 2K22. 5 Times WCW Was Ahead Of Its Time (& 5 Times It Was Stuck In The Past). Best pal Baszler is in, too. Instead, she shockingly aligned with the returning Bayley and Dakota Kai at Summerslam, to form Damage Control. Although Keirn grew up in sunny Tampa, Florida, dark skies washed over his family when he was barely a teenager. WWE 2K22 unleashed this Samoan trio as DLC, and all receive a main roster upgrade for its successor. The Viking Raiders got their umpteenth repackaging in 2022, edging back towards the War Raiders gimmick which made them beloved in NXT. His pre-show performance alongside the Street Profits was a surprise highlight of the UKs Clash At The Castle event. And he didnt want to kill off any good reputation hed built throughout his career. We never had it in the house while he was rehabbing. The WWE Universe knows three of the most recognizable Superstars of ECW are Tommy Dreamer, Rob Van Dam and Sabu. Doink the Clown is a professional wrestling persona originally and most popularly portrayed by Matt Osborne, who debuted the Doink persona in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1992. Its a shame as hes among the companys finest all rounders. Doink would return once more on RAW's 1000th episode to aid in the defeat of Slater among other WWE/WWF legends. This is Thesecret1070. During Heath Slaters rivals with legends, Doink was the only one to lose one-on-one against Slater. Season 4 premieres May . The strangest decision here was to make him a babyface. Doink the Clown & Battle Ranger team up in Japan! Circuito indipendente e sporadiche apparizioni in WWF/E (1991-2009) . Instead, grab them as WWE 2K23 DLC. He achieved his most tremendous success teaming with Stan Lane by forming The Fabulous Ones in 1982. The Brit element of the roster looked to be a man down after Bates long-term partner Trent Seven who we interviewed ahead of his series debut was let go. Shed shone in NXT UK, but most fans wrongly figured that brand wouldnt get a look in. It was embedded into them that under no circumstances were they to be beaten up in public. Terry, of course, later became an icon in wrestling, better known as Hulk Hogan. In 1992, Neidhart had a number of memorable matches with Salvatore Bellomo, and a battle with ECW mainstay The Sandman that ended in a double disqualification. Four of Austins WrestleMania matches were against Rocky at Mania 15, 19, and an all-time masterclass that lit up Mania 17. Should you go to the Shattered Moon or Koboh first in Jedi Survivor? It was designed to give wrestlers respect for the business and protect it through kayfabe., He continued, When I first started, Hiro Matsuda was in charge of my exercises, and then there were guys like Bob Roop, Karl Gotch, and others like Jack and Jerry Brisco whod come in and shoot with us. NY 10036. Share. Matt Borne, already a polished performer despite only having a few years in the business at that point, was actually the first of those wrestlers to jump to the then-WWF. - Z.L. Thankfully, his father finally came home in 1972 safe and sound. Cody Rhodes' run as Goldust's tag team partner Stardust is often the most recent entry on any given "worst gimmick" list, but it was actually a fun little stint before WWE seemed . Lets hope they bring with them a DX ring entrance, after it was frustratingly omitted from WWE 2K22. The most dominant female in MMA history has lacked her old magic since returning to WWE. This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! In 1991, Steve Keirn became the dreaded alligator hunter from the Florida Everglades called Skinner in the WWF. And when they turned the ring lights on, it just heated it up worse, so youd be working out in 100-105 degrees [Fahrenheit] and dying., And then youd have someone stretching you on your back, rubbing your face in the mat, whatever. Everyone also remembers the moment Shawn Michaels played some Sweet Chin Music for his tag team partner Marty Jannetty. ONeil mainly features in an ambassadorial role, and hasnt had a match on Raw since November 2020. Watch every Premium Live Event and get unlimited access to WWE's premium content - available to you anywhere, anytime, on any device. By using this site, you agree to the legal terms set out in ourDisclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. I'm GamesRadar's sports editor, and obsessed with NFL, WWE, MLB, AEW, and occasionally things that don't have a three-letter acronym such as Chvrches, Bill Bryson, and Streets Of Rage 4. My mom would look at me and say, Whered you get those?. Doink also briefly feuded withRandy Savageon an early edition ofMonday Night Raw, andBret The Hitman" Hart, after substituting forJerry Lawler, who faked an injury, atSummerSlamin 1993. In 1994, Doink the Clown left WWE and joined ECW, a decision he may have ultimately regretted. While competing in WWE in 1996, Roberts engaged in a bitter rivalry with Jerry "The King" Lawler. (pin) Doink the Clown (Lombardi) & Primo & William . Below is the updated list of season 4 episodes: Also Read: Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty Accused Of Spiking Female Fans Drinks, Raping Them & Throwing Them Out. He achieved his most tremendous success teaming with Stan Lane by forming The Fabulous Ones in 1982. Okay, Doink isnt on par with the others, but we still love his inclusion for a sneaky easter egg. Hes since announced that it was his last in-ring performance, at the grand young age of 57. . Borne would leave Georgia under murky circumstances wrestling manager/historian Jim Cornette has alluded to a possible statutory rape charge against Borne and he left Mid-South before it blew up with the Midnight Express vs. the Rock & Roll Express. However, he. They even tried to replicate the rivalry The Fabulous Ones had with The Moondogs by taking on the sadistic Sheepherders in 1986 in several memorable yet violent brawls. Throw in Gargano's buddy Lumis for even more fun. Doink was turned face around this time, with first Steve "Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi and then Ray Licachelli (a.k.a. Doink made yet another return on the October 10, 2005 edition of WWE Raw, in a match against Rob Conway, once again being played by Lombardi. I should have been gone before any of these guys., Sadly, less than two years later, Matt was gone. Id come home to my mom and have mat burns on my forehead, cheeks, elbows, knees, whatever. - K.P. He finally somberly said, I worked with two-thirds of this list. Doink once attacked an opponent with a car battery. January 11, 1993 - RAW: Doink the Clown was shown messing with fans in the crowd and being mean to them. Konnan was one of the most popular Superstars to compete during a joint event featuring competitors from ECW and Mexicos AAA organization. But that was Eddies MO and was always about protecting the business. He mysteriously disappeared from WWE TV in July 2022 so theres every chance of a repackaging in WWE 2K23. The 'real' Doink was at this point still played by Borne. At the 1994 Royal Rumble, Crush, Diesel, and Bam Bam Bigelow eliminated Doink and he fell on his knee awkwardly. 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Back in the day, only the toughest of the tough could break into professional wrestling. Then there are those personas that have become infamous but were ultimately ruled unsuccessful for one reason or another. One of the more infamous gimmicks in WWE history, Muhammad Hassan has been remembered as WWE attempting a terrorist gimmick, but thats actually not totally true. Doink has not only become retroactively considered one of the worst gimmicks of all time, but it's become a punchline in WWE itself. 1st match of the #1 contendership for paul orndorff & andre the giant's nxt-uk tag team championship. Tazz gets in the ring against doctors orders to team with The Steiner Brothers. But when he first showed up, Doink actually kind of ruled -- he was a malevolent clown who played cruel tricks on people, like a pro wrestling Joker. Women already swooned over them, but the male fans also learned to cheer for the flamboyant, sharply-dressed men. It surely wont happen again in the years ahead. Kruger According to Yahoo, the other subjects include Bash at the Beach 2000, The Graham Family, Junkyard Dog, and Doink the Clown. During an angle with Shane Douglas, where Douglas berated Borne for allowing himself to be turned into a kiddie character like Doink, Borne changed his gimmick to Borne Again. But Borne didnt last long in ECW. Some of his villainous pranks included trippingThe Big Boss Manwith a tripwire, dumping water onMarty Jannettyand attackingCrushwith a loaded prosthetic arm.
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