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Reports indicate that Matt Osborne, aka the original Doink the Clown, has passed away. 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.

WWE is saddened by the news of Osborne's passing. Our deepest condolences go out to Osborne’s family, friends and fans.

Matt Bourne and Ricky Steamboat had the distinction of being involved in the only good match at the first WrestleMania. I will always remember him for that.

The Original Kid Cairo wrote:

Matt Bourne and Ricky Steamboat had the distinction of being involved in the only good match at the first WrestleMania. I will always remember him for that.

Good call.

I never understood why they did the whole Doink deal. He was a guy that thought could have been a solid guy. He could wrestle and seemed like he had a good personality.

Yet he was in that period where they were always willing to go for the stupid gimmick.

The Original Kid Cairo wrote:

Matt Bourne and Ricky Steamboat had the distinction of being involved in the only good match at the first WrestleMania. I will always remember him for that.

I feel bad for Dink growing up without a father now.

Doink was cool in that 90's WWF Silly Shit sort of way, but outside of the midget battle at Survivor Series with Lawler, he never was capable of much. They rarely let him speak.

It looks like Chris thinks Bourne should have tried to lose thirty pounds in thirty days. What a fucking idiot.

"@ChrisMasters310: original Doink passed away.Cant say im surprised.Saw him a week ago & he looked like he was ready to check out!RiP"

Doink was a great concept that they ruined when they decided to make him a face.

Looks like Doink didn't have the physical "makeup" for a long life

Matt Bourne and Ricky Steamboat had the distinction of being involved in the only good match at the first WrestleMania. I will always remember him for that.

Author:	RFDC [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:13 pm ]
Post subject:	RIP Doink
Quote: Reports indicate that Matt Osborne, aka the original Doink the Clown, has passed away. 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. WWE is saddened by the news of Osborne's passing. Our deepest condolences go out to Osborne’s family, friends and fans.

Author:	Chris_in_joliet [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:17 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
I feel bad for Dink growing up without a father now.

Author:	The Original Kid Cairo [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:18 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Matt Bourne and Ricky Steamboat had the distinction of being involved in the only good match at the first WrestleMania. I will always remember him for that.

Author:	KDdidit [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:19 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Can't wait to see the video tribute

Author:	RFDC [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:23 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Matt Bourne and Ricky Steamboat had the distinction of being involved in the only good match at the first WrestleMania. I will always remember him for that. Good call. I never understood why they did the whole Doink deal. He was a guy that thought could have been a solid guy. He could wrestle and seemed like he had a good personality. Yet he was in that period where they were always willing to go for the stupid gimmick.

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Author:	Hank Scorpio [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:25 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
RFDC wrote: The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Matt Bourne and Ricky Steamboat had the distinction of being involved in the only good match at the first WrestleMania. I will always remember him for that. Good call. I never understood why they did the whole Doink deal. He was a guy that thought could have been a solid guy. He could wrestle and seemed like he had a good personality. Yet he was in that period where they were always willing to go for the stupid gimmick.

Author:	spmack [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:28 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
I hated Doink in Super Punch Out on SNES as well.

Author:	Douchebag [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:33 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
RFDC wrote: The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Matt Bourne and Ricky Steamboat had the distinction of being involved in the only good match at the first WrestleMania. I will always remember him for that. Good call. I never understood why they did the whole Doink deal. He was a guy that thought could have been a solid guy. He could wrestle and seemed like he had a good personality. Yet he was in that period where they were always willing to go for the stupid gimmick.

Author:	Dallas Winston [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:40 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Another wrestler dies way too young. R.I.P.

Author:	Peoria Matt [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:27 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Chris_in_joliet wrote: I feel bad for Dink growing up without a father now. Chris, I can't believe no one gave you props on that. I liked it.

Author:	Dewskie [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:21 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Doink was cool in that 90's WWF Silly Shit sort of way, but outside of the midget battle at Survivor Series with Lawler, he never was capable of much. They rarely let him speak.

Author:	spmack [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:48 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Dewskie wrote: Doink was cool in that 90's WWF Silly Shit sort of way, but outside of the midget battle at Survivor Series with Lawler, he never was capable of much. They rarely let him speak. Eh, he was no Tatanka.

Author:	Terry's Peeps [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:14 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Doink was a great concept that they ruined when they decided to make him a face.

Author:	Drop In [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:35 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
I was in Portland for work about five years ago, and spent every minute I could searching for Big Josh. Hell, it beat sitting at a restaurant or bar playing the game dude or chick. Easy Keeping Score. Purely visual. It's a tough go out there.

Author:	Terry's Peeps [ Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:59 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Mick Foley 58 minutes ago · RIP MATT BORNE The wrestling world lost a bigger star, a finer worker, and a larger influence than many would realize with the passing of Matt Borne. Though best known for his stint as the original Doink the Clown in WWE, Matt's left a trail of hard work and tough, believable matches wherever he went - from Portland to Mid-South Dallas, to WCW, ECW and 100's of independent cards in a career that began 35 years ago. I remember seeing the a photo of "Maniac" Matt Borne the first day I walked into the Dallas Sportatorium - on a wall with all of the greats who had graced the ring in the historic arena. A few months later, Matt was back in World Class, scheduled to team up with one of the top good-guys in the territory - maybe Jeff Jarrett, maybe Eric Embry...I really don't remember, in a match against me and Gary Young What I do remember is Gary telling me that matches with Matt weren't likely to be easy. "He has an unusual style of selling", Young told me. "He makes you work for everything you get." Veteran World Class referee Bronco Lubich stopped by to give some friendly and very sound advice. "When you get on Matt, stay on Matt. Otherwise, he'll eat you up. He'll sell for you, but only if he thinks you've earned it." The Bronc was only looking out for my best interests. He'd seen me grow in my short time in World Class, and thought I had the potential to be very good, but until that point, the babyfaces I'd been regularly matched up against were like the stuff dreams were made of for a young heel. Guys like Jeff Jarrett and Chris Adams were great baby-faces, and sold my mediocre offense like I was the beddest man on the planet. Eric Embry, despite being an unlikely good-guy had the ability to make every encounter we had seem like a near-death experience that he barely survivied. But wrestling Matt Borne that first day at The Sportatorium was like riding a bucking bronco. True, to Gary Young's words, he made me work for everything I got. I heeded Lubich's warning and stayed on him - probably with more intensity than I'd ever stayed on anyone before. He'd sell momentarily, and then come firing back, forcing a young wrestler like me, for whom in-ring aggression was never a strength, to dig deeper, work harder and become meaner than I'd ever needed to be. But when Matt Borne finally did sell for me, I absolutely, positively knew that I'd earned it. More importantly, I had a seed planted that day - a seed that would grow into the vision I had for myself of what I wanted to be when I one day would have that inevitable babyface turn. While there were other, more acknowledged influences in my career - Jimmy Snuka, Bruiser Brody, Terry Funk, even Dynamite Kid - when it came to being the guy who wouldn't stay down, the guy who made Attitude-era bad-guys work a little harder for what they got, and who did his best to make matches believable, Matt Borne was as big an influence as anyone. Years later, on a WWE Legend's round-table, I had a healthy argument with a couple of my colleagues, who felt that Doink the Clown was among the worst gimmicks of all time. I loved the gimmick - done Borne style. With no disrespect to the other men who wore the greasepaint, Borne's Doink was the only scary Doink - the only version of the character that transcended what was, on paper, a one-dimensional character. I'd watch Matt at work and think back to the lessons I learned during our time together. "A heel doesn't do bad things because he has to", Matt once told me. "He does them because he wants to." A rake of the eyes, for example, always a move of desperation, became a move done for the sheer enjoyment of it. I saw Matt infrequently over the past few years, In some ways, he was a different person; an older, wiser Matt who seemed to have taken responsibility and gained control over the demons that had derailed what could have been an amazing world. But in that ring, he was the same old Matt. A little slower, a little heavier, but still forcing his opponents to earn everything they got in that ring. Well past the point where even the best wrestlers settle into a routine during their time on the independent scene, Matt Borne was still putting performance first, bringing out the best in the workers he faced in each town - still hitting hard, still coming off the top-rope, still making the suspension of belief during his matches fairly easy for the fans. Rest in peace Matt Osbourne. You made men like me better for having known you.

Author:	Urlacher's missing neck [ Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:12 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Why's he gotta be a 55 year old white man B??

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Author:	Drop In [ Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:04 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
It looks like Chris thinks Bourne should have tried to lose thirty pounds in thirty days. What a fucking idiot. "@ChrisMasters310: original Doink passed away.Cant say im surprised.Saw him a week ago & he looked like he was ready to check out!RiP"

Author:	jimmypasta [ Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:21 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Looks like Doink didn't have the physical "makeup" for a long life

Author:	Dallas Winston [ Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:16 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
Drop In wrote: It looks like Chris thinks Bourne should have tried to lose thirty pounds in thirty days. What a fucking idiot. "@ChrisMasters310: original Doink passed away.Cant say im surprised.Saw him a week ago & he looked like he was ready to check out!RiP" What a fucking jagoff. Gee, I wonder why he never made it big in the business. Arrogant piece of shit! I knew that night that he came back after his "Wellness" suspension, and HHH asked him what happened?, and that his neck looked like a stack of dimes, that Hunter was 100% shooting on him. What a fucking douchebag dick he must be!

Author:	Colonel Angus [ Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:29 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
jimmypasta wrote: Looks like Doink didn't have the physical "makeup" for a long life

Author:	the ghost of t-dub [ Sat Jul 20, 2013 6:50 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: RIP Doink
The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Matt Bourne and Ricky Steamboat had the distinction of being involved in the only good match at the first WrestleMania. I will always remember him for that. Don't tell Al Snow that!