Paid Members Up Chuck Posted June 28, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2013 I'm sure this fucking godawful thread will be a great comfort to the Borne family at this difficult time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 This thread will peak if it turns out that the Stone Cold character was written for Doink, but it got canned when Hulk Hogan pointed out it was quicker to drink from a can, as opposed to a lapel-mounted squirting flower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Reefer Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 There's no way Hogan was ever facing Doink at Wrestlemania 9, surely?! Â Is an evil clown any more ridiculous that a zombie mortician? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm29195 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 RIP sad news. My favourite Doink moments are when Jericho dressed as him to attack Regaland the time he got absolutely murdered by Benoit on smackdown. I appreciate that may not actually have been Matt Borne in the latter case but still. Â Probably not the best wording to use for a number of reasons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Really sad to hear about this news. Â Id highly recommend any of his 3 matches he had with Curt Hennig back in 1993 in KOTR qualifying matches. Each one had me on the edge of my seat. Â Have to give a shout out for that 2/3 falls match he had with Marty Jannetty on Raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Bit of shock that, loved Borne's heel Doink, such an absolute dick who you wanted to see the likes of Crush, Bret and Savage beat the face paint off. 56 is no age to die really.  On a side note shame the way this thread has gone down, should be an R.I.P thread not a cheap plug  Just found this on Youtube a promo by Borne in a sort of Doink/Raven hybrid filmed just 5 months ago  And to lighten the mood, some matches , , and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Pepper Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Does this mean that all the indie show Doinks will have to get new gimmicks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted June 28, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2013 Short and sweet, he was brilliant in Mid-South and he did a great job as evil Doink, really good when he wanted to be. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 28, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2013 My favourite memory of him was filling a bucket full of water and throwing it right in Bruce Hart's face, when he'd previously told him that he was going to throw confetti at him. Â EDIT: thread has already been derailed by a load of shite, but someone on another forum brilliantly wrote "Bob Newhart, everybody!" when the RIP Doink thread was posted. Great reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannibal Man Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I can't believe we were robbed of Kona Crush metaphorically wanking off an evil clown as a Wrestlemania finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endorphin Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Doink was fucking awful, represents a lot of the things I hate about WWF in that era. No loss to the wrestling world imo. Sad for the family though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted June 28, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2013 Doink was fucking awful, represents a lot of the things I hate about WWF in that era. No loss to the wrestling world imo. Sad for the family though. Â Man you should see his Mid South work and his stuff in ECW. Really alright stuff well worth it. If not that check him against Double A from WCW SN in 1992. Wasn't all just Arn that, he was a good hand Matt Borne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endorphin Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Not seen any of it, might have to check it out. Anything in particular to recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted June 28, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2013 Doink was fucking awful, represents a lot of the things I hate about WWF in that era. Â Face Doink, maybe. "A wrestler that's also a clown" is shite, just like the plumbers and dustbin men. Heel Doink was amazing and wrestled some of the best matches on the shows, and was one of the best things not named Steiner about the WWF in 1993. Â I always thought Bulldog was let go because he was roided up and they were looking to clean up the company. Â Davey was let go because Warrior failed a drugs test for roids and told Vince that Davey helped him get them off a bloke when they were over here. In Bret's book he does mention that in the weeks prior to the SNME taping of October 92 that Davey was going to be working with (and losing to) Doink in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted June 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted June 29, 2013 I'd say the biggest swing and miss of his life is that WCW gave him Big Josh when he could have been an upper echelon worker there during the Dangerous Alliance days. His PNW work is fantastic, superb stuff. Â Great loss, great wrestler, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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