Posted June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549198 Ive got many confirmations that Matt Bourne aka the Original Doink the Clown passed away. He had been working the indy scene lately and had done a few seminars. Always a good guy to talk to and a good hand. I don't have the details as to what caused it but he was found by his girlfriend in Texas.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549206 sad deal, I loved watching him work in WCCW years ago way before Doink... such a talent, R.I.P.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549213 Bad loss....LOVED him everywhere he was - Portland / Texas / WWF / WCW (Big Josh, bad gimmick but man, that fucker could still go..check out vs. Arn 2/3 Falls on TV), Mid-South... A True legend...really enjoyed his Shoot as well....should be a HOF in some capacity...may not the WWE one, but some should put him in. One of my top feuds that never really had a payoff was his 1990 USWA Texas feud with Kerry....top notch shit. RIP Maniac, Doink, Borne Again, Big Josh, Matt Borne....him and Tough Tony can form a devastating Father-Son team wherever they are now.
June 29, 201312 yr comment_5549231 I'll always have a big soft spot for heel Doink. One of the favorites of my youth. RIP
June 29, 201312 yr comment_5549246 Jim Duggan painted him out to be a real scumbag in his book. For what it's worth I loved his Big Josh stuff. Him versus Steve Austin from WCW Main Event 9/29/91 was a TV MotYC.
June 29, 201312 yr comment_5549248 Man, they should have had Undertaker do a program with Doink instead of Jorge. It would largely be a homage to the Batman/Joker dynamic but it could have worked in a pro wrestling setting.
June 29, 201312 yr comment_5549253 Jim Duggan painted him out to be a real scumbag in his book. For what it's worth I loved his Big Josh stuff. Him versus Steve Austin from WCW Main Event 9/29/91 was a TV MotYC. Didnt Duggan say that when they were young and in Mid-South? From what I heard from him later years in his shoot...he seemed fairly honest and genuine... Matt Borne and Buzz Sawyer were a team I would have LOVED to see against other competition outside 1986 WCCW. Very underrated.
June 29, 201312 yr comment_5549292 Didnt Duggan say that when they were young and in Mid-South? From what I heard from him later years in his shoot...he seemed fairly honest and genuine... Here's video of their match turning into a shoot in 2010.
June 30, 201312 yr comment_5549392 My middle school gym coach who was at one point attended many ECW events in the NE told me a story years ago that some guy stiffed the fuck out of Matt Bourne in a table spot because he beat up his girlfriend. I watched his match last night against Black Blood, the guy from a small town in France (what a horrible, archaic gimmick that'd only come out of the mind of Kevin Sullivan). He seemed like an excellent worker, really.
July 2, 201312 yr comment_5549722 Watching Portland wrestling from 1981 and just saw a promo by a fresh-faced Bourne and a pre-insane Buzz Sawyer. Depressing.
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