Matthew "Matt" Wade Osborne (born July 27, 1957 in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler. Matt is a second generation wrestler, the son of "Tough"Tony Borne.He is better known by his ring name Matt Borne and best known as the first person to portray Doink the Clown.
Following his debut in 1978, Osborne, using the ring name Matt Borne, wrestled in many independent promotions. In Mid-South Wrestling, later known as the UWF, he was allied with Ted DiBiase and Jim Duggan in a group known as the "Rat Pack". Matt not only competed in Pacific Northwest Wrestling, but also competed against Ricky Steamboat at the first WrestleMania in Madison Square Garden. He was later in the USWA and WCW. He debuted WCW as Big Josh. He appeared in WWF/WWE in 1984 but later left to UWF. In1992, Osborne debuted as Doink the Clown. But after some time, he was fired for re-occurring drug abuses (which Borne has since overcome). He later joined ECW but he was a heel there automatically and it was also a short run.Since then, Osborne has wrestled on the independent circuit at several reunion shows and for various independent federations under his real name while reusing his "Big Josh" outdoorsman gimmick from WCW. His last match occurred at WrestleReunion II, as Osborne wrestled under the name The Original Evil Clown, a variation of the Doink gimmick, in an eight-man tag team match.In addition to competing on the independent circuit, Osborne occasionally helps in training wrestlers at Dean Malenko's wrestling academy when Malenko is absent.
DOINK THE CLOWN PICTURES !!!
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Real Name: Matthew Wade Osborne
Marital Status: Married w/Child
Height & Weight: 6'0" - 243 lbs
Debut: 1980
Previous Gimmicks: Matt Borne (WWF), Doink the Clown (WWF), Big Josh(WCW), Maniac Matt Borne
Finishing Move: Whoopie Cushin
Notable Feuds: Crush, Bret Hart, Jerry Lawler
Championships and accomplishments:
* Championship Wrestling International Alliance World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* Championship Wrestling USA Television Championship (1 time)
* NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Steve Regal and Rip Oliver
* NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Buzz Sawyer
* WCW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ron Simmons
* WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dustin Rhodes and Tom Zenk
* Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ted DiBiase
* USWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jeff Jarrett
* WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* WCWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Buzz Sawyer and Jeff Jarrett
Matt Osborne did not protray Doink the Clown when the character of Doink the Clown won the wrestling observer awards.The character of Doink the Clown would still be seen on World Wrestling Federation with other wrestlers protraying the character but we can only imagine none other than Matt Osborne!!!
