Matt Osborne

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matt Osborne
Occupation	Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Jul 27, 1957(1957-07-27)
Age	67
Date Of Death	2013-06-28
Birthplace	Charlotte
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Cancer

Matt Osborne Biography

Matt Osborne is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on July 27, 1957 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Wrestler for WWF, WWE; most well-known as the first wrestler ever to portray the role of Doink The Clown.

He defeated In 1986, he defended his Texas Heavyweight Championship by defeating The Iron Sheik. in 1986 to defend his Texas Heavyweight Championship.

Under the ring name Matt Borne, Osborne debuted on December 6, 1978 and wrestled for various National Wrestling Alliance territories, most prominently for Pacific Northwest Wrestling, where he was their heavyweight and four-time tag champion. In Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling on June 6, 1980, he won his first championship, also the first of two tag titles he would hold with Buzz Sawyer. In Mid-South Wrestling, he allied with Ted DiBiase and Jim Duggan as a member of The Rat Pack, a heel stable, and won their tag title with DiBiase. In Canada, he worked for All Star Wrestling and Maple Leaf Wrestling.

Borne debuted in the WWF on March 2, 1985, wrestling Rick McGraw to a time- limit draw in the Boston Garden. He was primarily a jobber, though occasionally beat other jobbers at house shows. The highlight of this stint was losing to Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat at the first WrestleMania in Madison Square Garden. His last match was a loss to George Wells in the Cow Palace on April 29, 1986.

He was born in Charlotte North Carolina.

Matt Osborne Net Worth

Matt Osborne is one of the richest Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matt Osborne 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He made his debut in wrestling on December 6, 1978. As he began a successful career, he performed in numerous independent promotions.

He was wrestling on the independent circuit and competed in Wrestlemania at Madison Square Garden. He was fighting While wrestling on the independent circuit, he competed in the first ever Wrestlemania at Madison Square Garden, fighting Ricky Steamboat..

Matthew Wade Osborne (July 27, 1957 – June 28, 2013), known professionally as Matt Borne, was an American professional wrestler. Osborne was a second generation wrestler, the son of Tony Borne, and is best known as being the first wrestler to portray the character of Doink the Clown.

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Who is Matt Osborne Dating?

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Matt Obsorne (as Doink) appeared in WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game in 1995 on Arcade,Sega Genesis,Sega 32X,Sega Saturn,Super Nintendo,MS-DOS & PS1 from Acclaim and SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 from THQ as a DLC character in 2008. However, he did not appear in any other licensed wrestling game afterwards.

Facts & Trivia

Matt Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Matt Osborne celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.

Since leaving ECW, Osborne wrestled on the independent circuit, for several reunion shows and for various independent promotions under his Matt Borne ring name. In 2005, at WrestleReunion II Borne participated in an eight-man tag team match alongside Andrew Martin, Steve Corino and The Masked Superstar. However, his team lost to Dusty Rhodes, The Blue Meanie, Tom Prichard and D’Lo Brown. In early 2010, Osborne reinvented the Doink character to resemble Heath Ledger’s portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight, nicknaming the incarnation ‘Reborne Again’. The new character debuted on March 27 for ISPW in New Jersey. On May 23, 2010 Doink the Clown, portrayed by Dusty Wolfe, interfered against Skandor Akbar and his men Dr. Knuckles and Rommel. This caused them to lose the Wrecking Ball Wrestling tag titles. In retaliation Akbar called on the original Doink (Matt Borne). They were scheduled to meet on August 15, 2010. At that time Wolfe no-showed the event to avoid the wrath of Borne. On August 8, 2010, Borne won the Wrecking Ball Wrestling Championship. After this, Osborne returned to a full-time schedule, continuing to compete on a semi- regular basis all over the United States for the last several years until a few days before his death on June 28, 2013.

When did Matt Borne stop being Doink?

On a December episode of Raw, Doink was given a present from Santa Claus in the form of a midget in the Doink costume, which he named Dink. Shortly afterward, however, Osborne was fired for re-occurring drug abuses. His final TV appearance in the WWF for that era was on the December 27, 1993 episode of Raw.

How old is Matt Osborne?

55 years (1957–2013)

Where is Doink the Clown now?

Since 1997, Doink has appeared sporadically in WWE. Ray Apollo returned to play him in the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania X-Seven.

Who was the second Doink at WrestleMania 9?

In the video, Steve Keirn from the old FCW developmental territory for WWE back in the day, explains the full story behind himself appearing as the second Doink the Clown and describing what it was like “hiding under the ring for five hours” at WrestleMania IX to build-up to the big reveal later in the show.

What was Doink the Clowns finishing move?

Doink’s finishing move as a heel was the Stump Puller , a submission hold which involves seating an opponent on the mat, sitting on his shoulders, and pulling one of the opponent’s legs towards their head.