Doink the Clown Doink the Clown is a gimmick used by several wrestlers since the 1990s . The Doink character originally wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation and now can be found occasionally on the independent wrestling circuit in the United States . The Doink wrestling persona is that of a circus clown . He wrestles in a clown costume , complete with face paint , makeup , and bright green hair . His diminutive sidekick , Dink the Clown ( who was approximately four feet tall ) wore a similar clown suit . The Doink character wrestled as both a heel and a face in the WWF . As a heel , Doink played cruel jokes on both fans and face wrestlers in order to amuse himself and put them off guard . Some of his heelish pranks included tripping the Big Bossman with a trip wire and attacking Crush with a prostheic arm . As a heel , some of his most notable clashes were with Crush at WrestleMania IX , with Randy Savage on an early edition of Monday Night Raw and with Bret Hart after substituting for an ' injured ' Jerry Lawler at SummerSlam 1993 . Lawler would turn on Doink and effectively turn Doink face as a result . Matt Borne , the original man behind Doink , disapproved of this face turn and would leave the company , eventually leaving the gimmick ( after bouncing through a few others ) to Ray Apollo . Now as a face and with a new midget sidekick Dink , Doink would encounter Lawler again the following year in the infamous match at Survivor Series 1994 . In this match Doink and Dink would team with Wink and Pink to meet Lawler ' s midget team of ' little kings ' Queazy , Cheezy and Sleazy . As a face , Doink was more of a comic relief character , but continued to play jokes on other wrestlers , mostly heels ; notable examples were with Jerry Lawler and Bobby Heenan . These jokes were considerably less cruel while Doink was a face , however . Doink and Dink would also battle with Bam Bam Bigelow and his ' main squeeze ' Luna Vachon in a feud that would culminate at WrestleMania X . 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 . After becoming a babyface , his switch his finisher to a top rope Seated senton to a fallen opponent , dubbed the " Whoopie Cushion " ( by Jerry Lawler ) . Some wrestling purists criticized the WWF for creating the Doink character , claiming that it pandered to what they saw as the " one - ring circus " atmosphere the WWF was promoting at the time ; others thought that Doink was appropriate given professional wrestling ' s carny origins . Others preferred the heel version , saying that Matt Borne made the gimmick work , but once he was turned face his character was neutered . One of Doink ' s final appearances in his original run was at the Slammy Awards when he was given a Stunner by Stone Cold Steve Austin amidst chants of ' kill the clown ' . The personnel behind Doink . A number of men have used the Doink gimmick in the WWF . The first ( and best - known ) Doink was Matt Borne . He was succeeded by Dusty Wolfe and Steve Lombardi , who played the character temporarily after Borne left the company until Ray Apollo was brought in as the permanent replacement . Steve Keirn also donned the Doink gimmick as part of a storyline that involved multiple Doinks , the character ' s first feud , with Crush , which culminated in a " WrestleMania IX " match where a second Doink ( Keirn ) crawled from underneath the ring during the match to incapacitate Crush with a cast . The ' real ' Doink was at this point still played by Borne . Known " fake Doinks " at the time included Jeff Jarrett , who disguised himself as Doink to play practical jokes on Dink , and Men on a Mission and The Bushwhackers , who dressed as " The Four Doinks " for the 1993 " Survivor Series " . At the 1994 Royal Rumble , Crush , Diesel , and Bam Bam Bigelow eliminated Doink and he fell on his knee awkwardly . After the incident , referees had to escort him to the back while Mabel was making his way to the ring . After the first run of Doinks , the character was not used for a number of years . Later , Chris Jericho donned the Doink costume shortly before " WrestleMania X - Seven " in order to ambush William Regal , while an unknown wrestler ( speculated by many to be either Ray Apollo or Nick Dinsmore but never confirmed ) competed as Doink in a " gimmick battle royal " at WrestleMania itself ( the timing of the event led several commentators to speculate that the advertised " battle royal " was an April Fool ' s Day joke , but the event did in fact take place , and was won by The Iron Sheik ) . Nick Dinsmore later portrayed Doink in a bar room brawl at Vengeance 2003 and again in a singles loss to Chris Benoit on the July 31 episode of " SmackDown ! " . Doink made yet another return on the October 10 , 2005 edition of " WWE Raw " , in a match against Rob Conway , once again being played by Lombardi . Steve Lombardi once again donned the Doink the Clown gear in 2006 , this time in the corner of Eugene during a match against Umaga at that June ' s Vengeance ' pay - per view . Doink sprayed Umaga with a water pistol after he won the match , prompting Umaga to attack him . The Doink character is easily portrayed by just about anybody on the independent wrestling scene by purchasing the Doink gimmicks ( wig and tights ) from one of many wrestling gear makers .