Doink The Clown

Roster
 2-Cashing in and winning the World Heaviweight
 3-Winning a 6 on 1 handicap match at Survivor Series 1992

## Debut and possessing Barry Horowitz(1992-1993)

Doink The Clown showed up during the WWF draft to be entertainment for some kids, after GM of RAW Jim Duggan drafted Nailz and Big Boss Man for RAW, GM of Smackdown Bobby Heenan mocked that even that clown would be a better draft pick but Duggan took it as an actual pick as Doink was drafted to Smackdown

Vignettes started airing with him happy having fun with kids but suddenly switching to a darker tone as the segments progressed showcasing a pennywise character. He debuted at Smackdown 4 against Barry Horowitz and almost broke his neck in the process. At Smackdown 18 he took his character to the next level as he had a segment wishing a happy birthday to a kid in the ring but the lights suddenly started flickering as Doink got more and more angry and screaming the "happy birthday" song, the lights went out and as they came back in Doink was choking out the kid. It was revealed the week afterwards that the kid had died so Bobby Heenan suspended Doink

He returned at In Your House 4 during Ted Dibiase vs Barry Horowitz as the lights went out and Doink started choking out Horowitz. This started the single arc that defined Smackdown as Horowitz started trying to gather people as he knew how dangerous Doink was and needed everyone's help as he asked Jerry Lawler, Jeff Jarrett and Million Dollar Corporation themselves. Horowitz gave a quick backstory on the character of Doink The Clown and how they were related:  He was friends with normal him as a kid, whose name was Matt Borne, he had a clown for his birthday party, the clown suddenly went haywire and bit his eye off and he saw Horowitz watch it all happen and not doing anything. That clown went to jail but Matt Borne was never the same again as he started dressing up like a clown to hide his missing eye and slowly went crazy, Doink has been tormenting Horowitz for the past 24 years, balloons popping, evil laughs surrounding him in the strangest times, he didn't realize who Doink was until he murdered that child because it was the exact same scenario that had happened 24 years ago. Horowitz knows Doink has to be defeated or he will take over Smackdown and potentially WWF and he's the only one who knows his weak spots and can stop him but he needs people's help.

At Survivor Series it was a complete massacre as Doink defeated Horowitz, Jeff Jarrett, Jerry Lawler, Ted Dibiase, IRS and Virgil in a handicap elimination match, the match ended with everyone down outside of the ring except for Horowitz who saw a broken picture of himself in the ring, about 50 red baloons fly towards the sky, they all pop and Doink jumps from the top rope and chokes out Horowitz to the lights flickering, they go out and come back on as both men have disappeared and all that's left is a red baloon with Horowitz's broken picture attached to it flying onto the sky signaling that Barry Horowitz is dead.

During the leadup to Survivor Series, Doink kidnapped a member of Million Dollar Corporation Yokozuna who decided to challenge him to a match at In Your House 5 but he was simply choked out and defeated. At Royal Rumble 1993, at number 16 Barry Horowitz made his return but with a completely dark outfit and new gimmick as he choked out and eliminated IRS and then disappeared through the lights. At Smackdown 37, he answered Randy Savage's world title open challenge and shocked the world as he was basically Doink with all the teleporting and choking out, the match ended with Horowitz disappearing yet again. Doink reveals that he has cleared Horowitz of the light within him and slowly his next steps will be revealed.

## Rise to top(1993)

They continued tormenting MDC but the feud ended at Wrestlemania 9 with Doink and Horowitz defeating IRS and Virgil. At In Your House 7, Doink and Horowitz defeated STeiner Brothers to win the vacant world tag titles, later on the night Doink became Mr.Money in the Bank as they continue to terrify the whole Smackdown roster with Doink's big plan of taking over Smackdown. Yokozuna and Duane Gill got a tag title shot but Yokozuna had been cursed to always freeze around Doink. During Doink's interferences, Yoko clearly was trying to move again during his choking out of his partner, he managed to move one step before Summerslam but was choked out by Doink as soon as it happened. At Summerslam, he broke free of the curse as he beat up Doink and Horowitz while Gill was getting choked out during their tag title match but Horowitz still managed to pin Gill. At G1 Finals, Yokozuna screamed that Doink had no power over him anymore which caused him and Horowitz to leave through the lights as they forfeited the tag titles to them

At RAW 100, Doink cemented himself as one of the most popular guys on the roster as all of Smackdown invaded RAW in the main event but when the lights went red and Doink showed up for the first time on RAW, the crowd went completely crazy. At the 1993 Survivor Series, he failed to defeat Team RAW as the leader of Team Smackdown but in the main event during Undertaker's world title defense against Sycho Sid, he showed up and cashed in midway through choking out Sid to become world champion and be at the top of Smackdown

## World Heaviweight Champion(1993-1994)

Doink tried everything to get on Undertaker's head as he immediatly challenged him to a rematch at Wrestlemania 10 but Taker wasn't phased by anything Doink did until a friendly match between Bam Bam and Taker which ended as Doink The Clown showed up and choked out Bam Bam. Doink threatened to enslave Bam Bam if Undertaker didn’t try and get back the world heavyweight championship that Doink won, throught the weeks we were shown a couple of segments of Bam Bam tied to a chair and Doink just terrorizing him while Undertaker tried to find where he was, on the Smackdown before Royal Rumble 1994, Taker finally got in the sewers but couldn’t find Bam Bam, he found a picture of him tied to a chair and suddenly Bam Bam choked out Undertaker from the side, the segment ended with Doink The Clown and the 2 men he enslaved Bam Bam Bigelow and Barry Horowitz in the ring as Doink laughs with the lights flickering.

Since Doink had gotten the mind games he wanted out of Undertaker, he didn’t need Bam Bam’s services anymore and was left passed out in the sewers along with Taker. Bam Bam and Taker started working together to take down Doink, At Wrestlemania 10, Undertaker faced Doink The Clown and during the match the lights kept going down and up as Doink kept being replaced by Bam Bam and Barry Horowitz just to screw with Taker’s mind, in the end Doink choked out Taker in the corner ending the match in a DQ.

Taker would get another shot and Bam Bam said that if it didn’t work, they would proceed to plan B. At Smackdown 91, the mind games continued as Bam Bam and Taker talked in the locker room, the door locked itself and water sewer started coming out of the floor so they could drown, an hour later everyone was trying to get Taker and Bam Bam out of the room but the door wouldn’t open, it opened by itself as Doink’s laugh uttered through the room, Bam Bam said that they had to go to Plan B EVEN if Taker beat Doink. At Smackdown 92, the plan started as Bam Bam faced Undertaker in a match just so Doink could start his mind games, Doink sent Horowitz to choke them out but almost all of the Smackdown roster came out tying Horowitz down to the ground as they successfully kidnapped him.

Over the weeks, Taker and Bam Bam tried to make Horowitz remember who he was and his whole goal of destroying Doink before he was enslaved(because only Horowitz knew his tricks and could do it). It looked like the plan failed as at Smackdown 98, Doink found the secret spot where Horowitz was hidden, Bam Bam offered him a match against Undertaker again with no interferences, if Doink won they would give up Horowitz, if they won, Doink would stop his plan, he agreed but at Smackdown 100 he saved Horowitz anyways as they led an ambush against Taker and Bam Bam. At Summerslam, Undertaker failed to defeat Doink in a steel cage but after the match the plan was a success as Barry Horowitz choked out Doink and got rid of his enslavement and shook hands with Taker and Bam Bam.

## Demon vs Slave(1994)

Doink was pissed at this saying Barry had no idea what he had just unleashed, he will never be stronger than Doink and he will send him right to hell. Horowitz became one of the most popular guys on the roster during this time with the biggest push of his career, he refused to use his powers towards anyone who wasn't Doink,

At In Your House 14, Doink defeated Mabel to retain the world heaviweight title but he was clearly getting more unhinged and more agressive, Horowitz tried to win the G1 to get the chance to face Doink but failed, he then was captain of Team Smackdown to get the Survivor Series Briefcases but only managed to get a european title shot, due to everyone being on Horowitz's back as they wanted to see Doink destroyed, Perfect was willing to switch his world title match for his european just so Horowitz could face Doink, Horowitz refused saying that it doesn't need to be a title match, he just needs to face Doink and get rid of this demon. GM of SD Harley Race gave it to him in an unsanctioned match at In Your House 15.

Horowitz and Doink had a face to face where Horowitz said he knew Matt Borne was no longer there, his face might be underneath the costume but his soul was taken over by the monster that is Doink and says he'll defeat him no matter the consequences, Doink says Matt Borne is dead and Horowitz is next, he gave him everything he needed and Horowitz spit on him, so at In Your House 15 he will make sure he doesn't leave the show alive.

At In Your House 15, the whole show is about that one match as the arena is splattered with stuff about Doink and Horowitz, the match itself is amazing as Horowitz goes overboard trying to kill Doink, in the finish he puts a lot of tables on fire,ladders there,barbed wire,everything outside the ring,Doink teleports to the stage,Horowitz drops to his knees for Doink to kill him,Doink gets close to him,laughs,is about to uranage him into basically hell(all the tables on fire and ladders and barbed wire stacked),when lights go out,Horowitz is in the ring,lights go out again,Doink is behind him,Doink runs towards him,Horowitz grabs him in a suplex,HE JUMPS OVER THE TOP ROPE,THEY JUST GO THROUGH HELL TOGETHER,HOROWITZ STARTS PUTTING MORE AND MORE STUFF ON TOP TO REALLY MAKE SURE HE'S DEAD,the lights slowly stop the red and slowly go back to normal signaling the death of Doink The Clown,Horowitz is regretting it and takes all of the stuff out to see Matt Borne there,no paint on his face,no nothing,just Matt Borne,Horowitz's childhood friend,Horowitz is just saying im sorry as he leaves but as he reaches the stage he collapses ending this feud and this arc for good. A day later, it was revealed that both Doink and Horowitz had died in this war.

Doink was one of the most polarizing characters ever for WWF but many call him the face of early Smackdown

## Championships and Accomplishments

* World Wrestling Federation
* World Heaviweight Championship(1 time)
* World Tag Team Championships(1 time) - with Barry Horowitz
* Money in the Bank(1993)
* Wrestler of the Year(1994)
* Tag Team of the Year(1993) with Barry Horowitz
* Shocking moment of the year(1992) killing a child
* Shocking Moment of the Year(1994) entire match between Horowitz vs Doink