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Finally...  Michael  has come back to
rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...

>Wildwood wrote:
>> Doink has been played by many people in WWF/WWE.
>> 
>> The original was "Maniac" Matt Borne, followed by Steve
"Brooklyn
>> Brawler" Lombardi, Ray Apollo (IIRC), and  Nick Dinsmore (who is
>> supposedly the newest Doink).
>
>I think Ray Apollo is correct.
>
>Wasn't Steve "Skinner" Kiern the second Doink?

You're correct I forgot about Kiern.  I think Apollo was the last of
the "classic" Doinks.

>
>> With the full outfit, greasepaint and wig, it's extremely difficult to
>> tell who's in the outfit unless they have a certain way of doing a
>> move (Borne did the Whoopie Cushion/Bombs Away and puched differently,
>> as an example)
>> 
>> At one point, there were Doinks advertised for 2 or 3 shows on the
>> same date at the same time when WWF had "A"
"B" and "C" shows touring
>> at the same time.
>> 
>> That doesn't even include the Chris Jericho, Bushwackers and Men On A
>> Mission Doinks.  Or the little people (Dink, Pink, etc).
>
>Jericho was a Doink?
>

I remember him showing up in the full Doink outfit a year or so ago on
RAW, but I can't remember against whom...  :-/  It was another 1-time
bit.

Bill
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