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Dead Wrestler Of The Week: “Maniac” Matt Borne, AKA Doink The Clown
When Matt Osborne died on Friday, the news rang out far and wide. Fox Sports: "Report: Doink the Clown dead at 56." TMZ: "Doink the Clown Pro Wrestler Dies at 55." New York Daily News: "Ex-WWE wrestler Doink the Clown dead at 55." The implication was that the role had overtaken its actor. As this s...
The Greatest Doink The Clown Story Ever
Former wrestler Matt Osborne—aka Doink the Clown—died a few days ago. Justin Halpern, bestselling author and co-creator of the upcoming Fox sitcom Surviving Jack, told us this story about working with Doink way back in 1998. Halpern believes the Doink mentioned here is Osborne, but given that Doin...
Hey, It's 15 Years (And A Day) Since Mick Foley Got Thrown Off A Cage
In keeping with our inability to notice anniversaries until it’s too late, we’d like to point out that it was 15 years ago last night that Mankind and the Undertaker faced off in one of the most memorable and brutal wrestling matches of all time....
Matt "Doink The Clown" Osborne Has Died
Matt Osborne, a wrestling lifer who will forever be known as a symbol of the WWF's cartoonish early-'90s era, was found dead this morning in Texas. He was 57....
Wrestler Dances Like Nobody's Watching
This is not a video about some random post-match interview with a wrestler named Whitney Conder from over a year ago. It's about so much more....
Coach Cited For Encouraging Wrestlers To Hit Farting Teammate
The former varsity wrestling coach at Dallastown Area High School in central Pennsylvania was cited for disorderly conduct a couple of weeks back. His offense? Back in January, he allegedly told his wrestlers to hit one of their teammates. Let's let Chuck Murphy, the deputy prosecutor, explain why:...
Wrestling Is Closer To Getting Back In The Olympics (Baseball Too!)
In February it was announced that wrestling would be dropped from the Olympics starting in 2020. But at a meeting of the IOC executive board today, three sports were shortlisted to gain inclusion beginning at those same 2020 games—and good old wrestling is among them....
Nobody's Interested In Watching John Cena Wrestle Anymore
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Here's Jake "The Snake" Roberts Singing At Last Night's Braves Game
So last night the Atlanta Braves played the Dodgers. They won, which was expected. What wasn't expected was ex-professional wrestler Jake "The Snake" Roberts making a cameo to lead everyone in singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch. That's what happened, though....
Wrestler Moonsaults Himself Out Of The Ring, With Disastrous Results
If you're even going to try a corkscrew moonsault, always be sure to be balanced properly before launching yourself skyward. Failing that, you should at least be certain to leap in the right direction. Sigh. You know what? Whatever you do, don't do anything this guy did....
F is for Fugazi
Dig this one: Nancy Jo Sales' 1998 profile of Vince McMahon for New York magazine....
This High Schooler Won The National Wrestling Title In The Coolest Way Possible
With ten seconds remaining in his title bout at the National High School Coaches Association wrestling championships in Virginia, Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer found himself behind on points and in need of a miracle. He found it in something called "the flying squirrel."...
Report: Ric Flair's Son Found Dead In Charlotte Hotel Room
The news had been bouncing around the internet this afternoon, but it's now been confirmed by WCNC in Charlotte: Richard Reid Fliehr, the youngest son of WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, was found dead in a hotel room there around 10:30 a.m. today, according to police. He was 25....
X-Pac Shares The Full Story Of His Torn Anus And Emergency Sphincteroplasty
On Monday we told you that Sean "X-Pac" Waltman had suffered a severe injury at an independent wrestling show over the weekend, ripping himself a new hole in a very sensitive spot. Now there's video of the injury, and Waltman walks fans through exactly what happened....
Sean "X-Pac" Waltman Tore Open His Anus On A Failed Bronco Buster
Sean Waltman, best known for stints in the WWF and WCW as the 1-2-3 Kid, Syxx, and X-Pac (and that horrible, horrible Chyna sex tape), is still toiling away on the independent circuit. Saturday night brought him to Minneapolis for a tribute show to the retiring Jerry Lynn. It ended in lots of blood....
"Winter Storm Virgil Targets Midwest, East With Snow"
Finally, The Weather Channel's sensationalistic fear mongering has paid off. ...
The One-Legged Wrestler Who Conquered His Sport, Then Left It Behind
The first match of the last tournament of Anthony Robles's wrestling career began with his dropping to the mat in a tripod—two hands and a knee. There was no other limb to use; Robles had been born without a right leg, and now the bottom of his maroon-and-gold Arizona State University singlet hung s...
Someone Put A Jim Ross Call Over DeAndre Jordan's Murderous Dunk Over Brandon Knight
DeAndre Jordan: the gift that keeps on giving. ...
Wrestler Comes In Second Place At Big 10 Tournament, Throws Medal In Garbage
Iowa Senior Matt McDonough came in second place at this weekend's Big 10 tournament and was not particularly impressed with himself. According to a hobo wrestling reporter for The Daily Iowan and fellow senior at Iowa, McDonough threw the medal in the garbage. ...