Matthew Wade Osborne, known professionally as Matt Borne, was an American professional wrestler.
16 Facts About Matt Osborne
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Matt Osborne was primarily a jobber, though occasionally beat other jobbers at house shows.
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Matt Osborne made his television debut for the WWF on March 23,1985 edition of All Star Wrestling, teaming with Frank Marconi in a losing effort against WWF Tag-Team Champions Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham.
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Matt Osborne's last match was a loss to George Wells in the Cow Palace on April 29,1986.
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Matt Osborne won the Texas Heavyweight Championship and defended the title at the Christmas Star Wars event against The Iron Sheik.
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In 1991, Matt Osborne signed with World Championship Wrestling and debuted as "Big Josh", an outdoorsman who danced with bears and was friends with Tommy Rich.
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Matt Osborne debuted as a fan who would run in from the crowd with an axe handle to save babyfaces from villainous attacks by heels.
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Matt Osborne made his in ring televised debut on the January 31,1993 edition of Wrestling Challenge defeating Bob East.
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Shortly afterward Matt Osborne was fired for re-occurring drug abuses.
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Matt Osborne cited in a shoot interview that Bam Bam Bigelow did not like putting over Matt Osborne.
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Matt Osborne said this subsequently led to Bigelow snitching on him for smoking weed in the hallway of his hotel and getting him fired from the WWF.
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On December 10,2007, Matt Osborne reprised the role of Doink at Raw's 15th Anniversary as he took part in a Legends Battle Royal.
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In early 2010, Matt Osborne reinvented the Doink character to resemble Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight, nicknaming the incarnation 'Reborne Again'.
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Matt Osborne was found dead on June 28,2013, in the Plano, Texas apartment he lived in.
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Matt Osborne suffered from heart disease, which had been a contributing factor in his death.
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Matt Osborne appeared in WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game and several versions of the video game WWE Raw.