10 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: Doink The Clown
10. Matt Borne's Horrible Childhood Memory
There wasn't a ton of detail about Matt's childhood life on 'Dark Side'. He grew up the son of a local wrestler called 'Tough' Tony Borne, and there's a particularly nice moment midway through when old footage of Tony reveals that he was always immensely proud of his boy.
His mother, apparently, wasn't.
Matt's ex-wife Michelle (who came across very well throughout the doc) revealed that Borne once told her what had happened when his parents split. The boy was just 10 years old, and would end up going to live with his father. Why? Well, his mother said: "You go with your dad, because I don't want that little bastard".
Man, that's awful. Michelle says those words stayed with Matt for the rest of his life, and he'd never understand why she'd be so cruel. That's literally the only mention of Borne's mother on VICE's show too, so it doesn't paint her in a positive light.