7 Wrestling Characters I Read Way Too Much Into
5. Doink The Clown
Is there a more maligned profession than that of the clown? Since their very inception, clowns have existed on the fringes of society, showing crowds what they are not allowed to do and entertaining through their inherent hopelessness in the process. They are seen as vessels of 'fun'; nobody takes them seriously.
Doink, he was different. He wanted to be taken seriously, no, needed to be taken seriously. Yes, he wore face paint, a wig and shot water out of a flower on his lapel, but he was damn good at it. Doink needed to be respected, not laughed at. After being laughed at for centuries, it was time for the clown to do the laughing.
It all worked out fine to begin with. Doink was dastardly and doing well, but despite his evil tricks he found that the crowd were sometimes laughing with him. What's worse is that Doink found that not only were they laughing with him, but he actually liked it. In fact, he liked it so much that he forgot his initial desire to be respected, as the power of being wanted was just so much greater.
Or Vince McMahon realised that he could sell clown merchandise and thus turned his evil clown into a babyface.