Ranking Every WWE DOINK From Worst To Best

1. Matt Bourne

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The original and best, and so much better than that too.

Bourne was an unbelievable worker in the role of an evil clown, which sounds like damning with faint praise - but it took some unique gifts to make it work.

An absolutely tremendous working heel, Bourne's grasp of the craft ensured that the commentators could note his skill bell-to-bell, which made clear the crucial difference between a wrestling clown and a clown that wrestles.

Like all good horror characters, it was all about the terror that lurked below the paint rather than what the audience could see at first. Contests with Randy Savage, Marty Jannetty and especially Bret Hart at SummerSlam 1993 are workrate must-watches for the year, lazy criticism of the gimmick be damned.

WWE's ageing demographic and the advent of the WWE Network in 2014 has resulted in several reappraisals for the character, and more are welcome. The work holds up and the gimmick shouldn't have ever been so let down.

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