During a recent edition of his “Something To Wrestle With” podcast, Bruce Prichard discussed Matt Borne’s potential as Doink The Clown in WWE.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Matt Borne’s potential as Doink if he hadn’t been fired: “All the way. I think Doink The Clown was probably one of the greatest characters. People are gonna go “Gah!’ You’re thinking of the guy that replaced him. You’re thinking of the Ray Apollos and the Steve Lombardi’s, and people like that. I also believe that Steve Kern could have been a much better alternative. Because Kern kind of had that sick, sadistic personality about him, that he could have pulled that off. But Matt Borne and Doink? Matt Borne should have been named Doink upon birth.”
On what Borne brought to the table: “Unbelievable. Because he could wrestle, he could promo, and he knew how to change gears. He knew how to change gears as a heel to where he could turn it up, and he could eat you up. It was believable, and you believed that this evil, sadistic f**k could just do anything he wanted to you at any given time. And as a babyface, he had the ability to go out and make you believe and get behind him, and root for him, and believe that he could overcome any nasty heel that you threw in front of him. Matt Borne, in my opinion, was a very unique and extremely talented talent.”
During a recent edition of his “The Snake Pit” podcast, Jake Roberts discussed what set Eddie Graham apart as a booker.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On what made Graham so successful as a booker: “He took it apart man, and put it back together. You know, he made it a whole new thing. And he could write out — he could give you a match that would last 20 minutes, and he’d have 15 minutes of moves in it. So you had to pay attention.”
On Graham’s approach: “He just laid it out. And you went out and did it, man.”
On adjusting to Graham’s influence on how he worked matches: “It wasn’t much of an adjustment for us, because we get to do our own thing. And the bit we got was very, very flexible. We could take it and go a different direction if we wanted to. Do what we did, you know. But we were given just a shell and then, you know, given the finish. And that’s basically what we had to hold to.”
