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Personal Info

Birth date

1951-09-10 (73 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Tampa, Florida, USA

Also known as

Skinner
Doink The Clown
Stephen Paul Keirn

Steve Keirn

Biography

Stephen Paul Keirn is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for being part of the tag team The Fabulous Ones, with Stan Lane, and later for a run in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as Skinner, a gimmick that portrayed him as a tobacco spitting alligator hunter from the Everglades. During his time in WWF, he was also one of a number of wrestlers to play the role of the masked Doink The Clown. 

He is a graduate of Port Tampa's Robinson High School. Since the late 1980s, he has run a school to train wrestlers. Originally located in Tampa, Florida, his "Professional Wrestling School of Hard Knocks" is now located in Brandon, Florida. He helped train many wrestlers, including Mike Awesome, Dennis Knight, Joe "Destiny" Clapp, Diamond Dallas Page, Dustin Rhodes, and Tracy Smothers. The school was incorporated into the WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling where he was President of the FCW and made regular appearances on FCW television. In 2013, FCW was discontinued after the opening of the WWE Performance Center.

Filmography

Acting

2020A Future WWE: The FCW Story as Himself

2014WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 as Skinner

2005WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship as Skinner (archive footage)

1994WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 as Steve Keirn

1994Inside the WWF as 2nd Doink

1993WWE Global Warfare as Doink The Clown

1993Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches as Skinner

1993WWF Bashed in the USA as Skinner

1993WWE WrestleMania IX as Doink The Clown #2 (Ringside)

1993WWE March to WrestleMania IX as Skinner

1993WWE Royal Rumble 1993 as Skinner

1993Raw (2 Episodes) as Skinner

1992WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992 as Skinner

19923rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars as Skinner

1992WWE Crunch Classic as Skinner

1992WWE UK Rampage as Skinner

1992WWE WrestleMania VIII as Skinner

1992WWF SuperTape '92 as Skinner

1992WWE Royal Rumble 1992 as Skinner

1991WWE This Tuesday In Texas as Skinner

1991WWE Survivor Series 1991 as Skinner

1991WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 as Skinner

1989PWF Homecoming as Himself

1987The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament as Himself

1986NWA Battle of the Belts III as Steve Keirn

1986AWA: WrestleRock '86 as Himself

1986The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament as Steve Keirn

1986UWF Power Pro Wrestling (1 Episode) as Steve Keirn

1985PWUSA Star Wars as Steve Keirn

1984AWA Christmas Show 1984 as Steve Keirn

1978The Super Bowl of Wrestling as Himself

1973WWE Old School (1 Episode) as Skinner