[2] Former WWE producer Bruce Prichard said in an interview on The Steve Austin Show that Michael Hegstrand had originally conceived the idea of a miserable clown character.

[4] After making appearances in late 1992 in the crowd and at ringside, playing tricks on the fans and wrestlers, the Doink character made his in-ring debut in the WWF in 1993; he originally wrestled as a technically sound heel.

[2] Some of his villainous pranks included tripping Big Boss Man with a tripwire, "accidentally" poking Tatanka in the eye with a mop, dumping water on Marty Jannetty and attacking Crush with a loaded prosthetic arm.

He clashed with Crush at WrestleMania IX, a match which he won after the appearance of an identical Doink (played by Steve Keirn) from underneath the ring.

Doink also wrestled Randy Savage on Monday Night Raw, and substituted for Jerry Lawler, who faked an injury, against Bret Hart at SummerSlam in 1993.

At Survivor Series Doink got The Bushwhackers and Men on a Mission and their manager Oscar disguised as him and defeated Bigelow, Bastion Booger and The Headshrinkers in a comedy elimination match.

In summer 1994, Doink restarted his feud with Lawler where he and Dink got two more midget sidekicks Wink and Pink and formed "Clowns R Us" (a play on toy store Toys "R" Us) and Lawler got his own midget sidekicks Queasy, Sleezy and Cheesy and formed "The Royal Family" and the two teams fought at Survivor Series in which The Royal Family won.

Doink was losing to big stars such as Waylon Mercy and Hunter Hearst-Helmsley and Ray Apollo was officially released after his loss to Helmsley in September 1995.

[5] On December 10, 2007, Doink, played by Matt Borne for the final time, participated in a battle royal of 15 WWE alumni for the Raw 15th anniversary special episode.

[9] On June 2, 2007, Doink, Eugene and Kane defeated Umaga, Viscera and Kevin Thorn on Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIV.