Eugene
Born	(1975-12-17) December 17, 1975 (age 48) Jeffersonville, Indiana
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Eugene Eugene Dinsmore Nick Dinsmore Mr. Wrestling Doink The Clown Dos
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight	238 lb (108 kg)
Billed from	Louisville, Kentucky
Trained by	Danny Davis Dean Malenko
Debut	1997

Nicholas David Dinsmore (born December 17 1975), also known by his ring name Eugene, is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its SmackDown! brand.

Career

Ohio Valley Wrestling

Dinsmore wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling under his real name, partnered with Rob Conway. ^[1] Dinsmore even made some WWE appearances, wrestling under a mask as Doink the Clown on two separate occasions, and as one half of Los Conquistadores with Conway. ^[2] He also won the OVW Championship on 8 separate occasions, setting an official OVW record. ^[3]

World Wrestling Entertainment

2004

In Dinsmore's official debut on the April 5 2004 episode of RAW, he was portrayed as Eugene Dinsmore (though the use of his last name was quietly dropped a few weeks later) the mentally retarded nephew of then RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff, and was placed in the care of newly returned former Commissioner William Regal. ^[4] Eugene's first pay-per-view win was when he faced Jonathan Coachman at WWE Bad Blood 2004. ^[5] Afterwards, Eugene had a minor feud with Triple H. ^[6]

Eugene returned, with William Regal at his side, to feud with his "Uncle Eric." The storyline led to a match at the Taboo Tuesday 2004 PPV on October 19, in which fans could vote on the match stipulation. The chosen stipulation was that the loser would have his head shaved. Eugene won this match, thus shaving his uncle's head.^[7]

Eugene then teamed with William Regal to win the World Tag Team Championship from La Résistance on the November 15, 2004 edition of RAW.Online World of Wrestling: RAW: November 15, 2004 results Later, Eugene would injure himself at New Year's Revolution after botching a dropkick. He suffered a ruptured left patella tendon which required surgery and sidelined him for several months. ^[8] This also cost him the World Tag Team Championship, as William Regal had lost the tag team title when he tagged with Jonathan Coachman. ^[9]

2005

He also made a surprise appearance at WrestleMania 21, delivering a trademark Eugene promo until being interrupted by the controversial Arab-American heels Muhammed Hassan and Daivari who then attacked Eugene. This was the prelude to the much anticipated return of Hulk Hogan, who came to the ring to save Eugene from the double-team beating. ^[10]

Eugene returned to in-ring action on the July 25, 2005 episode of RAW to take part in Kurt Angle's "Kurt Angle Invitational." Eugene became the first successful challenger. ^[11] Angle eventually won back his medal at SummerSlam. ^[12] Eugene then had a brief stint as a tag team with Tajiri until Tajiri's release later that year. ^[13]

At the Taboo Tuesday 2005 pay-per-view, Conway teamed with Tyson Tomko to face Eugene and a legend as voted for by the fans. "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka was chosen over Kamala and Jim Duggan in the voting and would go on to pin Conway with a Superfly Splash during the match. ^[14]

On November 18, 2005, WWE.com reported that Dinsmore was rushed to the hospital the previous night after passing out in a hotel lobby and was suspended indefinitely. A further report days later announced that Dinsmore admitted to taking prescription drugs such as somas. This coincided with the announcement of WWE's new drug policy following the death of Eddie Guerrero due to heart failure aggravated by his past history of drug abuse. ^[15]

2006

Dinsmore made his return to WWE (as Eugene) during the 2006 Royal Rumble match on January 29 2006, entering at the No. 18 position and was eliminated by Chris Benoit. ^[16]

During the Backlash PPV in 2006, Eugene would begin to feud with the former teacher Matt Striker after Eugene made an appearance on a Matt Striker's Classroom segment during the PPV. ^[17]

After making an appearance at One Night Stand 2006 ^[18] he began tagging with Jim Duggan. ^[19]

Eugene challenged Umaga to a match at Vengeance, but was defeated. Jim Duggan, Doink the Clown, and Kamala were his managers during this match.^[20] He would then go on to defeat Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon in a handicap match because of an interference from D-Generation X.^[21] Later, Eugene and his partner "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan would split up after a match on RAW in which the losers were forced to split their tag team. They lost to the Spirit Squad. After the match, Eugene turned heel and attacked Duggan.^[22]

2007

In January, Eugene once again turned face, due to fan reaction, where he would make fun of Matt Striker and King Booker. Eugene then competed mainly on Heat. Eugene would continue to be used as a jobber and was destroyed on one occasion by The Great Khali. On the March 19 2007 episode of Raw Eugene was put into a match against Umaga after accidentally spilling a drink on Vince McMahon. After losing in a Squash match, McMahon shaved Eugene's head while Umaga was choking him out and McMahon was screaming that he was shaving Trump's head bald. After McMahon shaved Eugene's head he said let's take him to the back and finish the job there.^[23] The next Monday Vince had Eugene dressed as Donald Trump and verbally abused him. On the April 15 edition of Raw in Italy, Eugene was quickly defeated by Johnny Nitro in under 3 minutes.^[24]

The following week in the UK, he once again was defeated by Nitro in a short order on Heat in the main event. Eugene also wrestled at Saturday Night's Main Event, debuting his new wrestling attire, a superman-like costume. Eugene fought in a 6-man tag team match where Kane, Doink The Clown, and himself defeated Kevin Thorn, Viscera, and Umaga.^[25]On June 17, 2007, Eugene was drafted to SmackDown! as their final pick of the 2007 Supplemental Draft. ^[26] On the June 29 edition of Smackdown, Eugene was chokeslammed in his SmackDown! in-ring debut by The Great Khali wearing his new 'superhero' like attire.

The week after that, Eugene was mislead by Deuce N' Domino, in which he was then easily defeated in a quick match against Mark Henry.

==Finishing and signature maneuvers==

While working in Ohio Valley Wrestling, Dinsmore used an assortment of technical maneuvers, often finishing matches with a German suplex. As Eugene, Dinsmore often uses vintage moves popular in the 1970s which are nowadays widely considered to be anachronisms, such as:

• Airplane spin
• Flying axe handle
• Lady of the Lake

He also emulates WWE superstars past and present by performing their signature moves. In the past he has used:

• Hacksaw Jim Duggan's Three-point stance clothesline
• Hulk Hogan's Leg Drop and Hulk Up Combination (Punching combination followed by an Irish whip and finished with a big boot to the opponent bouncing off of the ropes)
• Junkyard Dog's antics
• Kurt Angle's Angle Slam and Ankle lock
• Mick Foley's Mandible Claw
• The Rock's People's Elbow and Rock Bottom
• Stone Cold Steve Austin's Stone Cold Stunner
• Triple H's Pedigree

Eugene's own moves and taunts are:

• DDT
• Swinging neckbreaker
• Battering ram
• Electric chair drop
• Hiding under the ring
• Imitating his opponent
• Northern Lights suplex
• Riding his opponent like they are a horse or dog
• Rolling cradle
• Chicken Dance (when facing Dan Rodman)
• DogButt (On all Fours Headbutt Followed by Eugene Lifting his Leg And Pretending to Pee on his Opponent)
• Eugene Up (His Opponent Hitting Him Usually Ramming his head on the Turnbuckle But Eugene Getting Tougher after each hit Going into a Combo of hits)

Managers

• Christy Hemme
• "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
• William Regal

Championships and accomplishments

• Heartland Wrestling Association

• 1-time HWA Heavyweight Champion

• Music City Wrestling

• 1-time MCW North American Tag Team Champion (with Rob Conway)

• Ohio Valley Wrestling

• 8-time OVW Heavyweight Champion
• 11-time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion (10-time with Rob Conway, 1-time with Flash Flanagan)(First Ever)

• World Wrestling Entertainment

• 1-time WWE World Tag Team Champion (with William Regal)
• Winner of the Kurt Angle Invitational along with his 1996 Olympic Gold Medal

References

External links

• WWE.com Profile
• onlineworldofwrestling.com Profile
• TV.com Profile