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Steve Keirn

Acting Born Sep 10, 1951 Tampa, Florida, USA 36 credits

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.

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Known for

Raw

as Skinner

Constellation

as Skinner

Career timeline

A Future WWE: The FCW Story
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship
Inside the WWFWCW Bash at the Beach 1994
RawWWE March to WrestleMania IXWWE Invasion of the BodyslammersWWE Royal Rumble 1993WWE Bashed in the USA
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5WWE UK RampageWWE Royal Rumble 1992The Ultimate WarriorWWE WrestleMania VIII
WWE Survivor Series 1991WWE This Tuesday In TexasWWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
PWF Homecoming
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
AWA WrestleRock 1986The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team TournamentPower Pro WrestlingNWA Battle of the Belts III
PWUSA Star Wars
AWA Christmas Show 1984
The Super Bowl of Wrestling
USWA Championship Wrestling
WWF on MSG Network
WWE Old School

Full filmography

  • A Future WWE: The FCW Story (2020) as Himself
  • WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 (2014) as Skinner
  • WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship (2005) as Skinner (archive footage)
  • Inside the WWF (1994) as 2nd Doink
  • WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 (1994) as Steve Keirn
  • Raw (1993) as Skinner
  • WWE March to WrestleMania IX (1993) as Skinner
  • WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers (1993) as Skinner
  • WWE Royal Rumble 1993 (1993) as Skinner
  • WWE Bashed in the USA (1993) as Skinner
  • WWE WrestleMania IX (1993) as Doink The Clown #2 (Ringside)
  • Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches (1993) as Skinner
  • WWE SuperTape: Volume 5 (1992) as Skinner
  • WWE UK Rampage (1992) as Skinner
  • WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992) as Skinner
  • The Ultimate Warrior (1992) as Skinner
  • WWE WrestleMania VIII (1992) as Skinner
  • WWE UK Rampage '92 (1992) as Skinner
  • WWE Crunch Classic (1992) as Skinner
  • WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992 (1992) as Skinner
  • 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars (1992) as Skinner
  • WWE Survivor Series 1991 (1991) as Skinner
  • WWE This Tuesday In Texas (1991) as Skinner
  • WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 (1991) as Skinner
  • PWF Homecoming (1989) as Himself
  • The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1987) as Himself
  • AWA WrestleRock 1986 (1986) as Himself
  • The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1986) as Steve Keirn
  • Power Pro Wrestling (1986) as Steve Keirn
  • NWA Battle of the Belts III (1986) as Steve Keirn
  • PWUSA Star Wars (1985) as Steve Keirn
  • AWA Christmas Show 1984 (1984) as Steve Keirn
  • The Super Bowl of Wrestling (1978) as Himself
  • USWA Championship Wrestling (1977) as Steve Keirn
  • WWF on MSG Network (1976) as Skinner
  • WWE Old School (1973) as Skinner