Steve Keirn
Born: 1951-09-10 in Tampa, Florida, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2020
- A Future WWE: The FCW Story as Himself
2014
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 as Skinner
2005
- WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship as Skinner (archive footage)
1994
- Inside the WWF as 2nd Doink
- WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 as Steve Keirn
1993
- Raw as Skinner
- WWE Royal Rumble 1993 as Skinner
- Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches as Skinner
- WWE March to WrestleMania IX as Skinner
- WWE WrestleMania IX as Doink The Clown #2 (Ringside)
- WWE Bashed in the USA as Skinner
- Invasion of the Bodyslammers as Skinner
1992
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 5 as Skinner
- The Ultimate Warrior as Skinner
- WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992 as Skinner
- WWE UK Rampage as Skinner
- WWE Royal Rumble 1992 as Skinner
- WWE WrestleMania VIII as Skinner
- 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars as Skinner
- WWE Crunch Classic as Skinner
- WWE UK Rampage '92 as Skinner
1991
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 as Skinner
- WWE Survivor Series 1991 as Skinner
- WWE This Tuesday In Texas as Skinner
1989
- PWF Homecoming as Himself
1986
- The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament as Steve Keirn
- AWA: WrestleRock '86 as Himself
- NWA Battle of the Belts III as Steve Keirn
- Power Pro Wrestling as Steve Keirn
1985
- PWUSA Star Wars as Steve Keirn
1984
- AWA Christmas Show 1984 as Steve Keirn
1978
- The Super Bowl of Wrestling as Himself
1973
- WWE Old School as Skinner