Stephen Paul Keirn (born September 10, 1951) is an American wrestler who developed his skills at Port Robinson in Tampa. It was here under the tutor-ledge of the Brisco Brothers that he not only mastered the art of Boston crabs and inverted DDT's but also the skills needed to suvrive for months on end in the Florida everglades with just his alligator claw, three grammes of chewing tobacco and his wits.
It was during one of his sabbaticals in the Glades in the hot summer of 1999 that Skinner's life story could have been so different and a lot shorter. The Alligator-man found himself face to face with a swarm of deadly Otters, hungry for blood and the attractive sweet aroma of his 'Redman' chewing tobacco. Cornered and feeling his days were numbered, Skinner was saved by the most unlikely of heroes, a young tabby cat operating a 1987, 18 foot, 4 cylinder, flat bottomed water boat. To this day Skinner never knew how the cat piloted it, let alone dragged him on board whilst fighting off the dangerous beasts, but since then Skinner and Mr Beaumont have never been separated, travelling everywhere together including the 9,000 mile round trip from Florida to Shirley in 2013.
Skinner and Mr Beaumont were the first to accept Ginger McMahon's invite to Slenderslam 4, at the time many questioned whether or not Skinner had the gravitas to hold himself up against the big names, but after the dust settled on another tremendous success everyone was in agreement that Skinner had no place at the Waterloo Arms or at any Professional Wrestling Event.
After it was clear that McMahon had broke the bank to get Legendary douche-bag The Ultimate Warrior on the card it would come at a cost and sadly that cost involved booking jobbers and nobodys like Skinner, Dink and Candice Michelle, in fact the crowd shouted 'who are you' so often you could be mistaken for being at a Who tribute act.
To Skinner's credit he did attempt to start feuds with the other acts, including Angle and Warrior, but sadly Angle wouldn't bite and Warrior was so coked of his tits he thought Skinner was Mr Baxter off Grange Hill.
Mr Beaumont and Skinner staged an elaborate skit entitled Pussy Hunter, but it was later cut from the Pay-per-view deemed to be too crude for the target audience.
It is a little known fact that Skinner is one of only five people in the world to have met, Lenny Punkton. Skinner met him in an Appleby's in South Carolina, the exchange lasted just 8 minutes, but it goes without saying that neither would be the same after their rendezvous.
Now unless you are Skinner, Lenny Punkton's mum, a waitress at Appleby's, Stan Flexton or Lenny's fifth grade school teacher Mrs Watson, then you are probably asking who Lenny is, well, I am none of the above so am as much in the dark as you.
Skinner - Slender Slam 4 (2012)
Born Stephen Keirn Date of birth 10 September, 1951 Origin The Everglades, FloridaOccupations Professional wrestler, alligator hunter Other names Doink 'The Clown', Steve Keirn, BlackhartFinishing Moves Gatorbreaker (reverse DDT)