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Nick Dinsmore
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Stage names	Nick Dinsmore Doink the Clown Dos Eugene Dinsmore Eugene
Height	6'1" (185 cm)
Weight	238lbs (108 kg)
Born	December 17, 1975
Hometown	Jeffersonville, Indiana
Trained by	Danny Davis
Debut	1998

Nicholas Dinsmore (born December 17, 1975 in Jeffersonville, Indiana), also known by his stage name Eugene, is an American professional wrestler who performs on World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand. Before he donned the "simpleton" gimmick of Eugene, he wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling under his real name, partnered with fellow RAW superstar Rob Conway.

WWE career

Nick Dinsmore made his "unofficial" WWE debut in July 2003, when he portrayed a fake Doink on two occasions, during the Bar Room Brawl at the Vengeance pay-per-view, and at the following week's episode of SmackDown. Obviously, Doink's identity was not acknowledged on TV, so when Eugene appeared on Raw months later, he was indeed a "rookie".

Eugene is portrayed as the mentally retarded nephew of RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff, and was placed in the care of newly returned former Commissioner William Regal. Despite his otherwise simpleton nature, Eugene is portrayed as an "idiot savant" when it comes to wrestling, using old moves from the 1970's as well as copying the signature moves of popular WWE superstars. Eugene has gained the support of superstars The Rock and former World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit, while simultaneously becoming enemies with loudmouth announcer Jonathan Coachman and his lackey Garrison Cade. He has also survived a match with Kane. He was later in a storyline in which he was battling Triple H (who Eugene had previously referred to as his favorite wrestler). The storyline ended with Eugene being mercilessly beaten in a steel cage match by Triple H and portrayed with a severely separated shoulder.

The injury was largely worked. Eugene returned, with Regal at his side, to feud with his "Uncle Eric." The storyline led to a match at the Taboo Tuesday PPV in October 2004, 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, forcing Eric Bischoff to shave his head.

Eugene teamed with William Regal to win the World Tag-Team Championship from La Résistance on the November 15, 2004 edition of RAW. Later, Eugene would injure himself at New Year's Revolution after botching a dropkick. He suffered a ruptured left patellar tendon which required surgery and sidelined him for several months.

This also cost him the World Tag-Team Championship, as William Regal had to have heel commentator Jonathan Coachman as his tag team partner due to Eugene's injuries. Regal and Coachman wrestled against La Résistance in a championship match, losing the match at a house show and thereby crowning La Résistance with their third reign.

Despite his injury, Eugene was featured in a commercial promoting WrestleMania 21, parodying Forrest Gump with Eugene playing the title role. He also made a surprise appearance at WrestleMania 21, delivering a trademark Eugene promo until being interrupted by controversial Arab-American heels Muhammad Hassan and Khosrow 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.

Eugene returned to in-ring action on the July 25, 2005 episode of RAW to take part in Kurt Angle's "Kurt Angle Invitational." For several months, Angle had challenged "hometown heroes" to last three minutes in the ring with him; if anyone succeeded, Angle would give the successful challenger his "authentic gold medal" from the 1996 Summer Olympics (the medal isn't real, but Angle is a legitimate gold medalist). Eugene became the first successful challenger, leaving with WWE diva Christy Hemme on his arm and Angle's "gold medal" around his neck.

On the August 1 episode of RAW, which originated from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Montville, Connecticut, Eugene, accompanied once more by Christy Hemme, debuted the "Eugene Invitational." Angle came out to the ring to answer Eugene's challenge, but before a match could start, Tatanka entered the ring and wrestled Eugene. When Eugene imitated Angle's match-ending mannerisms, and then put Tatanka in Angle's signature ankle lock, Angle ran in and tried to beat Eugene down, resulting in a Eugene disqualification win. Eugene and Tatanka then teamed up to drive Angle from the ring. On the August 8 RAW, which originated from Mellon Arena in Angle's hometown of Pittsburgh, Eugene defeated Angle in the "Eugene Invitational" by disqualification to retain Angle's medal. The feud eventually ended at SummerSlam on August 21, with Angle winning back his "medal".

Eugene was then paired in a tag team with another former tag parnter of Regal's, Tajiri. Their team debuted on the September 12 episode of RAW and jobbed to the team of Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, but were sucessful during their second TV appearance against The Heart Throbs.

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 the flying axe handle, the airplane spin and the lady of the lake. He also emulates WWE superstars past and present by performing their signature moves. In the past he has used The Rock's People's Elbow and Rock Bottom, Stone Cold Steve Austin's Stone Cold Stunner, Hulk Hogan's running leg drop, Triple H's Pedigree, JYD's Dog antics, Hacksaw Jim Duggan's three-point stance and tackle, and Kurt Angle's Angle Slam and ankle lock.

Since returning from injury in August 2005, Eugene has been chiefly associated with the Stone Cold Stunner as a finisher.

Championships and accomplishments

World Wrestling Entertainment

• 1-time World Tag Team Champion (with William Regal)
• Winner of the Kurt Angle Invitational along with his 1996 Olympic gold medal.

Ohio Valley Wrestling

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

Heartland Wrestling Association

• 1-time HWA Heavyweight Champion

Music City Wrestling

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

Trivia

• The Eugene character is based upon a mentally handicaped fan of the show also called Eugene, and Eugene (the fan) was mentioned in Chyna's book, "If Only They Knew".

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