Line #3 Wrestling/Gillberg


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3	->''"Who's first?!"''
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5	Duane Gill (born July 10, 1959) is an American {{Professional Wrestl\|ing}}er from UsefulNotes/{{Baltimore}}, MD best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Gillberg, a rip on Wrestling/{{WCW}}'s Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. He debuted in 1990 teaming with Barry Hardy as the masked TagTeam The Lords of Darkness (Pain [Gill] and Agony [Hardy]) in the independent scene. He arrived in WWE in 1991 and spent years as a {{Jobber}}. At ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1998'', he returned as [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]]'s surprise opponent in the first round of the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]] Tournament. He was squashed, of course, but he unexpectedly caught on with the fans. He defeated Wrestling/{{Christian}} on the November 17, 1998 ''Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}'' for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/uwa/wwf-lh.html WWF World Light Heavyweight Title]]. He debuted in the Gillberg gimmick on the January 11, 1999 ''RAW.'' He lost the title to Essa Rios on the February 15, 2000 ''[[{{BShow}} Sunday Night Heat]]''. He returned again 2003 as part of [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]'s feud with Goldberg. He came back again for the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal on the December 15, 2007 ''Raw'', and was the first one eliminated. He has also wrestled for years in the independent scene, particularly for [[http://www.mcwprowrestling.com Maryland Championship Wrestling]]. He retired on February 28, 2020.
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7	Among his other in-ring achievements, The Lords of Darkness were the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/md/mewf/mewf-t.html MEWF Tag Team Champions]], he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/nj/nwa/jersey-j.html NWA Jersey Light Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pa/w/iwc/iwc-hs.html IWC (International Wrestling Cartel in Western Pennsylvania) High Stakes Champion]], and he and Hardy were 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/nj/ecpw/ecpw-t.html ECPW (New Jersey) Tag Team Champions]] as The Executioners.
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9	!!"TV Tropes, You're First!":
10	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: He was inducted into the MCW Hall of Fame in 2009.
11	* BoisterousWeakling: Tons of enthusiasm, no real strength behind it.
12	* CatchPhrase: "Who's First?"
13	* EpicFail:''Every'' other wrestler in the ring teamed up to throw him out as soon as he entered the ring at the Raw 15th Anniversary Battle Royal.
14	* IHaveManyNames: His own, Gillberg, Pain, Executioner #1.
15	* InUniverseFactoidFailure: Likely the result of Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}'s {{Flanderization}}. After Gillberg missed the Spear in his debut match against Wrestling/LunaVachon, Wrestling/MichaelCole said, "He only has one move." A clear dig at Goldberg, even though if anything, Goldberg is known for the many, ''many'' moves he does through his matches (if anything, the main criticism Goldberg gets is that "jack of all trades, master of none" is basically how his moveset could be described). It gets even more egregious when one considers that his FinishingMove actually consists of ''two'' moves, a Spear ''plus'' a Jackhammer.
16	* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Wrestling/LunaVachon {{Squash\|Match}}ed him in the gimmick's debut.
17	* InvertedTrope: The following would be played straight if he was Goldberg, but since he's Gillberg...
18	** RammingAlwaysWorks: Using the [[FinishingMove spear]] in a match only ends badly for him. His ''debut match'' had Luna Vachon simply dodge the Spear due to her agility.
19	%%** UnderwearOfPower
20	** UnstoppableRage: He's always inexplicably enraged, but he can be easily stopped.
21	* {{Jobber}}: Despite being the longest reigning Light Heavyweight Champion in company history, this is the role he mostly played in the WWE.
22	* PowerStable: Was part of Wrestling/TheJOBSquad, with Wrestling/AlSnow, Wrestling/TooColdScorpio, Wrestling/BobHolly and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie.
23	* SayMyName[=/=]CrowdSong: During his entrance the crowd (and his own theme music) chants... "Giiilllberg... Giiilllberg... Giiilllberg..."
24	* ScreamingWarrior: Much like the actual Goldberg, but instead of making him look like a badass it makes him look like an unintelligible {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
25	* StylisticSuck: His entire ring entrance, where he does narmtastic poses while being sprayed with a fire extinguisher.
26	* TagTeam: The Executioners/The Lords of Darkness
27	* TakeThat: His whole character is this to Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. WWE waited until ''after'' Goldberg had suffered his first official defeat to introduce the parody.
28	* TooDumbToLive: After Goldberg completely wipes the floor with the Rock’s security team during Raw 2003, Gillberg immediately attacks Goldberg (who no-sells his punches with a pissed expression on his face). The Rock luckily [[VillainousRescue saves his ass]] and enters the ring to deliver a Rock Bottom on Goldberg.
29	->'''Jerry Lawler''': You idiot!

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