Doug Gilbert

Doug Gilbert
Ring name(s)	Dangerous Doug Gilbert The Dark Patriot Nightmare Freddie Jason the Terrible
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight	240 lb (110 kg)
Born	January 5, 1969 (1969-01-05) (age 42) Lexington, Tennessee
Debut	1986

Doug Gilbert (born January 5, 1969) is a professional wrestler from Memphis, Tennessee who wrestles on the independent circuit. He is the brother of "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert and the son of wrestler/referee/promoter Tommy Gilbert.

Career

Power Pro Wrestling shoot interview

Gilbert helped hasten the demise of Power Pro Wrestling, a short-lived local Memphis wrestling promotion, by giving a shoot interview where he revealed to the audience that Brian Christopher held his championship titles in the United States Wrestling Association because his father Jerry Lawler owned the company.^[1] He also accused the promoter Randy Hales of smoking crack during the broadcast and accused Lawler of raping a 13-year-old girl,^[2] but failed to mention that the alleged victim recanted her story and that Lawler had been cleared.^[3]

Nightmare Freddie gimmick

Gilbert was given the Nightmare Freddie gimmick by his father, Tommy Gilbert, who had returned to wrestling after being a referee for a time but opted to stay under a mask during the tenure. Nightmare Freddy (or just Freddy, as he was usually called) was a fairly successful character in the Memphis area and was actually a babyface for most of his run. He feuded with the Master of Pain.

Freddy was, of course, based on Freddy Krueger, the main character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street films. He even came out wearing the bladed glove. Under Doug's tenure under the rubber mask, Freddy teamed with a Jason (from Friday the 13th) inspired wrestler as well as a Frankenstein, a Wolfman, and Leatherface. Freddy also toured in Japan where he gained even more popularity and helped start a "movie monster/wrestler" boom, most notably in the W*ing federation, where Doug joined his brother Eddie in an infamous match. Feeling betrayed by the company, Doug, wrestling as Nightmare Freddy, and Eddie, as The Boogeyman (a gimmick inspired by the main character from the Halloween series of horror movies), broke character after a tag match, removed their masks and shot on the company. Doug continues to wrestle as Freddy in Japan and is still very popular, fighting other “monster” wrestlers like Leatherface and The Cryptkeeper.

Miscellaneous

Gilbert made one appearance in the World Wrestling Federation, competing under his own name as an entrant in the 1996 Royal Rumble match. He entered at #14, and lasted 3 minutes before being eliminated by Vader.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Clawhold
  • Michinoku driver II

• Managers
  • Downtown Bruno^[4]
  • Big Business Brown^[5]

Championships and accomplishments

• Extreme Championship Wrestling

• ECW World Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[6] – with Eddie Gilbert

• Global Wrestling Federation

• GWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[7]

• International Championship Wrestling (New England)

• ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dennis Condrey

• International Wrestling Association of Japan

• IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South

• IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[8]

• NWA Mid-South

• NWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[9]

• NWA Mississippi / NWA Battlzeone

• NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[10]

• NWA New Jersey

• NWA National Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[11] – with Buddy Landel

• United States Wrestling Association

• USWA Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
• USWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times)^[12] – with Tony Anthony (2), and Tommy Rich (4)

References

1. ^ "Dangerous" Doug Gilbert shoots on Power Pro Wrestling's live show.
2. ^ pwchronicle.blogspot.com
3. ^ wrestleview.com
4. ^ "Bruno Lauer's profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/harvey-wippleman.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
5. ^ "Big Business Brown". http://www.bigbusinessbrown.com. 
6. ^ "ECW World Tag Team Championship official history". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/history/ecwtaghistory/. Retrieved 2009-04-26. 
7. ^ Duncan, Royal. "GWF - GLOBAL WRESTLING FEDERATION GWF NORTH AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY". Solie.org. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/nahtgwf.html. Retrieved 2009-04-26. 
8. ^ "Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South Heavyweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ky/iwams/iwams-h.html. Retrieved 2009-04-26. 
9. ^ Dupree, Jim. "WOWF-WARRIORS OF WRESTLING FEDERATION /NWA - NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE WOWF/NWA MID-SOUTH HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY". Solie.org. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/mshtnwa.html. Retrieved 2009-04-26. 
10. ^ Dupree, Jim. "NWA - NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE NWA - MISSISSIPPI HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY". Solie.org. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/misshwtnwa.html. Retrieved 2009-04-26. 
11. ^ Duncan, Royal. "NWA - NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE NWA UNITED STATES TAG TEAM TITLE HISTORY". Solie.org. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/usttnwa.html. Retrieved 2009-04-26. 
12. ^ Royal, Duncan. "USWA UNITED STATES WRESTLING ASSOCIATION USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE HISTORY". Solie.org. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttuswa.html. Retrieved 2009-04-26. 

External links

Professional wrestling portal

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Name	Gilbert, Doug
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Date of birth	1969-01-05
Place of birth	Lexington, Tennessee
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