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** RammingAlwaysWorks: Using the [[FinishingMove spear]].

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** RammingAlwaysWorks: Using the [[FinishingMove spear]].spear]] in a match only ends badly for him. His ''debut match'' had Luna Vachon simply dodge the Spear due to her agility.



** UnstoppableRage: He’s always enraged for whatever reason but he can be easily stopped.
* {{Jobber}}: Despite being the longest reigning Light Heavyweight Champion in company history.

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** UnstoppableRage: He’s He's always enraged for whatever reason inexplicably enraged, but he can be easily stopped.
* {{Jobber}}: Despite being the longest reigning Light Heavyweight Champion in company history.history, this is the role he mostly played in the WWE.
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* 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.
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* ScreamingWarrior: Much like the actual Goldberg, but instead of making him look like a badass it makes him look like an unintelligible {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
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** UnstoppableRage: He’s always enraged for whatever reason but he’s easily stopped.

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** UnstoppableRage: He’s always enraged for whatever reason but he’s he can be easily stopped.



* StylisticSuck: His entire ring entrance.

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* StylisticSuck: His entire ring entrance. entrance, where he does narmtastic poses while being sprayed with a fire extinguisher.

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* 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.

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* EpicFail: ''Every'' 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.



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%%** UnstoppableRage** UnstoppableRage: He’s always enraged for whatever reason but he’s easily stopped.


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* 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.
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** BaldOfAwesome: He was a {{Face}}, so the inversion is that he lacked Goldberg's power, not that he was evil.



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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillberg_(wrestler) The Other Wiki]].



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Duane Gill 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]].

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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]].
Wrestling]]. He retired on February 28, 2020.



* TakeThat: His whole character is this to Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. WWE waited until ''after'' Goldberg had suffered his first official defeat to introduce the parody.

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* TakeThat: His whole character is this to Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. WWE waited until ''after'' Goldberg had suffered his first official defeat to introduce the parody.parody.
* ThrowTheDogABone: He won his retirement match.
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* 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.
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* PowerStable: Was part of the J.O.B Squad, with Wrestling/AlSnow, Wrestling/TooColdScorpio, Wrestling/BobHolly and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie.

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* PowerStable: Was part of the J.O.B Squad, Wrestling/TheJOBSquad, with Wrestling/AlSnow, Wrestling/TooColdScorpio, Wrestling/BobHolly and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie.
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Duane Gill 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}}''. 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]].

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Duane Gill 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}}''.''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]].

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Duane Gill 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}}''. 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]].

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.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillberg_(wrestler) The Other Wiki]].





* BoisterousWeakling

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* BoisterousWeaklingAwesomeMomentOfCrowning: He was inducted into the MCW Hall of Fame in 2009.
* BoisterousWeakling: Tons of enthusiasm, no real strength behind it.



* IHaveManyNames: His own, Gillberg, Pain, Executioner #1.
* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Wrestling/LunaVachon {{Squash|Match}}ed him in the gimmick's debut.



** BaldOfAwesome

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** BaldOfAwesome BaldOfAwesome: He was a {{Face}}, so the inversion is that he lacked Goldberg's power, not that he was evil.



* SayMyName / CrowdSong: During his entrance the crowd (and his own theme music) chants... "Giiilllberg... Giiilllberg... Giiilllberg..."

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* SayMyName / CrowdSong: SayMyName[=/=]CrowdSong: During his entrance the crowd (and his own theme music) chants... "Giiilllberg... Giiilllberg... Giiilllberg..."


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* BoisterousWeakling
* CatchPhrase: "Who's First?"
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* InvertedTrope: The following would be played straight if he was Goldberg, but since he's Gillberg...
** BadassBeard
** BaldOfAwesome
** RammingAlwaysWorks: Using the [[FinishingMove spear]].
** UnderwearOfPower
** UnstoppableRage
* {{Jobber}}: Despite being the longest reigning Light Heavyweight Champion in company history.
* PowerStable: Was part of the J.O.B Squad, with Wrestling/AlSnow, Wrestling/TooColdScorpio, Wrestling/BobHolly and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie.
* SayMyName / CrowdSong: During his entrance the crowd (and his own theme music) chants... "Giiilllberg... Giiilllberg... Giiilllberg..."
* StylisticSuck: His entire ring entrance.
* TakeThat: His whole character is this to Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. WWE waited until ''after'' Goldberg had suffered his first official defeat to introduce the parody.

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