Duane Gill

Duane Gill is an American professional wrestler He is best known for his appearances in WWE under the ring name Gillberg a parody of thenrival promotion World Championship Wrestlings top star Goldberg During his tenure in WWE Gill became a one time Light Heavyweight Champion He would go on to hold the title for 15 months becoming the longest reigning Light Heavyweight Champion in the companys history Gill made his debut on the American independent scene as a part of a masked tag team with Barry Hardy called The Lords of Darkness with Hardy billed as Agony and Gill billed as Pain On August 2 1991 they defeated Cream Team Dino Casanova and Rip Sawyer to become the MidEastern Wrestling Federations first ever Tag Team Champions The Lords participated in two of three 40man battle royals held in 1992 The second battle royal took place two months later The Lords later became second version of The Executioners and took part in a 40man battle royal won by Tatanka The Executioners then joined WWE competing on its Monday Night Raw program against several other tag teams The Executioners split in early 1994 and Hardy left the company on April 18 Gill then began competing under his real name as an enhancement talent before also leaving the company soon after Return to the WWF 19982000 In 1998 Gill made his return to WWE at Survivor Series as Mankinds mystery opponent Vince McMahon seemingly facilitated Mankinds route to victory in a tournament for the vacant WWE Championship as he appeared to be McMahons favorite to win Before Gill made his entrance McMahon built up the suspense by referring to him Gill as a wrestler with a winloss record that no other wrestler could match Although the statement was thought to indicate that Mankinds opponent won more than lost in his career the exact opposite was true and Gill was squashed by Mankind He later joined the JOB Squad with Al Snow Scorpio and Bob Holly During this time Gill became notable for ending Marc Meros career when Mero challenged him to a match announcing to the crowd that he would retire from wrestling if he could not beat Gill Gill won the match with some help from the JOB Squad and Mero left WWE although he did not legitimately retire as promised