| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Douglas Gilbert (1969-02-05)February 5, 1969 (age 56)[3] Lexington, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Family | Tommy Gilbert (father)[1] Eddie Gilbert (brother)[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Dark Patriot[1] Doug Gilbert[2] The Enforcer[1] Dangerous Doug Gilbert[1] Jason[1] Freddie Krueger[1] Nightmare Freddie The Terrorist[1] Wrestling Machine #1[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg)[2] |
| Trained by | Tommy Gilbert[1] |
| Debut | 1986[2][1] |
Douglas Gilbert (born February 5, 1969) is an Americanprofessional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with regionalprofessional wrestling promotions throughout theSouthern United States, as well as forExtreme Championship Wrestling and overseas in Japan.[2][1]
Doug Gilbert debuted forContinental Wrestling Association in 1986 at the age of seventeen. In 1987, he wrestled forJim Crockett Promotions as the masked Enforcer. In 1988, Gilbert went toContinental Wrestling Federation, under a masked alter-ego Nightmare Freddie, siding withNightmare Ken Wayne in his rivalry withNightmare Danny Davis. In March 1989, he wrestled forWorld Championship Wrestling, where he remained until October. In December 1989, Gilbert won his first championship, theICW Tag Team Championship withDennis Condrey. By March 1990, Gilbert left ICW and the Tag Team titles were vacant.
Upon his return to Memphis, Gilbert won twoUSWA World Tag Team Championships withTony Anthony, before leaving for Dallas in 1992 to join theGlobal Wrestling Federation. While in the GWF, he donned a mask and went under the nameThe Dark Patriot an evil version of GWF's top starThe Patriot and was managed byBruce Prichard, and he won theGWF North American Heavyweight Championship in January 1992.
In September 1992, Gilbert began touring Japan forWrestling International New Generations, where he went under theFreddy Krueger alter-ego. By 1993, he returned to the USWA, splitting his time between USWA and W*ING. In August 1993, he won theW*ING World Tag Team Championship withLeatherface. He'd also wrestled matches forEastern Championship Wrestling as The Dark Patriot, winning theECW World Tag Team Championship with his brotherEddie. After his brother had a falling-out withTod Gordon, Gilbert left ECW. After quitting W*ING after shooting on the promotion, Gilbert returned to the USWA as The Dark Patriot and feuded withBrian Christopher, and after losing a match to Brian Christopher by disqualification, Christopher unmasked him revealing his identity.[4] He then wrestled Christopher for theUSWA Southern Heavyweight Championship, which was traded between the two several times between February 1994 and May 1995.
In August 1994, he returned to Japan forInternational Wrestling Association of Japan, again under the Freddy Krueger persona. Two months later, he revived the Dark Patriot persona in IWA Japan. In the USWA, he began teaming withTommy Rich, with whom he held four USWA World Tag Team titles with within over a year, feuding withPG-13. In January 1996, Gilbert won a USWA battle royal to earn himself a spot in theWorld Wrestling Federation's1996 Royal Rumble match later that month.[5] He entered at #14, and was eliminated byVader. He won the USWA battle royal under his Nightmare Freddy gimmick but due totrademark law had to enter the Rumble under his own name.
By 1996, Gilbert expanded beyond USWA. While he was also wrestling for USWA, WCW, and the NWA, he began wrestling for other promotions within the area includingIWA Mid-South (where he won theirHeavyweight Championship in April 1997),North American All-Star Wrestling, Europe'sCatch Wrestling Association, andOhio Valley Wrestling. In 1998, he won theIWA World Heavyweight Championship in Tokyo, Japan and twoNWA National Heavyweight Championships. The following year, he worked for a Memphis-based promotion,Power Pro Wrestling, now doubling as an WWF developmental territory, where he feuded again with Brian Christopher, but was fired after a televised promo which turned into ashoot on Christopher,Jerry Lawler (Christopher's real-life father), and Power Pro booker Randy Hales.[6] In the shoot that took place in October 1999, Gilbert revealed to the audience that Lawler was Christopher's father (something that was forbidden to mention on TV), accused Hales of smoking crack, and accused Lawler of raping a 13-year-old girl; a reference to claims made against Lawler in 1993 that were dismissed. Gilbert was fired from the promotion immediately. In 2000, Gilbert won the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship; he would not win another title again until he defeated Bam Bam Bundy for the USA Championship Wrestling's USA Heavyweight Championship inJackson, Tennessee in 2018.
On August 14, 2021 Gilbert as Nightmare Freddie teamed with Danny Demanto in a losing effort against Neil Diamond Cutter & Satu Jinn at ICW No Holds Barred in San Antonio, Texas.
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