Duane Gill Interview
Posted by David Damage on Thursday, December 8, 2011
Under: Interviews
Arda
Ocal (@arda_ocal) and Jimmy Korderas (@jimmykorderas) of
#AftermathRadio on thescore.com and iTunes chat with former WWE
superstar Duane Gill, who is also best known as "Gillberg" . Highlights:
Speaking about if Bill Goldberg ever tried to get in contact with him while he was doing the "Gillberg" gimmick in WWE he said:
"Goldberg hates my guts. He wanted to kill me. I remember the night I did
meet him, the night we did The Rock Concert were I was dancing all the
ring and all. They just wanted me to just stand there and tap my foot.
So I had to explain to Mr. McMahon about what I wanted to do and he
started laughing his ass off and he goes lets do it (laughs)".
On his wrestling school, "Gillberg's Pro Wrestling Academy", he talked
about what makes his wrestling school so successful that it will be
branching out to multiple locations:
"We have yet to advertise
and we're packed. We're loaded with students. I would imagine the
article on WWE.COM "Where are they now" had a lot to do with helping me
there. I just want to take it to the next level. I just wanna teach the
way we teach. I teach old school ways. It's taught proper and it's
really good"
How long did he feel that the "Gillberg" character
in WWE would last the first time he did when he wrestled Luna Vachon on
an episode of RAW, which was the debut of the character:
" It
was actually supposed to be a one night deal. When I came back through
the curtains, I got the highest honor I ever received in Pro Wrestling.
When I came through that curtain, every McMahon, every writer, producer,
boys, everybody in the back that was working was standing there
clapping, and had tears in their eyes cause they were laughing so hard.
That was the highest honor I ever got."
His thoughts on working for WWE without being under contract with WWE for almost 10 years:
"I'm a mark. I love Professional Wrestling, and to be honest with you, I
love the WWE. Let me put it to you this way, I didn't give a crap what I
was doing. There were times were I wrestled 4 or 5 times a night. I
didn't care man. I was there. I was in the locker room with Hulk Hogan,
Brutus Beefcake, Jake The Snake, Macho Man. I went to the bar, I sat
down to have drinks with them, and I got to rub shoulders with the best
of the best. To me it was everything. "
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