Duke Droese

"Had he not been a sick mfer, I would've given him a solid four. I did like the concept of the gimmick. He basically unfortunately joins the dubious list of sickos in wrestling."

[4.0] "A Wrestlecrap version of Hacksaw Jim Duggan. That's how I felt about him when he came to the WWF. It was the New Generation and the era of shitty gimmicks so it felt like they were trying to remake the success of Duggan, but also give him an occupation gimmick because EVERYBODY had to have another job in pro wrestling!"

[0.0] "I was going to stop by here and give Duke a decent rating because he was one of my first wrestling memories from when I started watching as a kid. But after hearing about his recent arrest, yeah. Go to hell Duke. There is no redeeming yourself at this point."

[0.0] "The recent allegations towards him show that he truly lives up to his nickname, "Garbage Man". His uneventful WWE career will now be overshadowed by what he's done, and rightfully so. Either way, he was nothing special at all outside of a few fancy moves."

[0.0] "He's been arrested for inappropriate behavior with minors. No one cares about his career anymore. Actions have consequences, and there's a special place in hell for you, Duke. You've lost all respect, and rightly so People like him make me utterly sick."

[4.0] "His gimmick was trashy LOL, but didn't have much depth to it. He wasn't a bad in ring performer, but very forgettable during this not-so-great period of the WWF."

[3.0] "Before he was even hired by Vince. this dude was in the independents with the gimmick of "Garbage Man". I swear it was he himself who foresaw the "occupational era" of the WWF. The WWF were desperate when they hired this guy, one of the roughest times for the company and industry as a whole and it's reflected in fellas just like this. He's not the worst - but he's barely passable for nationwide TV. I guess he's better than your Sivi Afi's, Outback Jack's or Corporal Kirschner's from the golden era. But he's about on par with.., well I guess he *IS* the embodiment of the lowered bar that was mid 90's WWF."

[6.0] "I feel like I'm a person who has watched more of his matches than anyone else. This run in WWF was not bad. I don't understand his low raiting just because of his gimmick. He was pretty green most of his WWF run, but had potential."

[5.0] "I feel kind of bad for Duke. When someone wants to shit on mid-90s wrestling, bringing up "the garbage man" and "the plumber" is usually where their mind goes to first. I don't think Duke was as bad as TL Hopper or The Goon & even though his gimmick was kind of silly, he made it work to an extent. People forget today, but when he beat Hunter to earn the number 30 spot in that year's Rumble, people were getting behind Duke. He was not around long enough to earn any high ranking, but I think people should remember him with a little more fondness."

[4.0] "Droese was pretty agile for a big man, and had some good moves. While his gimmick was a somewhat-silly product of the "wrestlers with other jobs" era, he may well have been able to make it work as an everyman babyface character. Unfortunately, injuries took their toll, and he found himself unsuited to life on the road, and those limited his longevity in the WWF."

[2.0] "Duke Droese was in no way ready for the national stage, and the fact that WWF brought him in was a sign of how desperate they were to fill spots on the roster."