Duke ‘The Dumpster’ Droese Talks RAW Angle That Forced Jerry Lawler To Apologize On Camera
The 80s and early 90s was all about occupational gimmicks in WWF whether it was TL Hooper as a plumber, Skinner as an alligator hunter or Repo Man as… a repo man. Another that comes to mind is Duke “The Dumpster” Droese who was a garbage man by day and a WWF Superstar by night.
Droese’s gimmick seemed to catch on a little better than many of the other “job” gimmicks and he explained why in an interview on Interactive Wrestling Radio.
“Well, I think the reason is because I came up with it. I was wrestling as ‘The Garbage Man’ Rocco Gibraltar down in Florida. I worked on it for a long time. The reason I did it is because I knew that was the kind of thing that Vince McMahon would probably grab ahold of,” revealed Droese. “I remember the Big Boss Man as the police or prison guard gimmick and it just felt like something the World Wrestling Federation would have in the la