10 Times Imitation Was Not The Sincerest Form Of Flattery In Wrestling

4. Gillberg

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Bill Goldberg has never been particularly private about his thoughts on Gillberg. Put politely, WCW's biggest success story of the 1990s didn't care for Duane Gill's joke performances and believed they were disrespectful actions from a company that should know better. Goldberg should be flattered; Gillberg only existed because the WWF were flustered by his success.

Complete with piped-in chants of his name, sparklers to accompany his entrance and the catchphrase 'Who's First?', Gillberg debuted in November, 1998 and immediately mocked Goldberg. The general idea was that WCW's phenomenon was a flash in the pan who was only successful because he won endless squash matches.

Much like The Meta-Powers (but very unlike Oklahoma), there were elements of comedy in Gillberg's routine that did raise a chuckle. Sadly for Gill and his employer, though, WWE made Goldberg Universal Champion in 2017, almost 20 years after they were poking fun at his performances.

Big Bill got the last laugh there.

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