(1968-08-20) August 20, 1968 (age 55)[2] Lodi, California, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Miami
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Duke "The Dumpster" Droese[3] Marshall Duke[4] Rocco Gibraltar Garbage Man[4]
Billed height
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[3]
Billed weight
305 lb (138 kg; 21.8 st)[3]
Billed from
Mount Trashmore, Florida[3][1]
Trained by
Bobby Wales[5]
Debut
February 1990[5]
Retired
2019
Michael David Droese (born August 20, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler and special education teacher. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1994 and 1996 under the ring name Duke "The Dumpster" Droese.
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Wrestling Federation between 1994 and 1996 under the ring name Duke "The Dumpster" Droese. Droese was trained as a professional wrestler by Bobby Wales. He...
Droese is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: DukeDroese (born 1968), American retired professional wrestler and special education teacher...
match 12:01 3 Hunter Hearst Helmsley (with Elizabeth Hilden) defeated DukeDroese Singles match 9:38 4 Yokozuna defeated The British Bulldog (with Jim...
Cornette) Singles match for the WWF Championship 21:09 8D Goldust defeated DukeDroese Singles match 6:38 9D Barry Horowitz, Hakushi and The Smoking Gunns (Billy...
was seemingly devoid of momentum as he dropped matches to Lex Luger, DukeDroese, Man Mountain Rock, and Doink (Ray Apollo). For the first time in over...
rope 0 34 O'Shay Edwards 36 Davey Boy Smith Jr. Over the top rope 1 35 DukeDroese 31 Alex Kane Submission 0 36 1 Called Manders *** 32 John Hennigan Over...
Savio Vega, The 1–2–3 Kid, Man Mountain Rock, Adam Bomb, Bob Holly, DukeDroese, Fatu, Billy Gunn, Bart Gunn, Travis, Troy, and Shawn Michaels. Gutschmidt...
in his place. In the summer of 1994, he forced Lawler to apologize to DukeDroese for "demonstrating such a brutal amount of violence". January 22, 1994...
successfully defended the CWA World Heavyweight Championship against DukeDroese, and then subsequently vacated the title upon his departure. In 1996...
10:02 Isaac Yankem, D.D.S. pin The Undertaker pin British Bulldog 8:26 DukeDroese 5:16 The British Bulldog pin The Undertaker DQ Hunter Hearst Helmsley...
Beverly Brothers on February 16. Wrestled his last WWF match against DukeDroese WWF Wrestling Challenge on May 24, 1994. Magliano retired from professional...
(1997) July 5, 1997 Graz, Austria Eisstadion Liebenau 2,800 Rambo (c) vs. DukeDroese for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship Euro Catch Festival (1998)...
Bushwhackers beat Timothy Well and Barry Horowitz (subbing for Steven Dunn) DukeDroese beat Kwang Lex Luger beat Tatanka Razor Ramon (IC) beat Jeff Jarrett...
Championship Wrestling - 1,800/free show for Boys and Girls Club): [...] DukeDroese b Alex G Meltzer, Dave (October 1, 2000). "Disappointing WCW ratings...
(CWA) teaming with Cannonball Grizzly and Robby Brookside. He lost to DukeDroese on 18 January 1998 in Mombasa, Kenya. Neidhart appeared on World Championship...
(returned for a match in 2007) Bushwhacker Butch (1964-September 2001) DukeDroese (1990–2001, returned for a couple of matches in 2019) Hardbody Harrison...
Event July 5 CWA Euro Catch Festival Graz, Austria Rambo (c) defeated DukeDroese in a Singles match for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship July 6...
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