[3][2] Doug Gilbert debuted for Continental Wrestling Association in 1986 at the age of seventeen.
Upon his return to Memphis, Gilbert won two USWA World Tag Team Championships with Tony Anthony, before leaving for Dallas in 1992 to join the Global Wrestling Federation.
In September 1992, Gilbert began touring Japan for Wrestling International New Generations, where he went under the Freddy Krueger alter-ego.
[4] He then wrestled Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship, which was traded between the two several times between February 1994 and May 1995.
He won the USWA battle royal under his Nightmare Freddy gimmick but due to trademark law had to enter the Rumble under his own name.
On August 14, 2021 Gilbert as Nightmare Freddie teamed with Danny Demanto in a losing effort against Neil Diamond Cutter & Satu Jinn at ICW No Holds Barred in San Antonio, Texas.