Freddy also toured in Japan where he gained even more popularity and helped start a "movie monster/wrestler" boom, most notably in the W*ing federation, where Doug joined his brother Eddie. in 1989 testimony in front of the New Jersey State Athletic Commission[1] where he publicly admitted pro wrestling was in fact a sports-based entertainment, rather than a true athletic competition, many state athletic commissions stopped regulating.Tommy Gilbert spent much of his career in the Memphis territory, wrestling as himself or as the masked Nightmare Freddy, a gimmick that involved Gilbert mimmicking.
