Gangrel

In 1995 David Heath (Gangrel) wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) for a short period, feuding with Tommy Dreamer over Dreamer's affiliation with real-life wife Luna Vachon. While there he was noticed by World Wrestling Federation (WWF) officials and signed a contract with the WWF. He made his WWF TV debut on the August 16, 1998 episode of Sunday Night HEAT victorious in his in-ring debut against Scott Taylor. Heath was given the character name Gangrel, which was derived from a vampire clan from the White Wolf roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade.

The Gangrel gimmick involved an entrance which saw him rising from a ring of fire on the elevated stage, followed by a slow walk to the ring set to a sinister instrumental music theme. He also carried a goblet of "blood" with him and, during his entrance, would stop on the ring steps, take a drink, and spray it into the air. He was billed as being "from the other side of darkness." As Gangrel, Heath formed a gothic stable, called The Brood, with fellow WWF wrestlers Edge and Christian.

The Brood became known for their sneak attack "Blood Baths" which involved the arena lights going dark for a few moments and when they came back on the targeted wrestler being covered in "blood". The three eventually joined up with The Undertaker and his "Ministry of Darkness" stable but the larger grouping didn't last long.

Before the Brood was formed, Gangrel had a long feud with Edge. A possible connection between the two happened during one RAW event in which Gangrel told Edge after beating him up that "the blood of Gangrel flows through you, Edge." Nothing more was ever brought to light from that saying, though one could speculate what that connection could have meant with the two characters.

After splitting from the Ministry The Brood began a feud with The Hardy Boyz and their manager Dok Hendrix. The feud took a turn when Gangrel suddenly turned on Edge and Christian and aligned himself with Matt and Jeff Hardy calling the group The New Brood. Unfortunately for Gangrel, Terri Runnels also began to show interest in the Hardy brothers and they eventually chose her over him. With The New Brood broken up Gangrel became a singles wrestler, mostly as a mid carder. In 2000 he brought in (real-life wife) Luna Vachon as his manager until she was fired. Gangrel continued working for the WWF until he was released in 2001.

After his release from the WWF Heath did a short stint with World Wrestling All-Stars, including winning a pay-per-view match against his wife, Luna. In 2002 Heath signed with NWA: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and, at TNA's first PPV, competed in the 20 man "Gauntlet for the Gold" match to crown the first NWA World Heavyweight Champion of the TNA era once again going as The Vampire Warrior. He stayed with the promotion, making occasional appearances, until 2003 while still making appearances in smaller independent promotions.

Gangrel also made a brief cameo appearance in Mullingar based promotion XHW, becoming involved in an altercation with DDG while backstage at an independent show. He appears on the XHW videogramme St Patricks Day Riot 2002.