ZACH GOWEN TALKS PIPER SEGMENT, BROCK’S STRENGTH, MORE
- 11/21/2015 (12:20:47 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
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Today The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling welcomes a truly one of a kind individual and a man who's story transcends the world of wrestling as Zach Gowen joins the show. John, Chad, Zach and his Handicapped Hero tag team partner Gregory Irons dive deep into the full story of Zach's life not only as a wrestler but of him living with a disability that rather then hamper his goals helped propel him to knew heights. Zach can be found these spreading awareness and education to many for not only people with disabilities but for those suffering from substance abuse. A true inspiration, Zach Gowen is ready to defy the odds once again.Full
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Zach Gowen Talks About The Pure Strength of Brock Lesnar:
Performing on the WWE Stage so early in his career:
I was just incredibly nervous and I wanted to perform. Looking back it's
really insane to think how much trust they had in me to perform what they asked
me to perform considering I had no experience on television and had less then a
year of wrestling and we were doing this angle that was never ever seen so there
was no template to follow. We were literally flying by the seed of our pants and
trying to come up with it on the fly. Looking back I have a greater
appreciation for it now, because when you are in the middle of the hurricane you
can't appreciate how powerful it is. For me it's the same thing with my WWE
career and to be sharing the space with not only these wrestling legends but
cultural legends of Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon. Vince McMahon is
a guy I put up there with Walt Disney.
Did Rowdy Roddy Piper attempt to pull off his "wrong leg" during an in
ring segment:
I got laid out and the spot was Piper was going to pull off my
prothstetic leg and we were going to have this moment that really only a talent
like Piper could "pull-off" (no pun intended). At first he was grabbing the
wrong one, he was grabbing my real foot and he was yanking on it really hard and
so I am talking to him in the ring while this is going on and said "Piper, you
are grabbling the wrong foot" and he looked at me and said "sorry kid" and he
grabbed my prothstetic leg and pulled it off. If you watch that segment back it
almost makes it look more realistic and that he was out of control in a moment
of chaos. Only a legend like Piper could real pull that angle off and I
certainly have fond memories of the man and the talent.
The magnitude of working with the legends (Hogan, Piper, Vince
McMahon):
It was insane. Guys like Hogan, Piper and Vince these guys were
basically my father figures. They were giving me direction, they were my role
models for me growing up and were larger then life super heroes. I never got
into Superman or Batman or comic books but my super heroes wore spandex. So
being a 19 or 20 year old kid and cutting promos with Hulk Hogan backstage was
truly mind blowing for me. Again it is something that I have such great
appreciation for and especially now looking back.
Any perceived heat from the locker room for his spot at that point in
2003:
There was no jealousy there. I wasn't taking anybody's spot. So there
wasn't like another one legged guy that was in the business longer then I was.
Everyone was really encouraging for me. They helped me out a ton, where the heat
came from was that I wasn't conducting myself as a WWE Superstar. There are guys
now that have an appreciation for it and there were guys then that were in the
business for 15 years and dedicated their whole lives to this busienss and had
families and had wives at home and took the business very seriously. Me, I came
in as a twenty year old who was just really a fan more so then a wrestler and I
didn't understand the gravity of the gift that was handed to me and I think that
some of the wrestlers resented the fact that I wasn't embracing the gift as well
as I should have been.
Zach
also digs further into his WWE career, he discusses his runs in TNA, ROH and
various Independent Promotions, he also comments on his new documentary, his
career goals and not wanting to be a wrestler in the next five
years.
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