Former WWE Star Calls Match With Brock Lesnar Among Most Violent In History

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A former WWE star has called his match with Brock Lesnar among the most violent in company history.

There aren’t many stars who have had a more memorable short-term run in WWE than Zack Gowen did in the summer of 2003.

During a recent episode of The False Finish, Gowen reflected on his singles bout with Brock Lesnar on an August 2003 episode of SmackDown. He said:

“As I get there [to ‘SmackDown’], they tell me the idea of me and Brock, which I’m really ecstatic about because I’m like, ‘I know we can do something really, really special here, I know it.'”

“All the pieces are there, and we put the match together and it’s one of the most violent matches in WWE history.”

“It was only five, six minutes long. They needed Brock to be hated, and creative thought to themselves, ‘How can we get Brock [hated]?’ Like you said, beat up the local kid with one leg in front of his mom, bloody mess.”

Gowen continued on to discuss how the match was the first time he ever bladed, saying:

“That was the first time I ever [bladed] in my life was on ‘SmackDown,’ which is why it’s a lot.”

“It wasn’t supposed to be that much, but I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. Again, not something you’ll ever see WWE do again.”

Reaffirming that Lesnar took extra precautions in handling him during the match, Zack said:

“When are we going to start talking about Brock Lesnar as one of the top five WWE superstars of all time?” 

“He doesn’t ever get brought up in the discussion. I love Brock Lesnar. He took care of me that night when he didn’t have to.”

“Everything he did looked absolutely, insanely brutal, but it was safe. I was out partying the rest of that night after I showered and got my head stitched up, so, thank you, Brock.”

Transcription via Wrestling Inc.

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