As of December 2005, Gowen has taken a hiatus from the world of professional wrestling to pursue other work and school.
Zachary Mark Gowen, normally Zach Gowen, (born March 30, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional wrestler. Gowen has worked for both World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on their SmackDown! brand, and for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Gowen was diagnosed with cancer as a child. Because of that, he lost his leg at the age of 8. It was a necessary move: according to his doctors and parents, had the amputation not been done, they were not sure what would have happened to young Zach.
Gowen was determined to become a wrestler since he was a young child, and he spent a good portion of his teenage years training towards that goal. On March 16, 2002, he finally achieved his dream, when he debuted in the Independent Wrestling Revolution, losing to Truth Martini. On April 26, 2002 , he earned his first win, over Almighty Ray.
Gowen first gained national exposure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name Tenacious Z but soon left that promotion for World Wrestling Entertainment. While in the WWE, wrestling under his own name, Gowen was involved in an angle with Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper and Mr. America (a masked Hulk Hogan). Gowen even wrestled McMahon at a pay-per-view. On July 31, 2003, Gowen was the object of a feature report on SmackDown!. He also challenged the WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in his hometown before being released from WWE in February 2004.
On May 15, 2005, Gowen returned to TNA at their Hard Justice pay-per-view event, as the second entrant in the 20-Man Gauntlet for the Gold match. He lasted just under five minutes in the ring before being eliminated by Shark Boy. Gowen left the promotion once again later that year.
Gowen walks with a prosthesis and claims he can wrestle with or without it. However, he wrestles most of his matches without it due to the inherent marketability of seeing a one-legged wrestler compete. Known for his high-flying ability as well as his "one-legged" moonsault, Gowen was a fan favorite simply for the spectacle.
2006-07-02 11:08:50
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answered by thematrixhazu36 5
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he was taking classes at Eastern Michigan toward a teaching degree in math. His story is really great if you haven't heard it. He lost his leg to cancer when he was nine. He was playing soccer and he twisted it funny and the doctors said he broke it. After it failed to heal for some time, it was determined that he had cancer and that they would have to amputate the leg. He continued to stay active in sports throughout high school and some friends of his sent some videos into the WWE and they contacted him about wrestling. After a year of wrestling, his mom encouraged him to stop wresting and go to school, which apparently he did
2006-07-02 11:10:02
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answered by Kelly88 2
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in case you realize which you have royal blood in you, and you're a Prince/Princess. then you definately ought to take it for the useful and understand what you need to do. What could ensue in case you got here upon which you have royal blood i would not care what human beings think of or say to me i would not say no longer something in any respect. that's you , you have royal blood
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answered by ? 4
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I think he got hurt wrestling Jack Hoff.
2006-07-02 13:30:00
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answered by Dusty 7
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hes taking a hiatus
2006-07-02 13:29:16
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answered by jtgowen2001 2
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i know that the wwe released him becaused it was rumored that he was very cocky and arrogant backstage. After that, I don't know what happened.
2006-07-02 17:00:18
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answered by motherlove202 2
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i think that he was really injured or that was just a storyline and and his contract ran out.
2006-07-02 11:08:49
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answered by scienceboyjp2008 1
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