Interview with Zach Gowen

Evening one and all.

On a v2 wrestling special edition, Gavin and Adam were joined by the one time WWE superstar Zach Gowen.

For those listeners to young to remember, Zach Gowen was in one of the most controversial storylines of the early 2000s, when he was propelled at just age 19 into a storyline which at one point involved Vince McMahon, Stephanie, Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle and Big Show (and of course the worlds current greatest wrestler, Matt Hardy).

In the storyline, Zach, who in real life had his left leg amputated at the age of 8, was pitted against Mr McMahon in what was billed by Vince as the first ever "real" handicap match.

For anyone who has seen the footage, what Zach achieved in the ring was quite incredible. And that amazing story continues today, long after Zach last appeared in WWE and TNA. Today Zach competes on the independent circuit in a role that he himself admits is the perfect showcase for his talents. Teaming with Gregory Iron (himself suffering from cerebral palsy), Zach has forged an amazing story of how anyone can achieve their dreams when they try.

The interview is a fascinating, uplifting story of how Zach has embraced his skills in a positive way to help inspire those around him.

If you want to follow Zach on Twitter you can do here - @zachgowen

http://v2journal.com/17/post/2013/07/interview-with-zach-gowen.html

A big thanks to Zach for taking the time to talk to us.

Other articles of interest:
Interview with Mickie James
Last Week's Wrestling Podcast
Interview with Rockstar Spud
Interview with Marty Scurll

That has to be the best interview the Journal has done, really enjoyed it and Zach was really engaging and his outlook on life and career was really uplifting. Thanks for sorting the interview out and well done to Adam and Gav getting such a good interview out of him!

With Adam's contacts surely you can hook him up with a UK tour? V2 Wrestling Agents as the next branch of V2?

Thanks Paul, I'm looking forward to listening, it was an enjoyable conversation and he seemed like a really nice guy.

Great interviews Adam and Gav, recommend everyone gives it a listen.

I like it when Wrestler are themselves rather than in Character. Loved his story about his match with Mr McMahon!

That was good VDT!

Is Gregory Iron (Zach's tag partner with cerebal plasy) the guy who had CM Punk come in the ring after one of his matches and speak about how good he was? I remember seeing it, but not sure if it was him.

It's made the news on the dirt sheets with a link to the podomatic page:

http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/18732/zach-gowen-doesnt-think-he-has-a-wrestling-future

Hero wrote:It's made the news on the dirt sheets with a link to the podomatic page:

http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/18732/zach-gowen-doesnt-think-he-has-a-wrestling-future

Brilliant work.    

I also saw the link on Wrestle Zone

Superb Adam D, very impressive mate, keep it up! 

I just googled zach gowen and hit the news tab - about 5 different sites are all running the interview!

That's really great news for the site!

Also saw that we've got a scoop on Bleacher's Report, although that was Chris writing that it's still good to get that kind of exposure.