Zach Gowen recently appeared as a guest on "The False-Finish" podcast for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
During the discussion, the former WWE Superstar reflected on his bout several years ago on WWE SmackDown against Brock Lesnar, which he referred to as "one of the most violent matches in WWE history," as he would blade in the bout and bleed more than usual on television.
"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,'" Gowen recalled. "All the pieces are there, and we put the match together and it’s one of the most violent matches in WWE history."
Gowen continued, "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. 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."
Check out the complete interview at Patreon.com.
