The former WWE star Zach Gowen revealed while speaking with Jonah Ferstand of REWIND RECAP RELIVE that had received a message from Brock Lesnar recently.
Zach Gowen reveals the message he received from Brock Lesnar
Gowen revealed how one of his friend, Jimmy Jacobs was in the WWE creative writing team and Lesnar got to know that he was friends with the former WWE star.
The Beast had conveyed Gowen regards and said he was thankful to him for what he did years ago during their time together in WWE. Edge SummerSlam Paycheck Stuns WWE Fans
During the interview, Gowen revealed the heartwarming gesture of Lesnar and told how much he admires the former WWE Universal Champion.
He said:
“I love that so much, creating a moment and a memory like that. It’s what we all strive to do. Me and Brock always man, we got along great. I love Brock. A few years ago, my buddy Jimmy Jacobs was on creative, on the creative team with WWE. Somehow my name came up for something, sometimes they’ll pitch my name for stuff throughout the years and either it goes somewhere, or it doesn’t. Usually doesn’t go anywhere but ideas just pop up.”
“So, my name came up. I think it was to do something with Brock. Anyway, they’re talking to Brock about it and then Brock pulled Jimmy aside and said, ‘hey, are you friends with Zach?’ And Jimmy’s like, ‘yeah, he’s one of my best friends’ or whatever, and then Brock said, ‘hey, tell him I said hi, and I love him, and thank you for what he did for me all those years ago.’ And that just warmed my heart you know what I mean? I love Brock to death, man no question.”
Zach Gowen on his feud with Brock Lesnar:
While speaking on the show, Gowen also discussed being entailed in a storyline with Lesnar during their stint in WWE. He lauded The Beast Incarnate for bringing the best of their feud and he revealed he has been always fond of the storyline. He also recalled that Lesnar had turned heel and their feud helped him cement his persona.
Gowen said:
“It was amazing. Brock’s the best. I love Brock Lesnar to death. Kind of like what Kobe was talking about earlier, I trusted him with my body; to take care of me. At the time, I had so much heat with the locker room that, if he legitimately hurt me, he would’ve suffered zero ramifications. There would have been zero ramifications from that. And I wanted to create something special, and I wanted to create a moment and I wanted to amp up the level of violence. Because I always liked those big guy vs little guy matches. I always liked the uniqueness.
Nobody wants to be the third match on the card that they forget about the second the main event starts. We want to create special moments that last forever, and we want to live in infamy, man. And I saw that, me working with Brock Lesnar, as an opportunity to create a moment like that. So, I just said ‘whatever, let’s send it, let’s do something nobody has ever seen before,’ in terms of the levels of violence. And Brock was super appreciative of that because he needed me at that moment to get over as a heel. He had just turned heel, but he was still getting cheered. So, for what WWE wanted, the angle they wanted Brock to get to, they needed him to be a heel and so I was the catalyst in that, or I was helping that process happen.”
Zach Gowen on Lesnar saving his life in their match:
“And we just went at it, and it got super crazy and violent and bloody, and he didn’t hurt me at all. In fact, one moment in our match, he was supposed to give me three powerbombs, like a triple powerbomb where you hold on, and then after two, he felt I got knocked out. Like he felt my body go limp for a second. I hit the back of my head on the mat. I was knocked out on the powerbomb. It was supposed to be three, but he felt that I was in danger, so he just let me go. He might’ve saved my life if we’re being 100% honest, at that point. The angle was just one of those things that people still remember and talk about and it’s on YouTube so it’s going to live forever.”
Brock Lesnar is currently no longer with the company but he is likely to make his return to WWE in front of the crowd as they start holding shows across different cities from the next month.
