27 Facts About Zach Gowen

Zachary Mark "Zach" Gowen was born on March 30,1983 and is an American professional wrestler and promoter.

Zach Gowen's left leg was amputated when he was eight years old.

Zach Gowen is the first and only one-legged competitor ever to compete in WWE.

Zach Gowen was diagnosed with cancer as a child, and lost his left leg due to amputation at the age of eight.

Zach Gowen was a fan of professional wrestling from a young age, and cites Shawn Michaels and Rey Mysterio as two of his favorite wrestlers.

Zach Gowen is an alumnus at Churchill High School in Livonia, Michigan, Class of 2001.

Zach Gowen later returned to TNA on May 15,2005, at their Hard Justice pay-per-view event, as the second entrant in the 20-Man Gauntlet for the Gold match.

Zach Gowen lasted just under five minutes in the ring before being eliminated by Shark Boy.

The next month, Zach Gowen wrestled at the Slammiversary pay-per-view, losing in a six-way match.

In October 2006, at Bound for Glory, Zach Gowen returned to TNA during the Kevin Nash X-Division Open Battle Royal Gauntlet match as the sixth entrant, but was eliminated by Johnny Devine.

Zach Gowen then lost several singles matches to wrestlers including Shannon Moore, Nunzio, and John Cena, with Zach Gowen being attacked by Matt Hardy, Moore's mentor, following each loss.

Zach Gowen did not return to WWE television due to suffering an injury, and was later released from his WWE contract on February 4,2004.

Zach Gowen appeared for several independent promotions, including Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South where he played the character of an egotistical heel.

Zach Gowen was part of the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup in 2004.

In Prime Wrestling, Zach Gowen formed a tag team with Gregory Iron known as "The Handicapped Handguns".

Zach Gowen made his Ring of Honor debut on October 7,2006, losing to Delirious in a singles match.

Zach Gowen teamed with ROH World Champion Roderick Strong and Michael Elgin in a loss to the Briscoe Brothers and Christopher Daniels.

Human Tornado ran into the ring to save Zach Gowen, forcing Kennedy to retreat to the stage, where Scott D'Amore met with him.

The match was scrapped after Zach Gowen legitimately no-showed the event.

Zach Gowen returned to the company on March 23,2011, where he defeated Jimmy Jacobs.

Zach Gowen formed a tag team at Up in Smoke with U-Gene, who believed that he could be Gowen's second leg.

However, Zach Gowen forfeited the championship after realizing that U-Gene cheated to win, causing U-Gene to attack him and disband the team.

Zach Gowen made his All Elite Wrestling debut on the May 8,2025 episode of Collision as an audience member.

Zach Gowen attended Eastern Michigan University, where he studied Secondary Education and Mathematics.

In 2016, Zach Gowen competed in the Indianapolis qualifying round of the eighth season of American Ninja Warrior.

Zach Gowen fell on the third obstacle, the fly wheels, and did not move on to the city finals.

Zach Gowen released a memoir, "High Risk Maneuvers" in 2018 and currently tours as a motivational speaker for kids.