Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 4:12 PM EST

Neal Jones sent in the following recap:

Zach Gowen Interview

Text interview from www.inyourheadonline.com.

Conducted by Tim Miller.

Favorites:

Movie: Office Space, Friday, Scent of a Woman, Walk the Line. Those are probably my favorite.

Music Artist: Kelly Clarkson. Straight up, she's the best pop artist we've seen in a long time.

Television Show: The Office and Entourage.

Food: Chicken.

Athlete/ Sports Team: Ben Wallace and the Detroit Pistons.

Wrestling:

What is your finishing maneuver? Moonsault and a twisting neckbreaker like the one Sonny Siaki, Goldberg, and Petey Williams used to do.

Why did you choose wrestling for a career? I have no idea. I f*cking love it though. Wrestling has taken me around the world and I've done things that I would never have dreamed of doing. Pro wrestling has been awesome to me. It's my life and I wouldn't have it any other way.

If you were not wrestling, what would you be doing? Probably graduating college and looking for a job.

Who were your heroes growing up? Barry Sanders was a big one. Shawn Micheals, Hulk Hogan, and Mick Foley.

What is your dream match? Somoa Joe.

What was it like for WWE? For TNA? What were the differences? WWE was great money and great exposure but I was never realy comfortable there. I was green as grass and made a lot of mistakes too. What are you gonna do? Learn and move on ya know? TNA is alotta fun. Very relaxed, comfortable, family-like setting.

Who is your favorite opponent? What is your favorite match? Chris Candido. In May 2004, I worked in Massachusets for Chaotic Pro Wrestling (I could be wrong on the name of the pormotion). The match was me and Tough Enough Jonah vs Candido and ??? (damn, i forgot his name, he's in OVW now). Really easy match but probably the most fun I've ever had in the ring. Everything clicked....it was awesome.

What was your favorite all-time match? Wargames 87

What is your greatest wrestling moment? Going 20 minutes with Jimmy Jacobs about a month ago. I stepped out of my comfort zone and absolutely excelled. One of my favorite matches of all time. Jimmy said that it was one of his best matches ever. That was the first time we've ever worked and I've been his biggest fan for a while so that meant alot to me.

What do you want to accomplish in wrestling? I want to get another contract. No doubt.

How did you train to enter wrestling? Who did you train with? Truth Martini broke me in in 2001.

How difficult was it to get into this business on one leg? Not very. I've been competing in competitive sports all my life. I've had one leg since I was 8. The human body is an amazing thing. The way it can adapt and adjust to any and all situations is quite fascinating.

How did you feel about your initial entrance to the WWE? You went right to work with Hulk Hogan, Brock Lesnar, Vince McMahon, and Stephanie McMahon? How was working with them? It was amazing. Surreal. Looking back (hindsight is 20/20 of course), it might have not been the best way to book me. I mean, after you work with Vince, Hogan, Piper, and Brock...where do you go from there? It's all downhill man. My idea was basically to be the new 1-2-3 Kid. But I was f*cking terrible back then. Way too green to be in that company.

What is up with your "new" t-shirts? Where can you buy one of those? Hell yeah, cheap plug time! Go to my myspace to check em out www.myspace.com/zachgowen. It has all the instuctions on there.

Word Association:
1) Vince McMahon: Intimidating
2) Stephanie McMahon: Beautiful
3) WWE: Awesome company to work for.
4) TNA: Awesome company to work for.
5) ECW: Was a huge fan of the product, looking forward to see what they're gonna do with it now.
6) Hulk Hogan: Coolest guy ever
7) Roddy Piper: Funny
8) Matt Hardy: Tremendously smart
9) AJ Styles: Amazing athlete, so much fun to watch and work with.
10) The Big Show: Super nice man.
11) Triple H: Best wrestler in the world
12) Ric Flair: One of my all time favorites
13) Shark Boy: Funny guy, very talented.
14) Samoa Joe: We'd have a great match
15) Christian Cage: Very talented, very nice.

Website:
Myspace: www.myspace.com/zachgowen
Upcoming Events: check my myspace calendar.
Any other comments for your fans: Thank you very much for the support. You guys are the best. Support indy wrestling!