10 Infamous Pro Wrestling Squash Matches
Not every squash match is forgettable
6. Brock Lesnar vs. Zach Gowen
Zach Gowen was overmatched by every member of the WWE roster during his short, improbable stay in the company. One-legged and undersized, Gowen nonetheless managed to pull off some miraculous upsets during his brief time there.
And then he ran into Brock Lesnar. Or, rather, Brock Lesnar ran almost through him when the vindictive Vince McMahon booked poor Zach against the Next Big Thing on the August 21, 2003 episode of SmackDown.
Brock had freshly turned heel and was due to clash with WWE Champion Kurt Angle at SummerSlam just a few days later, so WWE knew they had to put over the challenger strong.
Wrestling in his hometown and with his mother at ringside, Gowen was like a lamb to the slaughter and took a savage beating that included one of the most brutal chair shots in WWE history.
The way Zach was manhandled and left in a bloody heap on the floor was too uncomfortable for some, who felt that Lesnar had crossed a line.
Ironically, Brock actually lost the match by disqualification. Gowen had his remaining leg ‘broken in two places’, but he got the moral victory, didn’t he?
