Zach Gowen
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Gowen in April 2014
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| Birth name | Zachary Gowen |
| Born |
March 30, 1983 Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| Residence | Plymouth, Michigan |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Pogo the 1 Legged Boy Tenacious Z Zach Gowen |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 179 lb (81 kg) |
| Billed from | Detroit, Michigan |
| Trained by | Tommy Johnson Truth Martini |
| Debut | March 16, 2002 |
Zachary "Zach" Gowen (born March 30, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and promoter. Gowen competed for World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Gowen's left leg was amputated when he was eight years old. He is the first one-legged competitor in professional wrestling.
Gowen was diagnosed with cancer as a child, and lost his left leg due to amputation at the age of eight. He was a fan of professional wrestling from a young age, and cites Shawn Michaels and Rey Mysterio as two of his favorite wrestlers.
Zach is an alumnus at Churchill High School in Livonia, Michigan, Class of 2001.
After being trained by Truth Martini, Gowen made his professional wrestling debut on March 16, 2002, in a loss to Martini. While training Gowen made the decision to wrestle without his prostethetic leg as he found it difficult to wrestle with the "dead weight".
Gowen first gained national exposure wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling during early 2003 under the name Tenacious Z, but soon left TNA, after signing a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
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. He lasted just under five minutes in the ring before being eliminated by Shark Boy. The next month, Gowen wrestled at the Slammiversary pay-per-view, losing in a six way match. He also appeared on TNA Impact!, wrestling Mikey Batts to a no contest before leaving the promotion once again later that year. In October 2006, at Bound For Glory, 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.
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