5 best Brock Lesnar moments on SmackDown

#4 Brock Lesnar destroys Zack Gowen

Brock beat Gowen so badly he had to be taken to a 'local medical facility' afterward...

In 2003, Zack Gowen was one of the most inspirational wrestlers in history. A young kid who had lost one of his legs to cancer, Gowen dreamed of becoming a WWE superstar. He got his wish in a way, as he actually got to wrestle a few matches on SmackDown and was involved in some high-profile feuds. His gutsy, never-say-die attitude made him an incredible underdog, which paired perfectly with the evil bully that Brock Lesnar had become.

During 2003, Lesnar’s mission was simply to ‘destroy all the small guys’, and Zack Gowen was one of the people unfortunate enough to fit into that category. In one memorable moment, bully Lesnar destroyed Gowen so utterly that he could not possibly be cheered by anyone (this was the goal, as WWE wanted Lesnar to be booed as a heel, but the audience was cheering him for his badassery).

Lesnar brutalized Gowen with vicious chair-shots, multiple F-5s, and other vicious-looking moves, all while Gowen’s mother looked on from the audience at ringside, horrified at what was happening to her son. Once the beating was (mercifully) over, Gowen lay in a bloody heap and Lesnar looked like the monster no one would care to cross.