4: He was trained by Bill DeMott
Following ‘impostor Kane’ being written out of storyline, Gallows returned to WWE’s former developmental system at Deep South Wrestling where he was further trained by the now disgraced, Bill DeMott. DeMott resigned from WWE on March 6, 2015 following accusations of abuse and misconduct by several ex-trainees. Allegation that DeMott has denied.
However, one story that has circulated from DeMott and Gallows’ time at DSW is appalling. In 2015, former WWE trainee Devon Nicholson described an incident from 2006 in which then DSW head trainer DeMott and Gallows were involved in. Nicholson described the incident where Gallows was completely naked in the ring for a long period of time and gave naked stinkfaces to Zack Ryder and Melissa Coates. DeMott reportedly held jelly donuts over their faces during the incident.