Zach Gowen Reacts To Ricochet Assaulting Him In Front Of His Family
Thursday night on AEW Collision, Ricochet mocked Zach Gowen in front of his family as they sat at ringside for the event. As Ricochet attacked security who tried to diffuse the situation, Gowen hit the ring but was overwhelmed by Ricochet, who stole his leg in the process. This altercation will lead to a match between the two men in Chicago at the Dynamite: Beach Break special.
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Following the attack on Thursday, Zach Gowen spoke to AEW for social media with his children at his side, delivering a very inspiring and powerful message ahead of his match against Ricochet.
'You know, life always seems to put me in impossible situations to overcome. Yet I always overcome,' Zach Gowen said. 'The Gowens always overcome. It's what we do. Overcoming cancer to become the world's first one-legged professional wrestling superstar. Climbing a mountain with 11 other amputees.
'It doesn't matter you put a challenge in front of me, I'm going to overcome. This is what I teach my boys: that life is not about what happens to us. Life is about how we respond to what happens to us. And Ricochet, it's time for me to overcome one more time, because you're going to see me, Zach Gowen, in an AEW ring next Wednesday.'
The card for AEW Dynamite: Beach Break
Here is the update card for AEW Dynamite: Beach Break…
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Steel Cage match for the AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Samoa Joe
Will Ospreay and Hangman Page vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Josh Alexander
AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Match: Timeless Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue vs. TBA vs. TBA
Ricochet vs. Zach Gowen
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