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He made his WWE debut on the [[May 15]], [[2003]] edition of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'' as a [[Plant (professional wrestling)|planted]] fan in the audience. As [[Hulk Hogan#Mr. America|Mr. America]] (a masked Hulk Hogan) was making his way to the ring he acknowledged Gowen personally as a loyal fan near the walkway by giving him the American flag Mr. America was carrying. Later, when Mr. America was being unfairly beaten by Roddy Piper and Sean O'Haire, Gowen jumped the wall dividing the fans from the wrestler's walkway and jumped into the ring to aid him. This began a short collaboration of the two leading to an [[angle (professional wrestling)|angle]] with [[Vince McMahon]], then heel, [[Roddy Piper]] and Mr. America and Gowen's first matches. On July 3, 2003 Gowen and then baby face, [[Stephanie McMahon]] faced off against then SmackDown! star, [[Paul Wight|Big Show]] in what Vince billed as the first "real" [[Professional wrestling match types #Handicap match|handicap match]] (referring to Gowen and his [[amputee]] status in addition to the two vs. one parameters of the match). With [[Run-in (professional wrestling)|run-in]] help from then WWE Star, [[Kurt Angle]] and then baby face/WWE star, [[Brock Lesnar]], the team of Gowen and McMahon were able to defeat the Big Show and thus won Gowen a WWE contract as per the stipulations of the match.
Gowen later faced off with and lost to Vince McMahon at the [[WWE Vengeance#2003|Vengeance 2003]] pay-per-view. As a result of his feud with McMahon, Gowen was forced into a match with former [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] the heel version of [[Brock Lesnar]]. In his hometown of [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], Gowen won via DQ when Lesnar attacked him with a steel chair. After the match, the assault continued. With his family watching at ringside, Gowen's only leg was destroyed when Lesnar F5ed him, propelling his leg into the steel ring post. A few weeks later, Lesnar kidnapped Gowen (now confined to a wheelchair) and threw him down a flight of stairs, at the [[New Orleans Arena]] (but this cut-scene was done with someone portraying Gowen; you can see that the "prosthetic" leg is a real leg with careful examination). As a result, (On [[July 31]], [[2003]]) Gowen was the object of a feature report on ''SmackDown!''. When he returned, Gowen defeated then heel, [[Matt Hardy]] at [[WWE No Mercy#2004|No Mercy]] before being released from WWE in [[February 2004]].
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