Doc Gallows Recalls Being Told He Would Be The Third Brother Of Destruction

Doc Gallows signed with WWE in 2005, reporting to Deep South Wrestling. 

Gallows made his main roster debut as an imposter Kane, in a storyline that didn’t go very far. In developmental, Gallows played Freakin’ Deacon, a man with multiple personalities who carried around a tarantula. 

Speaking on Talk N Shop, Gallows discussed the idea of him being the third Brother of Destruction alongside Kane and The Undertaker. 

“They told me [I was going to be the third Brother of Destruction] in developmental. Think about that in your mind when you’re a 20-something-year-old kid. At first they told me I was going to come out at WrestleMania 23. It ended up being the Boogeyman, but I was going to be the third brother. I’m sitting there at practice like, ‘I’m the heir to the big man throne. Shit, I’ll be a millionaire this time next year.’ I have no idea where all that came from,” he said.

The Undertaker would face Batista at WrestleMania 23 while Kane faced The Great Khali. 

Speaking about his Freakin’ Deacon character, Gallows said, “I did these really weird Freakin’ Deacon promo and I could talk. I did a multiple personality thing that I made up myself with different voices. I had a tarantula that I would carry to the ring and drop on the guys. I’d come out from under the ring, they gave me a bag lady, the late Melissa Coates, God rest her soul, we dressed her up like a homeless lady and did vignettes where I pulled her out of the dumpster. She’d come to the ring with me and after the matches were over, everyone else would walk up the ramp, I would put her in a shopping cart and push her out the front door. She hated being the bag lady, she wanted to be a pretty pro wrestler. I’d push the shopping cart and as soon as the front wheels went over the lip, I’d flip the shopping cart and she’d take a big bump into the grass. She’d be yelling ‘You motherfucker, piece of shit,’ and I’d run away to the back. The boys would be losing it [laughs].”

Gallows also cut a promo on the show as the Freakin’ Deacon, switching between voices and talking to his tarantula Willow. 

He would eventually stick on the main roster as Festus in 2007. He is currently signed by IMPACT Wrestling. 

Elsewhere during the interview, Gallows and Karl Anderson discussed “Beat up John Cena” and not being able to say it anymore. You can find their full comments by clicking here. 

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