Anthony Bowens (born December 18, 1990) is an American professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He has also appeared in WrestlePro, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Global Force Wrestling (GWF), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
| Anthony Bowens | |
|---|---|
 Bowens during a match on March 1, 2020 | |
| Born | December 18, 1990 Nutley, New Jersey |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Anthony Bowens |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Billed from | Nutley, New Jersey |
| Trained by | Pat Buck |
| Debut | 2013 |
During his time in AEW, Bowens has been a one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion and one-time AEW World Trios Champion.
Career
All Elite Wrestling
On the September 25, 2020 episode of Dark (aired November 6), Bowens debuted with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He teamed with Lee Johnson and they lost to Chaos Project (Luther and Serpentico).[1] On the November 27 episode of Dark, Bowens would team with Max Caster in a loss against Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent).[2] On November 3, AEW owner Tony Khan announced that both Bowens and Caster had signed a five-year contract with AEW to wrestle as a tag team and the would call themselves The Acclaimed.[3]
At Holiday Bash, The Acclaimed would face the Young Bucks for the AEW World Tag Team Championships but lost.[4]
In May 2022, Bowens would be confined to a wheelchair because of knee surgery but he still continued to cut promos and be at ringside for Caster's matches.[5] Bowens would return to the ring at Blood & Guts. He would enter the ring and accidently hit Caster's teammate Austin Gunn with the crutch he had.[6]
At Grand Slam, The Acclaimed managed by Billy Gunn and DJ Whoo Kid faced Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland) managed by Fabolous. The Acclaimed would defeat them and win the AEW World Tag Team Championship. This was Bowens' first championship in AEW and with the win, he became the first openly gay wrestler to become an AEW champion.[7][8] They would lose the title to The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) on the February 8, 2023 episode of Dynamite.[9]
At All In, The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn would defeat the House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) to win the AEW World Trios Championship.[10]
Personal life
Bowens is openly gay. He is married to his husband YouTuber, Michael Pavano.[11]
Championships and accomplishments
- All Elite Wrestling
- AEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Max Caster[12]
- AEW World Trios Championship (1 time) - with Max Caster and Billy Gunn
- Battle Club Pro
- BCP Franchise Championship (1 time)[13]
- Independent Wrestling Federation
- IWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[14]
- New York Post
- Male Breakout Wrestler of the Year (2022) shared with Max Caster[15]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 304 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2021[16]
- WrestlePro
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Most Improved (2022) with Max Caster as The Acclaimed[19][20]
References
Other websites
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