Anthony Bowens

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Anthony Bowens
File:Anthony Bowens March 2020.jpg
Bowens in March 2020
Born (1990-12-18) December 18, 1990 (age 34)
Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Alma mater Montclair State University
Spouse(s) Michael Pavano (m. 2017)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Anthony Bowens
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1]
Billed weight 205 lb (93 kg)[1]
Billed from Nutley, New Jersey[2]
Trained by Pat Buck[3]
Debut 2013[4]

Anthony Bowens (born December 18, 1990)[5][better source needed] is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he teams with Max Caster as The Acclaimed. They are the current AEW World Tag Team Champions in their first reign.

Early life

Bowens was born in Nutley, New Jersey.[1] He attended Nutley High School and Montclair State University.[6] He played baseball "for eleven years",[3] including at Montclair State and Seton Hall University, playing two seasons each for the Pirates and Red Hawks.[7][8] He was discovered by professional wrestler Santino Marella, who asked him whether he had ever thought about professional wrestling.[3] He went on to train under Pat Buck.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Bowens started training in 2012 and made his professional wrestling debut in 2013.[8][4] In November 2016, he suffered a concussion during a match on WWE NXT.[9]

Once back from injury, Bowens would work prolifically for tristate and New England independent wrestling promotions like Combat Zone Wrestling and Beyond Wrestling while also making appearances for Global Force Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.[10] He captured the WrestlePro Heavyweight Championship twice between 2016[11] and 2017.[12] On January 21, 2017, Bowens challenged Drew Galloway[13] unsuccessfully for the WCPW World Heavyweight Championship at Battle Club Pro's Fight Forever event,[14] which marked the first time the title had been defended outside of the UK.[15][16]

In November 2020, All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan announced that Bowens, alongside Max Caster, had been signed to a five-year contract with the promotion.[17][18] The announcement also stated that Bowens and Caster would compete as a tag team named The Acclaimed.[4] At AEW Grand Slam 2022, The Acclaimed would win their first AEW tag team championship.[19] This made Bowens the first openly gay wrestler to become an AEW champion.[20]

Personal life

Bowens is openly gay.[21] He is a fan of the San Francisco Giants, and previously worked in the production department of the MLB Network studio.[7]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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Preceded by 9th AEW World Tag Team Champion
September 21, 2022 – present
With: Max Caster
Current holder

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