Anthony Bowens

Real Name: Anthony Bowens
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 205 lbs.
Date of Birth: December 18, 1990
Hometown: Nutley, New Jersey
Pro Debut: April 13, 2013
Trained By: Pat Buck & Dan Maff
Finishing Move: The End Complete

Biography

– Bowens was an accomplished baseball player in his youth, competing up to university level
– Bowens is openly gay
– In his early career, Bowens wrestled as ‘Anthony Vigilante’
– By the end of 2013, Bowens had abandoned the Anthony Vigilante moniker in favour of wrestling under his real name
– On April 24, 2014, Bowens defeated Marc Corino to win the IWF Junior Heavyweight Title
– On April 30, 2016, Bowens defeated Matt Macintosh to win the WrestlePro Title
– Bowens made an appearance on the December 21, 2016 episode of NXT, teaming with Jonathan Ortagun in a loss to The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar). Unfortunately, Bowens suffered a concussion during the match and would be out of action for two months
– On February 11, 2017, Bowens defeated Bobby Wayward to regain the WrestlePro Title
– On October 12, 2019, Bowens won the WrestlePro Dream 16 Tournament, defeating Matt Macintosh in the final
– On December 7, Bowens defeated Matt Macintosh, Leon St Giovanni & Bobby Wayward in a Ladder Match to win the WrestlePro Gold Title
– On January 30, 2020, Bowens defeated Bizarre to retain the WrestlePro Gold Title
– On February 8, Bowens defeated Matt Macintosh & Deonn Rusman to retain the WrestlePro Gold Title
– On August 22, Bowens defeated LSG to retain the WrestlePro Gold Title
– On September 13, Bowens fought TJ Crawford to a time-limit draw to retain the WrestlePro Gold Title
– Bowens debuted for AEW on September 25, teaming with Lee Johnson in a loss to Chaos Project (Luther & Serpentico) on Dark
– On October 21, Bowens returned to AEW Dark, teaming with Max Caster for the first time
– On November 3, Bowens & Caster signed with AEW
– On November 7, Bowens & Caster (now dubbed The Acclaimed) made their ‘official’ AEW debuts, defeating Justin Blax & Louis Valle on Dark
– At Dynamite Grand Slam 2022, The Acclaimed defeated Swerve In Our Glory (Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee) to win the AEW Tag Team Titles
– On the October 21 Rampage, The Acclaimed defeated The Varsity Athletes (Josh Woods & Tony Nese) to retain the AEW Tag Team Titles
– At Full Gear 2022, The Acclaimed defeated Swerve In Our Glory (Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee) to retain the AEW Tag Team Titles
– On the December 7 Dynamite, The Acclaimed defeated FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) to retain the AEW Tag Team Titles
– On the January 4, 2023 Dynamite, The Acclaimed defeated Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal to retain the AEW Tag Team Titles
– At Battle Of The Belts V, The Acclaimed defeated Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal in a No Holds Barred Match to retain the AEW Tag Team Titles
– At Royal Rampage 2023, The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn defeated QTV (QT Marshall, Aaron Solo & Johnny TV)
– At All In 2023, The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn defeated The House Of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) in a No Holds Barred Match to win the AEW Trios Titles
– On the following episode of Collision, The Acclaimed & Gunn defeated Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Daniel Garcia to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the All Out 2023 pre-show, The Acclaimed & Gunn defeated Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– At the 2023 Rampage Grand Slam special, Gunn & The Acclaimed defeated The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver & Evil Uno) to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– A week later, Gunn & The Acclaimed defeated The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) and Isiah Kassidy to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the WrestleDream pre-show, Gunn & The Acclaimed defeated TMDK (Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito) to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the 2023 Dynamite Anniversary special, Gunn & The Acclaimed defeated The Butcher, The Blade & Kip Sabian to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the following episode of Collision, Gunn & The Acclaimed defeated Boulder, Bronson & Jacked Jameson to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– At Battle Of The Belts VIII, The Acclaimed & Gunn defeated Matt Menard, Angelo Parker & Daniel Garcia to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the November 4 Collision, The Acclaimed & Gunn defeated Dalton Castle & The Boys to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the December 23 Collision, The Acclaimed & Gunn defeated Dante Martin, Darius Martin & Action Andretti to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the January 24, 2024 Dynamite, The Acclaimed & Gunn defeated The Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the Revolution 2024 pre-show, The Bang Bang Scissor Gang (Bowens, Max Caster, Billy Gunn, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn & Jay White) defeated Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Isiah Kassidy, Marq Quen, Willie Mack & Satnam Singh
– On the Double Or Nothing 2024 pre-show, The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn defeated Cage Of Agony (Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun)
– At Blood & Guts 2024, Team AEW (Bowens, Caster, Darby Allin, Swerve Strickland & Mark Briscoe) defeated The Elite (The Young Bucks, Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry & Adam Page) in the titular match
– On the All Out 2024 pre-show, The Acclaimed (Caster & Bowens) defeated Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson)
– On the WrestleDream 2024 pre-show, The Acclaimed defeated MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor)