| Anthony Bowens | |
|---|---|
Bowens in March 2020 | |
| Born | December 18, 1990 Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.[1] |
| Alma mater | Montclair State University |
| 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.
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]
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] 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.[10][11] 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.[12] This made Bowens the first openly gay wrestler to become an AEW champion.[13]
Bowens is openly gay.[14] He is a fan of the San Francisco Giants, and previously worked in the production department of the MLB Network studio.[7]
