Anthony Bowens wants to make history.
The Acclaimed have garnered a lot of momentum as of late. Aligning with Billy Gunn, the pair have managed to become even more over with fans as time has gone on.
For those unaware, Anthony Bowens is out and proud of being gay. In a new interview with The Sports Courier, Bowens discussed the inclusiveness of the All Elite Wrestling locker room and revealed that he’s hoping to become AEW’s first gay champion at Grand Slam.
“It’s one of the things that attracted me to come into AEW when I came here as an extra before I was signed. I saw people like Sonny Kiss and Nyla Rose just walking around being themselves without judgement and people being inclusive with them and there was no fear for them at all. That was super important to me for wherever I would land at the time. There’s never a time at work where I’m consciously thinking about it, it’s something that’s openly celebrated. I bring it up openly in front of my friends and co-workers, so we’ve come a long way on inclusiveness in locker rooms and such. Fans from time to time, we still have got work to do but it’s been overwhelmingly positive. I take that responsibility of being an out athlete very seriously because I’d like to show that you can be an successful openly gay professional athlete without it being the center of attention or center of focus. At times, it is important to bring it up. For example, next week Max and I are gonna fight for our lives in this match and we also wanna bring home gold and if we do, I end up being AEW’s first gay champion, which is something that I would be super proud of.”
Anthony Bowens to The Sport’s Courier
The Acclaimed will take on Swerve In Our Glory next week at AEW Grand Slam for the AEW Tag Team Championships.
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