Go to our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/chrisvanvliet for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help. Anthony Bowens (@bowens_official) is a professional wrestler with All Elite Wrestling and is part of the tag team "The Acclaimed" with Max Caster. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Hollywood, CA to talk about signing with AEW, how Tony Khan paired him with Max Caster and created The Acclaimed, what he has learned from working with Billy Gunn, his plan to reunite Billy and Chuck, how he came out as gay to his family and friends, being an LGBTQ role model, what winning the AEW Tag Team Championships meant to him, why he decided to move to Los Angeles, his YouTube channel with his boyfriend called @michaelvpavano and much more! 00:00 Intro 02:06 AEW Tag Team Champion 03:57 Story of their AEW debut 05:06 Anthony Bowens before “The Acclaimed” 08:02 Crowd reaction 10:26 Max Caster’s raps 13:49 Billy Gunn & the origins of ‘Scissoring’ 18:11 All Out 2021 19:36 Reaction to winning the tag titles 21:15 Darren Young coming out 24:54 Billy & Chuck 26:31 Being underestimated 28:12 Buff Bagwell 28:50 Almost signing with WWE 31:51 MLB aspirations 34:40 His wrestling origin story 38:11 Inspiring other LGBT people 40:25 Turning negatives into positives 42:21 Coming out 43:35 Moving to LA 48:04 Acting Goals 48:36 Gratitude Subscribe to Michael & Anthony on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@michaelanthony7105 Subscribe to my podcast: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #aew #prowrestling #podcast #chrisvanvliet #wrestling