Gay wrtler Anthony Bowens gave an emotnal speech after he and Max Caster of The Acclaimed won the AEW world tag team champnship at "AEW Dyname: Grand Slam."
Contents:
- CROWD GO WILD FOR GAY WRTLER DURG PRI MONTH MATCH SHOUTG “HE’S GAY!” OVER & OVER
- AEW’S ANTHONY BOWENS COMMENTS ON GAY REPRENTATN IN WRTLG
- GAY PRO-WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS MAK HISTORY WH EPIC AEW TLE W AND FANS ARE OVERJOYED
- N.J.’S ANTHONY BOWENS, AEW’S 1ST OPENLY GAY WRTLG CHAMP, CHATS BEFORE HOMEG SHOW
- A CROWD CHANTED ‘HE’S GAY’ AT WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS — AND WAS HEARTWARMG
- OUT GAY PRO WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS: ‘THANK YOU, [ALL ELE WRTLG], FOR LETTG ME BE ME’
- GAY WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS SHAR EMOTNAL VIO AFTER WNG CHAMPNSHIP
- ANTHONY BOWENS REACTS TO POSIVE 'HE'S GAY' CHANT ON 6/23 AEW RAMPAGE, HAPPY TO KEEP SPREADG LOVE
- FAN YELLS HOMOPHOBIC SLUR AT GAY AEW WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS DURG MATCH
CROWD GO WILD FOR GAY WRTLER DURG PRI MONTH MATCH SHOUTG “HE’S GAY!” OVER & OVER
Anthony Bowens ma history on Wednday after beg the first openly gay man to w an AEW champnship on Dyname. * gay wrestler aew *
In 2017, the Acclaimed star ially nfirmed that he was bisexual, before later revealg that he intifi as gay. The fellow wrtler has spoken about LGBTQ reprentatn profsnal wrtlg the past as well as the ways which homophobia n be prevented. The w mak Bowens only the send publicly out gay man to hold a champnship a major televised Amerin promotn.
AEW’s first gay champn, most tag team ws AEW, most popular team wrtlg: everyone lov The Acclaimed, ” Bowens wrote. AEW’s first Gay Champn Most tag team ws AEW ♂️Most popular team wrtlg EVERYONE LOVES THE ACCLAIMED.. "If Max and I n get the job done, I have the opportuny at beg the first gay AEW champn, which would mean a lot to me.
AEW’S ANTHONY BOWENS COMMENTS ON GAY REPRENTATN IN WRTLG
The openly gay AEW wrtler talks about his character g out on primetime TV * gay wrestler aew *
It would also place him very select pany throughout all of wrtlg history: The first out gay petor for rival promotn World Wrtlg Entertament, for example, was Unn native Darren Young, who earned tag team gold as half of the Prime Time Players 's cln of LGBTQ talent such as Jersey Cy native Sonny Kiss, who is genr fluid, or former Women's World Champn Nyla Rose, who is transgenr, was among the factors that motivated Bowens to sign wh the pany 2020.
GAY PRO-WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS MAK HISTORY WH EPIC AEW TLE W AND FANS ARE OVERJOYED
Gay wrtler Anthony Bowens gave an emotnal speech after he and Max Caster of The Acclaimed won the AEW world tag team champnship at "AEW Dyname: Grand Slam." * gay wrestler aew *
Will natnal dienc on televisn accept a succsful gay man as a profsnal wrtler? Wrtlg fans often like to remisce about how awome everythg was back the Attu Era, but one thg that was cidly unol was how pro wrtlg ma LGBTQ wrtlers stay the closet while g kayfabe gay romance storyl for shock value or havg a wrtler "play gay" to draw heat.
In fact, when Goldt turned face, WWE ma a big al out of announcg his heterosexualy, while Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo pretend to marry 2002, then stopped the ceremony to say "jt kiddg, ha ha, we're not gay, eher.
Not only do Katch wrtle solo GCW, but she has partnered up wh Effy a tag team lled Bsy or, as Katch has lled the duo, Too Gay Power Trip. Anthony Bowens may be one of the bt-known, most outspoken gay wrtlers, but wasn't too many years ago that he was nervo about g out and how might affect his reer. In , he clarified that he prefers to be "labeled" as gay.
N.J.’S ANTHONY BOWENS, AEW’S 1ST OPENLY GAY WRTLG CHAMP, CHATS BEFORE HOMEG SHOW
That vio has over a quarter of a ln views and nearly 7, 000 lik, and Bowens may well now be the most over gay athlete the sport. ) He is also AEW's first openly gay belt holr, ever sce September 2022 when he and Max Caster won the AEW World Tag Team Champnship at "AEW Dyname: Grand Slam. Last Word on Sports tells that Asa has been wrtlg sce high school and me out as gay at that time as well.
Although Exotis' mps was origally seen as strictly kayfabe, Cassandro was the first such performer to e out as gay. In dog so, he broke ground for numero other gay Exotis who have reclaimed the trope and ma an empowerg one rather than somethg meant to margalize or make fun of the LGBTQ muny. " Cassandro also ma-evented Effy's Big Gay Bnch 2020.
A CROWD CHANTED ‘HE’S GAY’ AT WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS — AND WAS HEARTWARMG
(Note on the pronouns: Effy referred to Cassandro lguistilly fluid fashn as he, she, and they durg his terview wh Wrtlg Inc., but sourc cludg Outsports and Gayly refer to him wh mascule pronouns so we've followed this nventn, as well.
The reason why we've listed him unr his old WWE rg name is bee this is what he was gog by when he ma history as the first-ever WWE wrtler to e out as gay, dog so a 2013 TMZ terview. Shortly after Young ma his announcement about beg gay, he was ntacted by Cher. Not only is Effy himself out and proud, but he's created his own promo to showse LGBTQ athlet lled Effy's Big Gay Bnch.
Jake Atlas me out while he was still the di, so as per So Cal Uncensored, so when he signed on wh WWE, he did so as a fully out gay man. Prr to jog the pany, Atlas had also lled his shot by appearg on an episo of "Unrver Boss" and announcg his goal was "to bee the first openly gay WWE world champn. While Darren Young may have been the first openly gay WWE wrtler, Sonya Deville was the first woman on the roster to e out as LGBTQ.
OUT GAY PRO WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS: ‘THANK YOU, [ALL ELE WRTLG], FOR LETTG ME BE ME’
(For those unfaiar wh this acronym, 's meant to be a more clive — not to mentn, fun to say — alternative to LGBTQ, wh Btle explag that stands for queer/qutng, uncid, tersex, lbian, trans, bisexual, asexual, gay/genrqueer.
“The Big Gay Gladiator” challenged for the WAW European, People’s, Brish Heavyweight and World Heavyweight tl multiple tim his qut to hold WAW gold for the first time nearly two years. Out wrtler Anthony Bowens got a Pri Month surprise when the crowd started chantg, “He’s gay!
Bowens is currently one of the most popular people wrtlg and ma history as the first out gay wrtler to bee an All Ele Wrtlg (AEW) champn. But a tweet sent after the match, Bowens celebrated the moment, sendg, “If ya told me years ago, I’d have an arena chantg HE’S GAY at me the most POSITIVE of ways, I’d say you’re crazy.
GAY WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS SHAR EMOTNAL VIO AFTER WNG CHAMPNSHIP
If ya told me years ago, I’d have an arena chantg HE’S GAY at me the most POSITIVE of ways, I’d say you’re ’s pretty ol to see how far we’ve e. Long before The Acclaimed had arrived AEW and well before he scissored wh Daddy Ass, Anthony Bowens was a young wrtler tryg to make a reer pro wrtlg while also wonrg if he'd be held back bee he was gay. Fans will remember Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo as tag team the early 2000s who were famoly queer-d, to the extent that they were schled to perform a mment ceremony the rg to cement their life partnership — only for to be revealed that the characters were never gay, and the ceremony was a publicy stunt set up by their manager and stylist, Ri.
Anthony Bowens has bee the first openly gay male profsnal wrtler to bee champn All Ele Wrtlg (AEW) after he won s tag-team champnships.
ANTHONY BOWENS REACTS TO POSIVE 'HE'S GAY' CHANT ON 6/23 AEW RAMPAGE, HAPPY TO KEEP SPREADG LOVE
Another wrote: “Anthony Bowens beg a Black gay man, wng a champnship on live televisn. There have been other openly gay wrtlers, and WWE has more wrtlers who intify as LGBTQ now than did the past.
But this type of reprentatn and clivy ma AEW an attractive statn for a wrtler like Anthony Bowens, who is gay.
FAN YELLS HOMOPHOBIC SLUR AT GAY AEW WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS DURG MATCH
Kiss is openly gay, and might bt be known to dienc as Lucha Unrground’s XO Lish.
“I fely alt wh racism and I fely alt wh homophobia but I thk once people see who you tly are, kd of smoosh that away.