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Gay pro-wrestler Anthony Bowens makes history as AEW’s first openly gay champion

Anthony Bowens has made history as the first openly gay wrestler to win an AEW championship.  On 22 September, Bowens and his wrestling partner Max Caster hit the ring to compete against Kieth Lee and Swerve Strickland in AEW’s coveted Grand Slam tag team championship. While the two – who are also known as The Acclaimed – endured a tough match against their competitors, the duo ended up victorious – resulting in Bowen landing his historic win.  “When my Nana passed in 2015, I promised her I’d be a success.…

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Anthony Bowens says he was “not phased” by homophobic slur from fan

Out wrestler Anthony Bowens brushes off a homophobic fan who called him the f-slur. On Wednesday (8 December), Bowens was featured on the popular wrestling series AEW Dynamite as one of its headlining fighters. During his 4-on-4 tag-team match, a fan screamed “f**king f*g” – which was also caught on the televison broadcast. Shortly after the match, Bowens took to Twitter and shared the clip alongside a powerful message. “This is why I posted that photo the other day. Stuff like this unfortunately still exists. Not phased, I’ll just keep…

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