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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Anthony Bowens On The Acclaimed, Billy Gunn, "Scissor Me" Catchphrase, Max Caster's Rapping

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Mental Health, Wrestling, Entrepreneurship, Sports, Business, Health & Fitness

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

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 "Michael & Anthony" and much more! Subscribe to Michael & Anthony on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@michaelanthony7105 For more information about Chris Van Vliet and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media:  Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All systems are going.

0:01.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blit!

0:08.2

Oh, baby, here we go.

0:11.0

Back with you on another audio adventure on Insight.

0:14.6

I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.

0:16.2

So good to see you here, my friends.

0:17.7

Hope that 2023 has been treating you well so far. Crazy to think that January

0:23.0

is more than halfway done already. We're already three weeks almost into this new year. Wow.

0:30.5

Everybody loves the acclaimed. Think about it. They are the hottest tag team in pro wrestling right now.

0:37.0

And it's amazing when you hear Anthony Bowens tell the story of how they were just kind of thrown together by Tony Kahn. And I mean, they've made this work in a big, big way. Look at what they've turned this into with their entrance and Billy Gunn and everyone now, everywhere, screaming,

0:56.4

scissor me. And Anthony's got such a great story. It was such a pleasure to be able to sit

1:01.1

down with him in person to have him share about his professional life and also his personal

1:07.7

life. So please share this episode with someone who you know is going to love this

1:11.5

and take a screenshot. Let us know that you're listening. Tag us so we can share this out and

1:16.6

retweet it and re-story it on Instagram. He's at Bowens underscore official. I'm at Chris Van Vleet

1:25.5

and Casey Johnson 487. What did Casey Johnson 487 say? This is a review

1:32.5

from Apple Podcasts. The best. I like this podcast more than is comfortable. That is a lot.

1:40.5

That is a lot, Casey. Thank you for taking the time to leave those words on Apple Podcasts. I'll read one

1:46.4

review on every single episode. So if you haven't left a review yet, please leave a few words. If it's

1:51.9

your first time here, first of all, thank you. And if you could please do me the honor of hitting

1:58.9

that follow button or that subscribe button, it would mean so, so much to me.

2:02.7

All right, ladies and gentlemen, it is one half of the AEW tag team champions.

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