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AEW President & CEO Tony Khan recently revealed that WWE had pressurized AEW to sign Anthony Bowens and Max Caster, who are together known as The Acclaimed.

Tony Khan sheds praise on The Acclaimed

The Acclaimed have done quite a remarkable job in AEW. Khan recently spoke with Mike Johnson of PWInsider this week.

He said that it was WWE who wanted to sign both Caster and Bowens, as they were singles wrestlers from the popular Create A Pro wrestling school. But AEW ended up bagging the tag-team. WWE Top Champion Going To New Company?

He said:

“The Acclaimed were singles wrestlers. They both went to the same school, Create A Pro, but they’d never teamed. And I saw them both on Dark and they were, frankly, the WWE put a little pressure on me with both of them. I think they were both people the WWE wanted, and I really wanted to use both of them.”

“And then I thought about it and I had this thought about The Acclaimed and I brought them together. And there’s a lot of teams that have gotten, I think, the benefit of Dark and Elevation as platforms that are kind of teams that I’ve kind of put together. The same, The Acclaimed got the amazing reaction at Double or Nothing. Particularly in the beginning of the Battle Royale when Max rapped. Anthony is an actor, such a versatile wrestler.”

He recalled The Acclaimed’s stint in AEW’s development territory, Dark and Elevation before their debut on Dynamite. Khan said:

“Max Caster and Anthony Bowens a tremendous pair and they’ve gotten to develop and they really became an act and got over on Dark and Elevation with the fans and then got integrated into the regular programming on Dynamite. I wanted to keep using them and keep featuring them in special ways. And they’ve really delivered time after time.So I’m really proud of what The Acclaimed have done and that again, came from Dark and Elevation.”

We will see what are the things to come for The Acclaimed in AEW.

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
A dedicated pro wrestling follower for more than a decade

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