Anthony Bowens, in his interview, also discussed the hilarious segment with Harley Cameron on “AEW Rampage” in 2023, when he informed her that he was gay, resulting in a “He’s Gay” chant from the audience. 

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“It’s never been said before [the word gay] in a wrestling ring on national television and I’m not the type of … My form of activism is, I go out and I am myself and I try to represent as authentically and positively as possible, I’m not really much in your face. But I always wanted to present it in a fun way ’cause a lot of times it ends up being presented in a very, very serious, emotional way. I wanted to present it in more of, you know, a happy-go-lucky [way].”

He recalled QT Marshall pitching the idea to him and said that he jumped at the idea straight away. Bowens added that he was pleased with how the segment turned out and was surprised by the reaction of the fans.

“I’ve been waiting to do something like this at the right time for a long time and I’m very, very, very happy with the result. I’m very happy that the crowd enjoyed it. I would have never in a million years expect them to erupt the way that they did.”

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The AEW star said he would’ve never envisaged that he would be accepted in the pro wrestling world when he was in high school, which made him even more pleased with the positive reaction the segment garnered.