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The Acclaimed is an American professional wrestling tag team, competing in All Elite Wrestling. The team consists of Max Caster and Anthony Bowens. They are currently the AEW World Tag Team Champions.

All Elite Wrestling (2020&#x2013;2022)
On November 3, 2020, All Elite Wrestling CEO Tony Khan announced the creation of a tag team called "The Acclaimed," consisting of newly-signed wrestlers Anthony Bowens and Max Caster. The Acclaimed debuted on the December 16 episode of Dynamite, defeating SCU. The following week, during AEW's Holiday Bash special, The Acclaimed competed for and were defeated in a title match against then-reigning AEW World Tag Team Champions the Young Bucks.

The Acclaimed would continue to compete for the AEW World Tag Team Championship throughout 2021. They competed in a "AEW World Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Battle Royal" on February 3, 2021, losing to Chris Jericho and MJF of The Inner Circle. They also competed in an "AEW World Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Four Way" match on April 22, 2021, where they were defeated by SCU. The tag team was briefly sidelined following Caster's suspension in August 2021 for offensive comments made in a pre-match rap during a taping of AEW Dark. After Caster's return from suspension, the Acclaimed competed directly for the AEW World Tag Team Title on the June 10, 2021 episode of AEW Rampage, where they were defeated by the reigning champions, the Lucha Brothers. Caster and Bowens would pick up their first televised win since December 2020 on the December 17, 2021 episode of Rampage, defeating Eddie Kingston, Santana and Ortiz of the Inner Circle, and the Lucha Brothers alongside 2point0 and Daniel Garcia.

2022 began with a televised victory over Bear Country on January 12's episode of Dynamite, followed by a loss to Darby Allin and Sting the following week. They would also begin an alliance with Billy Gunn and the Gunn Club on AEW Dark, teaming up first to defeat the Dark Order, followed a win over Lee Moriarty, Matt Sydal, and the Nightmare Family on Dark: Elevation The Acclaimed competed in an "AEW World Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Casino Tag Team Royale" on March 3, 2022, losing to the Young Bucks; followed by a loss in a tag team title match against Jurassic Express the next week. Their alliance with the Gunn Club would explode into a rivalry shortly thereafter, leading to a "Dumpster Match" in August 2022 between the two teams, which the Acclaimed won. Two weeks later, The Acclaimed rescued Billy Gunn from an attack by the Gunn Club and their new manager, Stokely Hathaway; Gunn subsequently became the manager for the Acclaimed.

The Acclaimed were given another shot at the AEW tag team titles at All Out 2022, challenging the team of Swerve In Our Glory (Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee), with Strickland and Lee retaining their titles by pinning Bowens. Three weeks later, the Acclaimed would receive another title shot against Swerve In Our Glory, on the September 21 episode of Dynamite. This time, however, the Acclaimed would emerge victorious, with Caster pinning Swerve Strickland to capture the AEW World Tag Team Championship. Caster and Bowens have since defended their titles twice, once in a three-way match versus Private Party and The Butcher and The Blade, and once in a "Title Vs. Trademark" match against the Varsity Athletes (Tony Nese and Josh Woods).

Championships and accomplishments

 * All Elite Wrestling
 * AEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time)