Why Does Everybody Love The Acclaimed?

In All Elite Wrestling, there is a certain tag team that started from the bottom and became the most popular tag team in AEW. Not the Young Bucks, not FTR as they had their starts elsewhere. It is the Acclaimed. Starting during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Max Caster and Anthony Bowens were put together as a tag team and made their debut against The Best Friends during AEW Dark. They weren’t popular at first until Caster started rapping about real-life situations and other wrestling promotions. This part of their acclaimed entrance made them more likable regardless if they were heels or babyfaces. However, when you add a legend like “Daddy Ass” Billy Gunn into the mix with his sons at first, the fans started to enjoy this team/stable even more. From there, this marks the debut of their infamous, but hilarious “Scissoring” bit after each entrance the Acclaimed appear in.

So now comes the question, why does everyone love the Acclaimed? As a part of their rap entrance, everyone loves the Acclaimed because of their gimmick. People thought this was John Cena 2.0 at first. However, it became their own thing. I enjoy every time the Acclaimed appears because I want to see what Max Caster has to rap about whether it’s perfect, okay, or very controversial. I want to see Antony Bowens go right into the crowd to “scissor” some fans and announce their arrival in the city they are performing in. I want to see their dynamic between each other and their connection with Billy Gunn continue to blossom. Finally, I love the fans of AEW being a huge part of their push to the top of the tag team and trios division and keeping their gimmick and characters going.

The Acclaimed were SIN Face Turn’s 2022 Breakout Tag Team for AEW. However, this year they are one of my picks for Tag Team and Stable of the Year for this year. I hope Tony Khan reads this and keeps the Acclaimed as is. Please never break them up. Don’t pull the other devil’s decision in splitting them. They remind me of The New Day and how popular they became from 2016 onward and never broke up as a team but split due to the WWE Draft. I guess everyone does love the Acclaimed. As MJF quotes “Yeah Scissoring.” Not in any inappropriate way, but keep the scissor party going Acclaimed.