Anthony Bowens Says There’s ‘A Lot Of Unfinished Business’ With His Singles Run

Anthony Bowens says there is unfinished business with his singles run.

On the April 25 episode of AEW Collisions, Bowens saw his career trajectory change, as he was welcomed into The Opps by Samoa Joe and HOOK.

Speaking with the Battleground podcast for a new interview, Anthony Bowens noted that there’s a lot of unfinished business when it comes to his singles run, which is on the back burner for now.

“There’s lots because it didn’t — I won’t get into that right now. There was a lot of different moving parts that we didn’t foresee happening and it altered a lot of other things which led to where we are today. I think I’ll touch on that at some point in time, but there’s a lot of unfinished business.”

Later on in the interview, Bowens spoke about his entrance song, ‘Underground’. He explained that the Jane’s Addiction song was supposed to tie into the arc of his singles run.

“I picked that because not only — that’s what I dreamed of doing when I was in college, it was also tied into the character that I was trying to get — we never got to it, which is again stuff that I haven’t really spoke about publicly. We were working towards something. The Pride Of Professional Wrestling is more than just a play on words for my sexuality, it’s supposed to be a character similar to almost an early 2000s Kurt Angle where he’s this Olympic hero. In theory, he’s supposed to be the babyface that everybody loves but everybody wasn’t, they weren’t supporting. In the same sense with The Pride Of Professional Wrestling, it’s like, I came back and I got this hero’s welcome. It wasn’t going too well for me, all the agitation was going to Max Caster. They’re adding to this delusion that he’s the best wrestler alive or they’re cheering Adam Page, who is burning down co-workers homes, like that’s not a babyface, you should be cheering this guy. Look at all the stuff I’m doing, I’m the pride of the industry. The song ties into it, right off the opening riff — I try to find some love from up high but there just ain’t enough to go around — I’m trying to find love from everybody. The fans, people, Tony, but just not enough to go around, your attention is elsewhere. If you go through the song, it all equates to what this character was supposed to be. It took a bit of a turn, so now I’m adjusting and trying to figure things out. I’m in The Opps now, so we have to figure out how a lot of these things apply to a group setting.”

Elsewhere in a separate interview, Bowens talked more about joining The Opps. Check out his full comments by clicking here.

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