One in all AEW’s most prominently-featured performers has been seen with Lana (fka CJ Perry) at a serious non-wrestling occasion. The star in query, Anthony Bowens, was one half of The Acclaimed, a crew he insists now not exists regardless of his continued and begrudging partnership with Max Caster.
CJ Perry had joined AEW again in 2023, making her debut at that 12 months’s All Out pay-per-view to save lots of her husband Miro from Powerhouse Hobbs. She then took half in a quick storyline with The Redeemer, revolving across the latter going after stars the previous Ravishing Russian confirmed curiosity in managing. This culminated in a singles bout at Worlds Finish 2023 between Miro and Andrade El Idolo, Perry’s consumer, whom she in the end betrayed on the PPV to assist her partner win.
This might become each Miro and CJ’s last on-screen AEW look. The Mistress of Destruction parted methods with All Elite Wrestling final 12 months, and the previous TNT Champion himself negotiated his launch from the corporate this previous February. Months later, Miro would return to WWE as Rusev, across the identical time when Perry was revealed to have signed a Legends Cope with the sports activities leisure juggernaut.
The 40-year-old wrestling supervisor just lately attended the world premier of the James Cameron-directed sci-fi blockbuster Avatar: Fireplace and Ash. She has been noticed linking up with AEW’s Anthony Bowens on the occasion. The Satisfaction of Professional-Wrestling shared {a photograph} of himself on the premier alongside Lana and web persona Markell Washington on his newest Instagram story.
![Lana and Anthony Bowens at the World Premier of Avatar: Fire and Ash [Source: bowens_official on Instagram]](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2025/12/0fa66-17646433054677-1920.jpg?w=190)
It stays to be seen if CJ Perry will make her return to WWE programming anytime quickly.
Anthony Bowens just lately misplaced a giant cash match in AEW
Regardless of them not wanting something to do with one another, Anthony Bowens and Max Caster had been compelled to crew collectively as soon as once more in a $200K four-way tag crew bout through the Saturday Tailgate Brawl pre-show forward of Full Gear 2025, additionally involving The Outrunners, Massive Invoice and Bryan Keith, and The Bang Bang Gang. The duo previously generally known as The Acclaimed had been sadly unable to win the money prize after Bowens was rolled up by Juice Robinson, who secured the victory for himself and Austin Gunn.
![Match graphic for the $200K four-way at Saturday Tailgate Brawl: Full Gear [Source @AEW on X]](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2025/12/2de07-17646442103503-1920.jpg?w=190)
It stays to be seen if The 5-Software Participant will proceed his affiliation with the self-proclaimed Greatest Wrestler Alive shifting ahead.
Edited by Anurag Mukherjee


