History Wrestling / TheAcclaimed

* CatchPhrase:

'''''[[IncomingHam TV TRRRROOOOPPPPEEEESSSSSSS!! THE ACCLAIMED HAVE ARRIVED!!]]'''''

** During their alliance with the Gunn Club, Bowens had "Scissor me, Daddy Ass!" followed by scissoring with Billy Gunn. This returned after Billy re-aligned himself with The Acclaimed.

** During their alliance with the Gunn Club, Bowens had "Scissor me, Daddy Ass!" followed by scissoring with Billy Gunn.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Caster fancies himself a lady's man, but also tends to flirt with other male wrestlers.

** Swerve in our Glory; though more so Wrestling/SwerveStrickland, who goes out of his way to mock and antagonize the Acclaimed.

* BullyingADragon: Max will never tone down the vulgarness of his raps, even when faced with strong or [[TheDreaded feared]] opponents.
** Prior to their match against [[Wrestling/DeanAmbrose Jon Moxley]] and Wrestling/EddieKingston, Max said that Mox and Eddie exchanged Valentine's gifts, that Eddie looked like a box of Newports, and that he and Bowens want to talk to Mox's wife Renee for "oral sessions." [[note]]This line is actually in reference to Renee's "Oral Sessions" podcast as Bowens notes afterward.[[/note]] This was one of the few times that Bowens was interrupted during his catchphrase and the match went about how one would expect.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their first promo on ''Dynamite'' saw them cutting a freestyle against the Young Bucks, mocking the cover of their book, ''Killing The Business'' ("I'm just saying that it's strange, y'all two are brothers looking at each others thangs!'). Their first ''Dynamite'' match set them up against SCU, where they scored a big upset win and earned a title shot.

* OhCrap: A few of Max's raps when entering after their opponents have been so provocative that their opponents have run up the ramp to attack the pair before the bell, illiciting this kind of response from whichever of the pair was holding the microphone.

* PutOnABus: Caster was temporarily pulled from matches due to a controversial rap on Dark where he used a real life sexual assault case as an analogy for victory. Fortunately, he returned after several weeks.

* RedOniBlueOni: Bowens is the hyped up and loud red oni compared to Caster's laid back and snarky blue oni.

On September 21, 2022, at ''AEW Grand Slam'', the Acclaimed would win their first AEW titles by defeating Swerve in our Glory to become the AEW Tag Team Champions. During this reign, they earned Wrestling/BillyGunn of all people as a de-facto honorary member.

* PutOnABus: Caster was temporarily pulled from matches due to a controversal rap on Dark where he used a real life sexual assault case as an analogy for victory. Fortunately, he returned after several weeks.

* MemeticHandGesture: An upside-down "V" to represent the "A" in the Acclaimed, followed by copious scissoring.

** Swerve in our Glory; though more so Swerve Strickland, who goes out of his way to mock and antagonize the Acclaimed.

* RedBaron: Bowens as 'The 5 Tool Player.' Caster is also often addressed as 'Platinum Max Caster.'

* PutOnABus: Caster was temporarily pulled from matches due to a controversal rap on Dark where he used a real life sexual assault case as analogy for victory. Fortunately, he returned after several weeks.

** Would happen again to Caster during his match against a debuting Wrestling/SamoaJoe, where Caster ridiculed Joe's multiple [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling X-Division]] reigns, mocked Joe's history with injuries, made a masturbation joke about Joe's towel, and referenced Joe's short lived NXT title reign in 2021. He would then continue to badmouth Joe after the bell had rang, only to be [[CurbStompBattle bounced and pinned by Joe in under three minutes]]. As a sign in the crowd put it:

* PutOnABus: Caster was temporarily pulled from matches due to a controversal rap on Dark. Fortunately, he returned after several weeks.

** The Gunn Club following their HeelFaceTurn.

** Early in his heel run, he would commonly play with his opponent's hands and kiss them after beating them, seemingly doing so to try to make them uncomfortable and try to demean them after a loss.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Caster fancies himself a lady's man, but also tends to flirt with other male wrestlers. His most frequent target is Wrestling/{{MJF}}, who he often calls cute and refers to as his boyfriend, although MJF vehemently denies it. He has also claimed he wouldn't kiss Jungle Boy, although he is "his fetish."

* VerbalTic: Yo! Yo! Listen! Max Caster often preceeds his raps with this kind of vocal warm up. Yo!

!!"Everybody loves The Acclaimed's tropes!":

On September 21, 2022, at ''AEW Grand Slam'', the Acclaimed would win their first AEW titles by defeating Swerve in our Glory to become the AEW Tag Team Champions. During this reign, they earned Wrestling/BillyGunn of all people as an de-facto honorary member.

On September 21, 2022, at ''AEW Grand Slam'', the Acclaimed would win their first AEW titles by defeating Swerve in our Glory to become the AEW Tag Team Champions.

* BullyingADragon:

* CheapHeat: If Max Caster isn't making fun of wrestlers, he'll be making topical jokes and insults towards the city they are currently in. He said that Music/{{Prince}} is overrated while in Minneapolis for example.

On September 21, 2022, the Acclaimed would win their first AEW titles by defeating Swerve in our Glory to become the AEW Tag Team Champions.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Everybody loves the Acclaimed! (Bowens on the left, Caster on the right)]]

With their shared quirks the Acclaimed often work together and come up with new and creative ways to harass their AEW cohorts (and Tony Khan whenever he has enough of their antics and puts his foot down).

!!"TV TROPES!! THE ACCLAIMED HAVE ARRIVED!!":

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Very few opponents think to interrupt them during their entrances. Two such examples which each worked both ways: Bowens was belted during his "The Acclaimed have arrived!" catchphrase by Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston before the bell rang; and a jobber team ''tried'' interrupting Caster during his rap and they got beat down instead.