It all helped create what the ‘Five-Tool Player’ is today.”īowens is wrestling’s “Five-Tool Player,” boasting that he is the perfect combination of power, athleticism, intelligence, look, and the elusive it-factor. From there, I started acting classes, improv classes, I did live sketch comedy shows, commercials, and modeling.
I sought to make myself a more well-rounded performer, and I signed up with BMG Talent. “Thinking about that was when the bells went off. “WWE is not a wrestling company, it’s an entertainment company,” said Bowens. Instead, Bowens was hit with an epiphany-perhaps just to him from his grandmother-with the pathway to success in pro wrestling. He would not feel sorry for himself, or become bitter to those that had received the call from WWE. The decision to work with BMG was directly related to Bowens’ career aspirations in wrestling.įollowing a failed WWE tryout in 2015-which was made even more crushing by the fact that he learned WWE had passed on him the same day his beloved grandmother passed away-Bowens made a fateful decision.
