Summary

Anthony Bowens is officially part of The Opps after a backstage segment on the April 25 edition of AEW Collision: Playoff Palooza.

Bowens approached HOOK and Samoa Joe looking for an answer about whether he was being recruited into the group. HOOK initially told him there were no more openings, and Joe appeared to back that up before revealing that Bowens was in fact the faction's newest member.

The addition makes Bowens the latest wrestler aligned with Joe, HOOK, and Katsuyori Shibata.

What Bowens joining The Opps changes in AEW

Bowens now has a clear place on AEW television, and putting him alongside Samoa Joe, HOOK, and Katsuyori Shibata immediately gives him a stronger faction identity than he had before this segment.

It also adds another moving part to the wider group dynamics on Collision, which was already advancing other alliances on the show, including Chris Jericho joining Hurt Syndicate. For Bowens, the main takeaway is simple: he is no longer circling The Opps from the outside.

Sources

As reported by Fightful.