AEW tag team reportedly signs long-term contracts
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The Gates of Agony will be sticking around AEW for years to come.
A new report out by Fightful on Thursday confirmed that Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona have both signed long-term, multi-year contracts with AEW — a day after the duo individually posted a picture of them with Tony Khan on X, retweeted by their agent Steve Kay of Paragon.
The two are currently aligned with Ricochet.
The 35-year-old Kaun made his AEW debut in December 2021 on AEW Dark: Elevation, eventually getting paired with the 34-year-old Liona who debuted in October 2021, also on Dark: Elevation.
The two debuted as a team in April 2022 at ROH Supercard of Honor and were put into a program with then-ROH Tag Team Champions FTR which culminated with a title match at AEW Battle of the Belts IV.
They were members of The Mogul Embassy, winning the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles twice. Their first run with Brian Cage lasted 284 days from December 2022 through September 2023 before they lost to The Elite. They eventually regained the titles from the Young Bucks & Hangman Page in November 2023, holding them for 77 days before dropping them to the Bang Bang Gang (Jay White & The Gunns).
Kaun is a three-time ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion as he held the titles with Shane Taylor & Moses in 2021 before Tony Khan owned the company.
They have yet to hold the AEW or ROH Tag Team titles.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.