Toa Liona Says That Kaun Stood Out To Him Before They Were Paired Together

The duo of Toa Liona and Kaun is a natural fit.

Alongside Brian Cage, Liona and Kaun are currently two thirds of the reigning ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions. Despite the fact that Kaun and Liona haven’t wrestled that many tag team bouts together, many fans are excited to see the tag team’s future together.

In a new interview with the AEW Unrestricted podcast, Liona talked about being paired with Kaun and how he had his eye on him beforehand.

“I heard all of this stuff around January 2022.” Liona said when asked when he knew about the pairing. “It just so happened that me and Kaun were just two guys that were sitting next to each other, we vibed really well. I knew of him based off his Dark work because I watched every single Dark match, I watched every single one because I was looking at everyone as competition. Kaun stood out to me, so I always had my eye on him. When I saw him, I was like ‘Hey man, I love your stuff.’ We just started vibing there and then QT calls us into Tony’s office and told us ‘Hey, we plan on putting you guys together.’ It was hilarious because me and him were just talking for a couple hours, almost just like brothers. We just hit it off immediately not knowing that we were going to be a tag team. Once we got the email saying that they were going to use us for Ring Of Honor in Dallas, we got really excited. That’s pretty much all we knew. Once we got there, that’s where we figured out all of these other moving pieces. When we heard who we were going to be partnering up with, just based off the names alone, we saw Tony’s vision for us. We’re not just gonna be any tag team if we’re gonna be put with Tully Blanchard and Brian Cage.”

Liona, Cage, and Kaun were known as Tully Blanchard Enterprises until the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view, where Prince Nana purchased the group. Swerve Strickland joined the group in April 2023, where they transitioned into The Mogul Embassy.

Elsewhere in the interview, Liona discussed Strickland joining the group. Fans can learn more here.

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