More Details on The Gates of Agony Signing New AEW Contracts

Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona of the Gates of Agony recently spoke with the Battleground Podcast (h/t WrestlingInc) and discussed their current contract status with AEW

Liona on family being the big reason for him signing a new deal with AEW: “For me, as a family man, as a dad of four children, as the father of a type 1 diabetic, I had financial needs,” Liona said. “This is my first time in this big opportunity, and to take advantage of that from a financial standpoint, I had to really address that. And thankfully, our brotherhood, none of that ever stood in the way. I never looked at him like ‘Hey, you need to hurry up and sign.’ No. Whatever happens, happens.

“And I think that’s why we’re in the spot we’re in now, because it organically became that. He knew I cared about him, and I didn’t force him. I never once asked him ‘Hey, you going to sign yet?’ Like, never. So I think that’s why it worked out perfectly. And…what’s next? Man, we’re on a quest for gold. We saw that promo that Ricochet shot, and we looked at that as another opportunity to become undeniable and take that opportunity. And we want to be champions in AEW, and we will be champions in AEW.”

Kaun on why he re-signed with AEW: “We [my girlfriend and I] kind of just took this five hour hike to honestly go over what I wanted to accomplish in this business…how much time and equity I wanted to put into AEW,” Kaun said. “They had invested in me. I really had to kind of check my ego at some point too, because everybody wants to be a World Champion, and I’m fairly new into the business, like nine years, but I had really high goals and aspirations. And honestly, we want to be at the top.

“I was like ‘Hey, they invested in me. I want to invest in them.’ I actually had a couple conversations with Tony where I was like ‘Hey, I’m trying to be a workhorse here. If y’all invest in me, I’m down to be here and be an AEW guy.’ And honestly, this is a new company, and why not be these guys that AEW can put their backs on and be the tag team and singles stars of the future. At that five hour hike, I was like ‘You know what?’ I screamed at the top of the hike. I was like ‘Yeah, I’m here, I’m locked in.'”