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AEW files trademark for new faction name

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW has filed a trademark for “The Demand” — Ricochet & The Gates of Agony’s new faction name.

The newly named group was victorious at All Out this past weekend, defeating The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin & MVP) in trios action. Records show that AEW made a filing on September 21 to secure the rights to “The Demand” trademark.

In the application, it’s stated that the trademark covers goods and services related to pro wrestling performances:

Conducting entertainment exhibitions in the nature of professional [wrestling] exhibitions and performances by professional wrestlers, namely, performances by a team of wrestlers during professional wrestling events; Entertainment services in the nature of live professional wrestling performances

At the post-All Out press conference, Ricochet said The Demand made a statement with their victory and now have their sights set on getting another Trios title shot. The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katusyori Shibata) retained the belts over Ricochet & The Gates of Agony this August after MVP Interfered and hit Ricochet with a cane.

The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) are former ROH Trios Champions with Brian Cage prior to linking up with Ricochet in this new faction.

All Out marked the second straight PPV for Ricochet & The Gates of Agony, with them having defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight & Michael Oku on the Forbidden Door 2025 pre-show.

AEW tag team reportedly signs long-term contracts

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

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.