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Gates Of Agony
Gates of Agony is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona. They are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH). They are two-time former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions as part of Cage of Agony with Brian Cage. History All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2022–present) Tully Blanchard Enterprises (2022) At the ROH pay-per-view Supercard of Honor XV in April 2022, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona teamed for the first time as "Gates of Agony" to defeat Shinobi Shadow Squad. During the event, Gates of Agony were announced as members of Tully Blanchard's new stable, Tully Blanchard Enterprises, along with Brian Cage. Gates of Agony made their tag team debut for ROH's sister promotion, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), on the July 6 episode of ''AEW Rampage'', defeating Jonathan Gresham (the ROH World Champion) and Lee Moriarty when Gresham turned on Moriarty and joined Tully Blanchard Enterprises. The Emb ...
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Toa Liona
Bruce Orlando Leaupepe (born January 30, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Toa Liona and is one-half of the tag team Gates of Agony. He also wrestles for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former two-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion. Early life Leaupepe was born in San Jose, California. He attended Oak Grove High School, where he played football and basketball. After graduating in 2009, he attended the City College of San Francisco and De Anza College. In 2011, he enrolled in San Diego State University, majoring in criminal justice. He played football for the San Diego State Aztecs until being forced to quit after suffering a popped disc in his lower back. He worked as a personal trainer before deciding to become a professional wrestler. Professional wrestling career Early career (2020–2021) Liona was trained to wrestle by Rikishi. He began wres ...
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Death Before Dishonor (2022)
The 2022 Death Before Dishonor was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It was the 19th Death Before Dishonor and took place on July 23, 2022, at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. It was ROH's first live event under the full ownership of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) president Tony Khan. Eleven matches were contested at the event, including four on the pre-show. In the main event, FTR ( Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a two-out-of-three-falls match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship. In other prominent matches, Samoa Joe defeated Jay Lethal by submission to retain the ROH World Television Championship, Wheeler Yuta defeated Daniel Garcia in a Pure Wrestling Rules match to retain the ROH Pure Championship, and in the opening bout Claudio Castagnoli defeated Jonathan Gresham to win the ROH World Championship. Production Background During a ...
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Metalik
Metalik (born November 3, 1988) is the ring name of a Mexican ''luchador'' '' enmascarado'' (masked professional wrestler) currently working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and on the independent circuit. He also performs on the weekly shows of Ring of Honor, AEW's sister promotion. He is best known for his time in WWE 2016–2021 where he performed under the ring name Gran Metalik, as a member of Lucha House Party, as well as for his time in CMLL where he performed under the ring name Máscara Dorada from 2008 – 2016. His real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican lucha libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record. In Mexico and Japan, he is best known for his decade-long stint in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name "Máscara Dorada". He made his debut in 2005, originally using the masked persona Plata II. He later used the ring name Metalik, holding the local Occident ...
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AR Fox
Thomas James Ballester (born September 5, 1987), better known by his ring name AR Fox, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former member of Mogul Embassy. He also makes appearances in their sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). He is also known for his work in promotions like Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Dragon Gate USA, and Evolve (professional wrestling), Evolve. Fox has also worked for Dragon Gate (wrestling), Dragon Gate in Japan, Full Impact Pro (FIP), where he won the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup#Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup (2011), 2011 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). He currently serves as the head trainer of the WWA4 wrestling school in Atlanta, Georgia. Early life Growing up in Ansonia, Connecticut, Ballester studied Bruce Lee tapes and eventually channeled his love of doing backflips, handstands and scaling walls into backyard wrestling. Fox worked for a brief ...
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Supercard Of Honor (2023)
The 2023 Supercard of Honor was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It was the 16th Supercard of Honor and took place on March 31, 2023, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. Wrestlers from ROH's parent promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and partner promotions New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) were also featured. Twelve matches were contested at the event, including four on the Zero Hour pre-show. In the main event, Claudio Castagnoli retained the ROH World Championship against Eddie Kingston. In other prominent matches, Katsuyori Shibata defeated Wheeler Yuta to become the new ROH Pure Champion, The Lucha Brothers became the new ROH World Tag Team Champions after defeating Aussie Open, The Kingdom, Top Flight and La Facción Ingobernable in a Ladder match, Samoa Joe retained the ROH World Television Championship against Mark Briscoe and, in the opening contest, El Hijo del Vi ...
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ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
The ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned by the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. It is defended by three-man tag teams, also referred to as trios. The current champions are The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes, Marshall Von Erich, and Ross Von Erich), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the vacant title by defeating The Undisputed Kingdom (consisting of Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett) at All Elite Wrestling's Battle of the Belts XI on July 27, 2024. Previous champions the Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) were stripped of the title due to White's injury. Established in 2016, the inaugural champions were The Kingdom ( Matt Taven, T. K. O'Ryan, and Vinny Marseglia). From April until July 2024, the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship was held and defended together with All Elite Wrestling's World Trios Championship as the Unified World ...
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The Boys (professional Wrestling)
The Tate Twins are a professional wrestling tag team made up of brothers Brandon and Brent Tate. They are best known for their time at Ring of Honor (ROH) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where they teamed with Dalton Castle as The Boys and are former two-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions with Castle. History Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) (2012) On March 24, 2012, The Baronis Brothers made their Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in a dark match losing to the team of Raphael Constantine and Sean Casey. They continued to work various dark matches and televised matches until their final match with the promotion on June 7, 2012, in a dark match loss to the team of Jayce King and LMC. Ring of Honor (ROH) (2014–2019) On July 19, 2014, edition of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' The Tate Twins made their ROH debut taking on War Machine in a losing effort. In 2015, The Tate Twins began going by the name The Boys joining Dalton Castle as a stable. On September 18, 2015, at All Star Extravagan ...
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Dalton Castle (wrestler)
Brett Giehl (born March 4, 1986), better known by the ring name Dalton Castle, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a List of ROH World Champions, one-time ROH World Champion, a List of ROH World Television Champions, one-time ROH World Television Champion and a two-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion. He also makes appearances for its sister company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his tenure in Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara, where he wrestled under the ring names Ashley Remington and Dalton Caroline Castle. Early and personal life Giehl was born in Greece, New York. As a child, he loved professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage, with other favorites including Curt Hennig, Davey Boy Smith, and Frank Gotch. Giehl wrestled more than 10 years from middle school to college, representing the Greece Athena High School Trojans in 2003 and winning a varsity wrestling tournament in the 171 po ...
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Final Battle (2022)
The 2022 Final Battle was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It was the 21st Final Battle event and took place on December 10, 2022 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. It was ROH's second live event under the full ownership of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) president Tony Khan. Twelve matches were contested at the event, including four on the pre-show. Claudio Castagnoli defeated Chris Jericho by submission to win the ROH World Championship in the main event. In other prominent matches, The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated FTR ( Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) by referee stoppage in a Double Dog Collar match to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship in what was Jay's final match in ROH, Wheeler Yuta defeated Daniel Garcia in a Pure Wrestling Rules match to win the ROH Pure Championship, and Athena defeated Mercedes Martinez to win the ROH Women's World Championship. The event received positi ...
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Six-man Tag Team Match
Much like the singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace. Tag team ladder match and variations are also frequently used as a title feud blow-off match. Stipulations, such as " I quit" or " loser leaves town" may also be applied. The following are match variations that are specific to tag team wrestling. Multiple wrestlers teamed matches Tag team matches can range from two teams of two fighting, to multiple person teams challenging each other. Such examples are six-man tag team matches (known as "Trios" in Lucha Libre and "Triple Tag" in British wrestling) or eight-man tag team matches, in which two teams of three or two teams of four fight in a standard one fall tag team match. ''Relevos Australianos'' A six-man tag team match between two teams of three wrestlers. Each team has one wrestler designated as team ...
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Tony Deppen
Anthony Deppen (born May 3, 1988) is an American professional wrestler currently working for Major League Wrestling (MLW), Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Television Champion; and on the independent circuit. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2013–present) Chikara (2018–2019) Deppen is known for his tenure with Chikara, promotion for which he made his first appearance at ''CHIKARA National Pro Wrestling Day 2018'' from February 17, where he unsuccessfully challenged The Whisper for the Chikara Young Lions Cup. He continued to wrestle for Chikara as part of the FIST stable, having Travis Huckabee as a tag team partner, both competing on house shows such as the ''CHIKARA Chikarasaurus Rex: A Deadly Secret'' from August 11, 2018, where they defeated The Colony ( Green Ant and Thief Ant), The Creatures Of The Deep (Cajun Crawdad and Hermit Crab), and Xyberhawx2000 (Nytehawk and Razerhawk). Other notable appearances made by Deppen are at th ...
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Blake Christian
Christian Hubble (born July 22, 1997), better known by his ring name Blake Christian, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He also makes appearances for its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and on the independent circuit at Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), where he is a former GCW World Champion. He is known for his time with WWE on the WWE NXT, NXT WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Trey Baxter. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2017–2021) Christian began wrestling on the independent circuit in Tennessee in 2017 where he trained at the promotion "SWAG Wrestling". He spent three years with Game Changer Wrestling between 2019 and 2021. On 19 October 2019, Christian debuted for Impact Wrestling at ''All Glory,'' defeating Alex Zayne and Mark Wheeler. On January 9, 2021, he made his pay-per-view debut at Genesis (2021), Genesis, competing in the 2021 Super X Cup. His final pay-per-view appearance was at ...
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