Toa Liona

Sep 4, 2023 - by Jamie Cruickshank

Real name: Bruce Orlando Leaupepe
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 231 lbs.
Date of birth: January 30, 1991
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Pro debut: 2020
Trained by: Rikishi
Finishing move: Javelin Kick

Biography

– Leaupepe began his career at Knokx Pro in 2020, working as ‘Toa Liona’
– In early 2021, Liona joined up with Juicy Finau as ‘Toko Uso’
– In October 2021, Liona began appearing semi-regularly on AEW’s Youtube shows
– On November 27, Toko Uso (Liona & Juicy Finau) defeated DeathProof (Cut Throat Cody & Jakob Austin Young) and TBD (Shogun Jones & Hero Leu) to win the FSW Tag Team Titles
– On April 1, 2022, Liona was named as one of Tully Blanchard’s new clients, teaming with Kaun to form The Gates of Agony. The pair defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (Eli Isom & Cheesburger) on the Supercard of Honor pre-show
– On the Death Before Dishonor 2022 pre-show, The Embassy (Liona, Kaun & Brian Cage) defeated Blake Christian, Tony Deppen & Alex Zayne
– At Final Battle 2022, The Embassy defeated Dalton Castle & The Boys (Brandon & Brent) to win the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On February 26, 2023, The Embassy defeated Dalton Castle & The Bots to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles
– At Supercard of Honor 2023, The Embassy defeated Blake Christian, AR Fox & Metalik to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On June 4, The now-renamed Mogul Embassy defeated AR Fox, Darius Martin & Action Andretti to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On June 24, The Mogul Embassy defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI) to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On the Forbidden Door 2023 pre-show, The Mogul Embassy (Liona, Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage & Swerve Strickland) defeated El Desperado, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero
– On July 8, The Mogul Embassy (Liona, Kaun & Cage) defeated Darius Martin, Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniels to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles
– At Death Before Dishonor 2023, The Mogul Embassy defeated Master Wato, Leon Ruffin & Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On the following episode of ROH on HonorClub, The Mogul Embassy defeated Jacked Jameson, Boulder & Bronson to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On August 19, The Mogul Embassy defeated Darius Martin, Action Andretti & Lee Johnson to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On September 16, The Mogul Embassy defeated The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo) & Willie Mack to retain the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On the November 1 Dynamite, The Mogul Embassy defeated The Elite (Adam Page, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson) to regain the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles, having lost them barely a month earlier
– At Final Battle 2023, The Mogul Embassy defeated TMDK (Shane Haste, Kosei Fujita & Bad Dude Tito) to retain the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On the Final Battle 2024 pre-show, The Gates Of Agony (Liona & Bishop Kaun) defeated LEEJ (Lee Johnson & EJ Nduka)

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