Toa Liona is happy to be paired with Swerve Strickland.
In April 2023, Swerve Strickland formed a partnership with The Embassy, which at the time was a faction that was mainly featured in Ring Of Honor. The group, which also consists of Brian Cage, Toa Liona, and Kaun, has seemingly been a much more prominent part of AEW and ROH programming since Strickland joined the ranks.
While appearing on the latest episode of AEW Unrestricted, Toa Liona was asked to share his opinion on Strickland joining the faction.
“I just remember Kaun saying that there were talks that we were gonna be a part of the Mogul Embassy, [that we were] gonna do a merger. I knew who Swerve was, I feel like everyone does. I agree with his statement from the past year too, I feel like he’s one of the best accusations of AEW and I feel like his stock has been on the rise as well. To be partnered up with him, to be put with Swerve? I’m thinking we’re starting to find [ground] again, here we go, like more opportunities, more spotlight, more TV time, more time for us to excel on what we can do, you know what I mean? Especially Me and Kaun, we’ve barely scratched the surface of what we’re capable of doing. Us as a tag team, we’ve only had maybe six or seven matches together within this timeframe. We’re very, very hungry for more, so the fact that we get put with someone like Swerve, someone that’s already established? I feel like it’s a great pairing.”
Liona, Kaun, and Cage are the reigning ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions.
Strickland is set to challenge Orange Cassidy for the AEW International Championship on the June 7 episode of AEW Dynamite. Fans can see the current lineup for that show here.
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