Kaun wants to make history in ROH.
Kaun was previously a prominent member of the ROH roster; as a member of Shane Taylor Promotions, he had a long run with the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. ROH then went on hiatus after Final Battle 2021, and Kaun got a few opportunities on AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation. He went on to sign with AEW, and he competed on both AEW and ROH programming since Tony Khan acquired ROH in March. Kaun joined forces with Brian Cage and Toa Liona, and the trio won the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship at the Final Battle pay-per-view.
In an interview with Bill Pritchard of WrestleZone, Kaun reflected on his journey from the end of the previous era of ROH to his place in the new one. He then looked back on landing with AEW shortly before Tony Khan purchased ROH. Kaun also expressed his excitement for the future of ROH and stated that The Embassy is willing to take on any prospective challengers.
“It’s been pretty interesting. Last year, of course, [there was] uncertainty, pretty emotional day, too. But I went into Final Battle last year with a plan already. I knew AEW was gonna be in Garland a couple days later, and I was in contact with people in the company, so I had my plan in place, and then I had my opportunity with Andrade, a couple Dark matches, Adam Cole, Kazarian, and then for Tony to buy the company… so I got signed back in February, and then for him to buy the company a month or so after that, like ‘Oh, that’s cool. Hopefully all my friends get their jobs back.’ But what does that mean? What is the rebrand gonna be? Then, one year later from Final Battle to this Final Battle, I’m back, I win my championship back. I’m a two-time Ring of Honor Six-Man Champion. He announced the deal with HonorClub. I’m excited to see what the future holds. The Embassy, we definitely have eyes on the trios championships in AEW, but if any six-man units want to step it up in Ring of Honor, then they can bring it," Kaun said.
Kaun went on to describe how, with this title run, he wants to make history, just as Shane Taylor Promotions had a remarkable reign. He made it clear that he wants to hold the titles with respect and make them relevant. Kaun also noted that while Liona and Cage might not have as much experience in six-man tag team matches, he's trying to use his past success to help lead the unit to greatness.
"I told them once we won, there’s two things that I really want to accomplish. One, I want to make history again. I feel like I made history with STP in the past. We held the championships over the pandemic, but we were the longest reigning champions ever, we were undefeated. So I want to make history again. I want to hold these titles with prestige and the respect they deserve. I wanna go undefeated. I want to defeat any six-man unit and again make a record title reign history. Second, again holding these championships with respect and prestige, but making them relevant and making people respect these championships. I feel like Ring of Honor titles, sometimes for certain people, [they] are secondary, and they’re not. If you’re a champion in a major promotion, you’re champion, and you are in the history books. You’re respected, and they chose you, and you worked your ass off to get this point, to hold those championships and represent the company. So it’s just walking around with that kind of confidence. We demand respect, we are champions, we’re gonna make history, and that’s it. I know Toa and Brian don’t have too much experience with six-man tagging, so I do have that. I try to give that experience [with] how we put these matches together, how we’re gonna be a dominant force and make sure that we’re kicking everyone’s ass in the six-man [matches]," Kaun said.
In the same interview, Kaun commented on potentially reuniting with Shane Taylor. Click here to see what he had to say.
Tony Khan recently stated that it's the perfect time to take the training wheels off for ROH. Check out his comments here.
ROH has relaunched HonorClub. More information is available here.
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