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Bruce Orlando Leaupepe (born January 30, 1991) is an Samoan 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 GOA. 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.
On April 1, 2022, Liona was named as one of Tully Blanchard's new clients, teaming with Jasper Kaun to form the Gates of Agony. The team defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger and Eli Isom) at the event. On May 25, Liona teamed with Juicy Finau in a GCW Tag Team Championship match, losing to BUSSY.
On July 6, Gates of Agony made their AEW Television debut on AEW Rampage, defeating Jonathan Gresham and Lee Moriarty. On July 23, 2022, at Death Before Dishonor, Prince Nana announced he had purchased Tully Blanchard Enterprises and reformed The Embassy, with Cage, Kaun and Liona. They would go on to defeat the team of Alex Zayne, Blake Christian and Tony Deppen during the preshow. At Final Battle, The Embassy defeated Dalton Castle and Tate Twins, to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
Gates of Agony suffered a loss to FTR at Battle of the Belts IV when they challenged for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. At , The Embassy lost the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships to The Elite members "Hangman" Adam Page and The Young Bucks. On November 1, 2023, on AEW Dynamite, The Embassy regained the titles.
On the May 8, 2024 episode of Dynamite, Cage and the Gates of Agony turned on Swerve Strickland, disbanding the Mogul Embassy in the process. On the May 25 episode of Rampage, Gates of Agony and Cage revealed their new team name to be "Cage of Agony". After Cage left the group, Kaun and Liona were left as a tag team. On April 16 at , Gates of Agony unsuccessfully challenged The Hurt Syndicate for the AEW World Tag Team Championship. In the summer, Gates of Agony would align themselves with Ricochet and shortnered their name to GOA.
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