AEW is formalizing the name of one of its newest stables.
AEW applied to trademark “The Demand” on September 21. The Demand is the new name of the stable featuring Ricochet, and Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona of Gates of Agony. The stable first aligned on AEW TV in July 2025. However, they only debuted the new name at AEW All Out in Toronto over the weekend.
AEW applied to use the trademark for the following uses: “Conducting entertainment exhibitions in the nature of professional wrestling exhibitions and performances by professional wrestlers, namely, performances by a team of wrestlers during professional wrestling events; Entertainment services in the nature of live professional wrestling performances.”
After promising “receipts” were coming, The Demand picked up a big win over The Hurt Business at All Out.
The Demand’s alliance was “the perfect storm”
Kaun and Liona spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard ahead of their match against The Hurt Business. The duo has been together since 2022, but only aligned with Ricochet after he started looking for his “crew” a few months ago. Asked who pitched the new alliance, Kaun and Liona believe Ricochet saw their talent first-hand and knew that they could do something special together.
Gates of Agony were asked who first pitched the idea of pairing them with Ricochet. Both said that they believe Ricochet saw what they could do, calling it the right time for a great opportunity.
Bishop Kaun: “I don’t think it was a pitch. We really, truly impressed him on the spot. We wrestled Jetspeed, [he was] on commentary, up close, first hand, he saw how good we were. Right after that, he was like, ‘Damn, I knew who these guys were, but I like these guys. They are superstars.’”
Toa Liona: “We took that as an open trial when we heard the promo. We need it. That’s our spot for the taking. Every time we get a TV opportunity following this promo, we’re going to force his hand. That was our mindset. Like, as soon as I put Speedball on his ass, I went right to him and I grabbed him in the shoulder, kind of let him know like, ‘Yeah, we’re here.’ And you know, for him to see potential in us man, after that like… How can you not want two guys that look like us, that are as hungry as us, on your side. So, I feel like, that was the perfect storm at the perfect time.”
Check out everything that went down at AEW All Out here.
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