Bishop Kaun is an American

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. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), where he wrestles under the ring name Kaun and is a member of The Embassy stable. He is currently one-third of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions with his Embassy stablemates,

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button

and

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. He has also wrestled for ROH's parent company

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(AEW).

Professional wrestling career

Kaun was trained at the

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, debuting in 2017. He spent the early years of his career primarily wrestling for Maryland Championship Wrestling, where he won the MCW Tag Team Championship with Malcolm Moses. Kaun debuted in Ring of Honor in 2018, teaming with Moses as the Soldiers of Savagery. In 2021, he and Moses formed the stable Shane Taylor Promotions with Shane Taylor. In February 2021, the trio defeated MexiSquad to win the

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. They held the title until December 2021 when they lost to the Righteous. On April 1, 2022, on

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announced that Kaun would be part of his Tully Blanchard Enterprises stable, alongside

and

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button

. 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

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, Blake Christian and

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during the preshow. At

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, The Embassy defeated

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and The Boys, to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships. Kaun debuted in

in December 2021, wrestling on '' AEW Dark: Elevation''.

Personal life

Kaun is of

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

ian descent on his father's side.

Championships and accomplishments

**MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Malcolm Moses * Ring of Honor **

( 2 times, current) – with Moses and Shane Taylor (1) and

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button

and

(1, current)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaun, Bishop 1986 births African-American male professional wrestlers American male professional wrestlers American people of Cameroonian descent Living people People from Minneapolis Professional wrestlers from Minneapolis ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions All Elite Wrestling personnel