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Don Callis Family

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Name:

Don Callis Family

Promotions:

AEW

Years:

2023 - 2026

Notes

- Die Don Callis Family entstand als Resultat des Verrat Don Callis' an dessen langjährigen Weggefährten Kenny Omega in einem Steel Cage Match gegen Jon Moxley am 10. Mai.
- Konosuke Takeshita entpuppte sich als maskierter Angreifer im Anarchy In The Arena Match zwischen dem Blackpool Combat Club und der Elite, womit er sich als erster Schützling Callis' offenbarte.
- Don Callis versuchte im Spätsommer Chris Jericho für sich zu gewinnen. Jericho entschied sich daraufhin seiner Jericho Appreciation Society den Rücken zu kehren, womit Callis allerdings nicht rechnete und diesen in einem Twist abwies.
- Sammy Guevara schloss sich der Gruppierung, nachdem er Chris Jericho am 20.09. unterlag und diesen nach dem Match hinterging.
- Im Rahmen von dem für WrestleDream angesetztem Six Man Tag Match wurde United Empires Will Ospreay der Family hinzugefügt.
- Powerhouse Hobbs griff am 4. Oktober Jericho und Omega nach einem Tag Match gegen Kyle Fletcher & Takeshita an, wodurch er QTV stillschweigend Richtung Don Callis Family verließ.
- Am 6. November 2024 wurde bekannt, dass der Vertrag von Powerhouse Hobbs mit der Don Callis Family ausgelaufen ist. Er verließ das Stable und trat noch am gleichen Abend in einem Tag Team Match gegen Fletcher und Takeshita an.

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Number of comments: 32

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Average rating: 8.03 [125]

Average rating in 2026: 8.11 [45]

Average rating in 2025: 8.45 [53]

Average rating in 2024: 7.08 [26]

Average rating in 2023: 7.00 [1]

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SuperLlama88 wrote on 21.08.2026:

[7.0] "The top of the Don Callis Family is really entertaining and has some very good storylines going on. Kyle Fletcher, Kazuchika Okada, and Kevin Knight all are very compelling characters in the faction. Mark Davis and Brian Cage also benefit from being in the faction. However, it feels like any heel wrestler who doesn't have a story just goes into the family for no reason. I look at guys like Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero, and Wardlow and think why are they even in the stable? Many of the lower tier guys in the faction add nothing of value except someone to wrestle in multi man tag matches. It's a very entertaining faction with a great manager but severely bloated with members"

moonwater805 wrote on 18.06.2026:

[7.0] "Great stable of extremely talented wrestlers, some of which need a mouthpiece while they work on their promo skills. Personally, I think they would benefit by cutting a few members which seems to be on the horizon. Also, they need to add a few women to the group, ones that need someone to do the talking. TayJay would be great additions, turn them heel and have Don talk for them. Like most stables of this size, their on screen presence can get to be too much at times."

Aaronin02 wrote on 15.06.2026:

[3.0] "I used to quite like this stable but now it feels like every heel wrestler that AEW signs with no real plans for them just gets slotted in DCF. Their heel shenanigans have grown tiring and I really hope they don't add any other members because a lot of the members in it don't really serve a purpose. There's a lot of talented wrestlers in the stable that I love but I feel like they could be doing more outside of Don Callis Family."

reDDragon wrote on 25.05.2026:

[9.0] "I wasn't initially a fan of the idea of creating such a huge stable, but now I can say it made sense. The storylines that have happened/will happen are some of the best things about AEW right now."

Galmondi wrote on 21.04.2026:

[3.0] "Can't believe this is so high. It's one of those stables you do on TEW when you throw randoms wrestlers together that doesn't make any sense. That's what this is, everything doesn't make any sense at all."

CashGrabWrestling wrote on 20.04.2026:

[9.0] "I love them as a group, my only complaint is that there's a lot of guys in it. But very entertaining, I love their segments and matches. Very very dominant group in pro wrestling with a lot of titles won."

SnowBunnyAlert45 wrote on 12.04.2026:

[8.0] "Good stable, nothing much else to say. It feels more like a network than a stable, just a bunch of guys who share the same heel manager. Don Callis is a really good heel, and helps elevate the talent that he works with, most notably being Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher. Most of his clients are good enough, some do fall under the bar, but most work. Good enough stable"

tomsauced wrote on 29.03.2026:

[9.0] "The Don Callis Family are, for my money, the best faction on TV at the moment. There are so many very entertaining guys in the group, and they can do a bit of everything. Some great comedy moments, some excellent matches, and a presence up and down the card. It makes total kayfabe sense to me that Don Callis would want to dominate both shows and all titles, and I for one hope that continues."

AJN7 wrote on 18.03.2026:

[9.0] "For the past 12 months, The Don Callis Family has been the best faction in professional wrestling. Highly entertaining characters paired with some of the best in-ring performers on the planet. It's not complicated."

Demon King wrote on 27.02.2026:

[10.0] "One of the best factions in the world right now this faction has so many wrestling types mega Stars super stars tag trios high flyers powerhouses brawlers submission machines all rounder besides a good talker like Don calllis himself"

AJ Styles was better than your favorite wrote on 11.02.2026:

[5.0] "Some great wrestlers in here but it's too packed. As of now several wrestlers are being held back. I feel like they can do some very good stuff even without the 3 main wrestlers in here. Them having a HUGE presence on every dynamite and collision doesn't help at all either. But I'm not saying it can't get better."

Killerhustle2008 wrote on 06.02.2026:

[7.0] "At first I hated this faction because it had so many people. but I slowly began to like them because of the Jake Doyle & Mark Davis tag team they were having until Jake got injured. (Hope Jake gets better soon) and I have been enjoying Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita. Also Tony Khan should have given them the aew trios titles by now."

okasanlamar wrote on 26.01.2026:

[8.0] "This is an OK faction for me, its good and its serves its purpose but my opinion on it is gonna change a lot depending specifically on how the stable ends because they have been building this up higher and higher, involving more people, involving more rivalries, if this doesn't result in a don callis taking over aew event with everyone in the main roster going against don callis family and its final hour being kenny omega brutally killing don callis live on national television then i don't want it"

mendesceltic wrote on 17.01.2026:

[8.0] "This faction has really elevated Takeshita and Fletcher to AEW's main event scene, so it's already a pretty decent group. The fact that it has so many members is funny, but I really think that AEW will try to book some "nWo vs. WCW" type of thing. Hope to see them winning more titles in the future."

PWF11 wrote on 27.10.2025:

"This team has truly grown on me this last year. There's so many fantastic wrestlers that have different styles in this group to enjoy."

DyingOfTheLight wrote on 21.10.2025:

[10.0] "A stacked group who have become the de-facto AEW heel stable. Every style of wrestling is represented, they're a reliable group, and Don Callis is fantastic at commentary when he gets a headset. A group that will last for years to come."

CSTLW wrote on 03.10.2025:

[10.0] "Just the most absolutely batshit insane faction ever. A starting 5 of Takeshita, Okada, Fletcher, Andrade and Hechicero is ridiculous enough. And they still got guys like alexander and arez (clon, who is going to be amazing i promise you)"

XXXX wrote on 07.09.2025:

[10.0] "Maybe they are now the best faction in all of professional wrestling literally takeshita and okada and josh Alexander and kyle fletcher and brian cage and even wardlow this is a dream team incredible faction right now"

Dogo763 wrote on 27.05.2025:

[10.0] "This faction has become my fav heel faction in wrestling currently. Don has assembled a powerful crew full of great workers and characters. Kyle Fletcher has established himself as a main event guy and somebody that could potentially be the face of AEW. Takeshita is a top 5 wrestlier in the world right now and somebody that should be winning world championships for years to come."

KyleEnjoysWrestling wrote on 17.05.2025:

[5.0] "He seems to be the guy they put their heel prospects with to attempt to get to the next level. It works to an extent, but I'm not the biggest fan of some of these guys. I know many IWC people really dig Kyle & Takeshita, but I have been a bit unimpressed with those two. I have flip flopped a lot on Callis over the years. But for now, I think he's decent in his role. I find him a bit overbearing at times though."

Red Mage Riot wrote on 17.02.2025:

[9.0] "Stable started out pretty dire, but it's reached a point where it's pretty highly stacked. Helps that they've pretty consistently had high quality opponents, too."

Kick2Kill23 wrote on 15.12.2024:

[6.0] "Not a bad stable, more so a stable thats been cursed with bad luck and injuries. Sammy, Hobbs, and Trent were great additions, but unfortunately got hurt at the worst times during their time in the DCF. I also completely forgot that RUSH was in the stable for a time as well. Stability within the stable would help them out much more as well as allowing all members and not just Takeshita and Fletcher to have big wins and not looking like choke artists. That all said, Don Callis is probably AEWs best talker and it can be argued that hes one of the best talkers in the last 30 years. And its always a treat when he joins commentary whenever his members are in competition too."

NiesamowitePL wrote on 15.12.2024:

[6.0] "Well, I have quite an ambivalent attitude, namely Don Callis Family is a stable with huge potential but so far they have not delivered such quality storylines. I think that for the possibilities that this stable has, its full potential is not fully used, which I regret."

danzitorock wrote on 25.11.2024:

[7.0] "The Don Callis Family is an interesting concept, but the constant change and rotation of members makes it difficult to truly establish them into a very successful act. Excluding Takeshita, nobody has a deep connection with Callis, and they just keep trying with everybody, which I'm generally not a fan, but even with that, this stable brought some interesting feuds and angles to the table, and it's always a super heated group because of Callis."

LongLiveInokism wrote on 22.11.2024:

[9.0] "One of the only reasons I tune in to watch, Don Callis can have some bad promos from time to time but the star power in this faction is undeniable. The Ospreay story with the faction could've been better but it doesn't matter for me. Kyle Don and Takeshita fit right in with each other. The addition of Cage and Archer should see some improvement with tag or any multi man matches. I knocked it down a point because of the terrible past with Jericho. You can't fault Hobbs for getting hurt he should've had a much bigger role."

Brando Calrissian wrote on 12.11.2024:

[9.0] "Somehow a faction that started off with go away heat suddenly becoming one of the best and most talented collections of talent in the world. The Callis Family had Ospreay, Fletcher, and Takeshita all at once. Right now, the super heel group with the new team of Archer and Cage should be pushed to the top as they are both incredible. Fletcher as a heel should be interesting and help him in the long run, and Konosuke Takeshita is on the top of the world. He has finally gotten to the point that he deserves in AEW. As for other members like Beretta, I really wish he was given more of a time to shine. I don't know if he's injured or what, but I miss him being around. And then people like Guevara or Rush or Hobbs were not in the group long enough for it to really matter. But right now, I think the Callis Family is one of the best and most talented factions in the world."

Mizzle Assault Ant wrote on 05.11.2024:

[0.0] "Instant channel changer to me. Don Callis with his long winded promos, just mildly irritating and always seems ice cold. Joining his stable feels like an easy one way ticket to irrelevance for most guys, look at the long list of guys who aimlessly joined and left the group less over than when they joined. The only guy they really sort of tried with was Takeshita but his big push went exactly nowhere because Callis couldn't get him over as a heel. Now they're trying with Fletcher, maybe he'll have better luck but I don't see that happening. The sooner we see the end of this group, the happier I will be, just the worst."

RealGrapsThomsen wrote on 25.07.2024:

[7.0] "Im actually a pretty big fan of this group. Callis is basically a full time commentator now and hes pretty good at it. I also like how they were able to take stars that were a little overlooked like Takeshita and Hobbs, and put them in this faction and now theyre on TV every week."

JTI wrote on 24.05.2024:

[8.0] "For me the Don Callis Family has always had this thing where they don't really feel like an actual quote-unquote faction, and I guess that's the point? When they all joined up it made sense because they had common enemies, but now it feels like they're just a bunch of disparate dudes with the same manager and he decided they should all be hanging out together. I don't think anyone watching would be surprised if any one of them turned on each other at any moment, with the exception of Ospreay and Fletcher's existing friendship in United Empire. I mean, hell, Ospreay is a full-blown babyface while the rest of them are dastardly heels, and somehow it still works because the lynchpin who holds them together, Don Callis, is a fucking amazing performer and he executes his role as puppet master perfectly. Doesn't hurt that all of the actual wrestlers involved are truly stellar performers as well. Eventually things will blow up, perhaps especially with whatever happens with Orange Cassidy, but for now it's a fun ride. 7.5 rounded up to 8."

Zander wrote on 01.01.2024:

[7.0] "Im a fan of the group. The matches are actually pretty decent and everyone in the group has at least one amazing accolade or accomplishment since joining the group."

crs285 wrote on 10.12.2023:

[7.0] "Think the Callis Family is good. Hobbs and Takeshita needed some direction and found it with Callis along with a talented mouthpiece. Fletcher also benefits being with Callis when Davis is out. Group needs to move on from Jericho and Omega."