Don Callis Family

Formation and feuds with Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho (2023–2024)

On the May 10, 2023 episode of Dynamite, during a steel cage match between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley, Callis turned on Omega, stabbing him with a screwdriver which allowed Moxley to get the win. At Double or Nothing, Callis allied himself with Konosuke Takeshita, after he delivered a jumping knee strike to Omega.^[1] In June 2023, Will Ospreay joined The Don Callis Family. At Grand Slam, Callis recruited Sammy Guevara to his family, after he turned on Chris Jericho.^[2]

On October 1 at WrestleDream, the Don Callis Family defeated, Omega, Jericho, and Kota Ibushi.^[3] In the same month, Powerhouse Hobbs and Kyle Fletcher joined the Don Callis Family. On the December 28, 2023 episode of Dynamite, Guevara returned and crashed The Don Callis Family's Boxing Week Celebration. Callis got Guevara a custom portrait with his new baby and his family, but Guevara turned on Callis and the family attacked Guevara until Jericho made the save.^[4][5] On December 15 at Final Battle, Fletcher won a Survival of the Fittest to win the vacant ROH World Television Championship, thus making it his first ever singles championship.^[6] At Worlds End on December 30, Takeshita and Hobbs teamed with Ricky Starks and Big Bill in a losing effort to Jericho, Guevera, Sting, and Darby Allin.^[7] On the February 7, 2024 episode of Dynamite, Takeshita defeated Jericho, ending their feud and avenging his previous loss to him in DDT.^[8]

Expansion, championship reigns, and pursuits (2024–present)

On the May 29, 2024 episode of Dynamite, Trent Beretta joined the Don Callis Family.^[9] At Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)'s event Viernes Espectacular, Fletcher lost his ROH World Television Championship to Atlantis Jr., ending his reign at 196 days. On the July 3 episode of Dynamite, Ospreay left the Don Callis Family.^[10] On the July 5 episode of Rampage, Rush joined the Don Callis Family.^[11] On the October 8 episode of Dynamite, Callis acquired Lance Archer from Jake Roberts in exchange for Rush, who reformed his old faction La Facción Ingobernable at Grand Slam on September 28. On October 12 at WrestleDream, Takeshita defeated Ospreay and Ricochet in a three-way match to win the International Championship for the first time and his first championship in AEW after Fletcher interfered and turned on Ospreay.^[12] On the October 16 episode of Dynamite, Brian Cage joined the Don Callis Family, where he formed a tag team with Archer called the Murder Machines.^[13] On the November 6 episode of Dynamite, it was revealed that Hobbs left the Don Callis Family by teaming with Ricochet to defeat Fletcher and Takeshita.

In 2025, the stable included Mark Davis,^[14] Josh Alexander,^[15] Rocky Romero,^[16] Hechicero,^[17] and Kazuchika Okada.^[18][19][20]

While Takeshita lost the title to Kenny Omega at Revolution,^[21] Okada defeated Omega at All In: Texas to become the inaugural AEW Unified Champion while also retaining the AEW Continental Championship and winning the AEW International Championship.^[22] Takeshita also worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling, winning the G1 Climax 35,^[23] and defeating Zack Sabre Jr. to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.^[24]

On the July 31 episode of Collision, Fletcher defeated Dustin Rhodes in a Chicago Street Fight to win the AEW TNT Championship, retaining the title until Full Gear on November 22.^[25][26][27] On October 1 at the sixth anniversary episode of Dynamite, Andrade El Idolo and El Clon joined the Don Callis Family,^[28] but on October 16, it was reported by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Andrade was taken off television after WWE sent a cease-and-desist letter to AEW that claimed that his AEW return violated a non-compete clause that took effect upon his termination.^[29] At On November 29, Andrade was quietly removed as a Don Callis Family member after he revealed that he had never signed a contract with AEW, leaving his status with the company unknown.^[30] After Full Gear, Okada lost to Jon Moxley in the 2025 Continental Classic finals, ending his record-setting reign as Continental Champion at 647 days and was also forced to vacate the Unified Championship, ending that reign at 168 days.^[31][32]

Starting 2026, Jake Doyle joined the stable^[33] and several members won more titles: Fletcher defeated Tommaso Ciampa to win back the AEW TNT Championship,^[34] Takeshita defeated El Phantasmo to win the NJPW World Television Championship,^[35], the team of Okada, Fletcher, and Davis defeated Jet Set Rodeo ("Hangman" Adam Page, "Speedball" Mike Bailey, and Kevin Knight) to win the AEW World Trios Championship,^{[36] [37]} and Hechicero defeated Claudio Castagnoli to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.^[38] On March 30, Volador Jr. joined the Don Callis Family.^[39] On April 8, AEW president Tony Khan announced that Fletcher would be forced to relinquish the TNT Championship due to a meniscus injury, ending his second reign at 56 days.^[40][41]

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