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Don Callis Family
Stable
LeaderDon Callis (manager)
MembersSee below
Billed heightsCallis: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Takeshita: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fletcher: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Beretta: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Archer: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Cage: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Davis: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Alexander: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Romero: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hechicero: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Okada: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Wardlow: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
El Idolo: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
El Clon: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Former
member(s)		Sammy Guevara
Will Ospreay
Rush
Powerhouse Hobbs
DebutMay 28, 2023
Years active2023–present

The Don Callis Family is a villainous professional wrestling stable led and managed by Don Callis. The group also consists of Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Trent Beretta, Lance Archer, Brian Cage, Mark Davis, Josh Alexander, Rocky Romero, Hechicero, Kazuchika Okada, Wardlow, Andrade El Idolo, and El Clon. They predominantly perform in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where Okada is the reigning AEW Unified Champion, and its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). They also appear in AEW's partner promotions Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), where Alexander is the reigning MLP Canadian Champion, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where Takeshita is the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.

History

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

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Don Callis, founding member, leader, manager and namesake of the stable

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 and championship reigns (2024–present)

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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.[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.

On the February 5, 2025 episode of Dynamite, Callis revealed Mark Davis as the newest member of the Don Callis Family.[14] On the April 16 episode of Dynamite, Callis recruited the debuting Josh Alexander into the Don Callis Family.[15] On March 9 at Revolution, Takeshita lost the title to Kenny Omega, ending his reign at 148 days.[16] On the April 17 episode of Collision, Rocky Romero turned heel after betraying Tomohiro Ishii in a tag match and participated in attacking Ishii with a returning Beretta and the rest of the Don Callis Family, joining the group and reuniting Roppongi Vice.[17] On the June 4 episode of Collision, Hechicero teamed with the newly formed Protoshita (Fletcher and Takeshita) to defeat Bandido and The Outrunners.[18][19] On June 10, Hechicero confirmed that he was now a member of the Don Callis Family.[20] On the June 11 episode of Dynamite, Kazuchika Okada aligned with Callis during his feud with Kenny Omega and was officially introduced as the newest member on the June 21 episode of Collision.[21][22][23] At All In: Texas on July 12, Okada defeated Omega to become the inaugural AEW Unified Champion while also retaining the AEW Continental Championship and winning the AEW International Championship.[24] From July 19 till August 17, Takeshita participated in G1 Climax 35, where he advanced out of the B Block with a 6–3 record,[25] defeated David Finlay in the playoffs,[26] Zack Sabre Jr. in the semifinals,[27] and then Evil in the final, making him the first contracted AEW and DDT wrestler to win the G1 tournament.[28] On the July 31 episode of Collision, Fletcher defeated Dustin in a Chicago Street Fight to win the AEW TNT Championship.[29] At Forbidden Door on August 24, Okada defeated Swerve Strickland to retain the AEW Unified Championship;[30] after the match between Okada and Swerve, Wardlow returned from a year-long hiatus, where he attacked both Swerve and Prince Nana and subsequently joined The Don Callis Family.[31] On October 1 at the sixth anniversary episode of Dynamite, Andrade El Idolo and El Clon joined the Don Callis Family after Andrade attacked Omega and El Clon assisted Fletcher in retaining the AEW TNT Championship over Orange Cassidy respectively.[32] On October 13 at NJPW's King of Pro-Wrestling, Takeshita defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.[33] At Full Gear on November 22, Fletcher lost the AEW TNT Championship in a No Disqualification match to Mark Briscoe, ending his reign at 114 days.[34][35]

Members

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Don Callis Family
* Founding member(s)
L/M Leader/manager

Current

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Members Joined
Don Callis (L/M) May 28, 2023*
Konosuke Takeshita
Kyle Fletcher October 28, 2023
Trent Beretta May 29, 2024
Lance Archer October 8, 2024
Brian Cage October 16, 2024
Mark Davis February 5, 2025
Josh Alexander April 16, 2025
Rocky Romero April 17, 2025
Hechicero June 10, 2025
Kazuchika Okada June 21, 2025
Wardlow August 24, 2025
Andrade El Idolo October 1, 2025
El Clon

Former

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Members Joined Left
Sammy Guevara September 20, 2023 December 28, 2023
Will Ospreay June 25, 2023 July 3, 2024
Rush July 5, 2024 October 8, 2024
Powerhouse Hobbs October 4, 2023 November 6, 2024

Timeline

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Sub-groups

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Current

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Affiliate Members Tenure Type
Murder Machines Brian Cage
Lance Archer 		2024–present Tag team
RPG Vice Rocky Romero
Trent Beretta 		2025–present
Protoshita Konosuke Takeshita
Kyle Fletcher 		2025–present

Championships and accomplishments

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Notes

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References

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  2. ^ Powell, Jason (September 20, 2023). "AEW Dynamite results (9/20): Powell's live review of MJF vs. Samoa Joe for the AEW World Title, Saraya vs. Toni Storm for the AEW Women's Title, Claudio Castagnoli vs. Eddie Kingston in a title vs. title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
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