Cage didn't intend the Don Callis Family to grow so large

Brian Cage, a member of the Don Callis Family stable in All Elite Wrestling, said in a recent interview that he does not believe faction leader Don Callis originally intended for the group to grow as large as it has. The remark, made on the All FN Wrestling Show in early October, prompted an angry response from Callis on social media and a brief back-and-forth between the two performers while Cage remains sidelined with knee surgery.

"I do not think Don wanted that many people to begin with," Cage said on the show, adding that Callis appeared to be treating the steady stream of new members as a running joke. The Don Callis Family has expanded steadily this year and now includes at least a dozen performers, with members named in recent rosters including Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Trent Beretta, Lance Archer, Mark Davis, Josh Alexander, Rocky Romero, Hechicero, Kazuchika Okada, Wardlow, Andrade El Idolo, El Clon and Cage himself.

Callis posted a terse response on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, writing in capital letters, "DON CALLIS TELLS DOPEY MCSWOLL KEEP MY NAME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH." Cage later replied on X with a reference to an incident from AEW's...