Don Callis is no longer working as a Co-Executive Vice President of Impact Wrestling, according to multiple sources. Let the celebrations begin.
It was reported today by a few sources and outlets that Callis is no longer an executive in any capacity for Anthem Sports & Entertainment or any of their brands, including Impact Wrestling. Callis remains with the company as a performer.
Callis reportedly officially finished up his Impact duties last month. He had slowly been decreasing his responsibilities outside of the Impact creative team for some time, going back to last year. Callis officially left the Impact creative team in April. Impact streamlined their creative team with Callis’ exit, and there are no current plans to replace him. It was noted that the nucleus of the current Impact creative team is Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore, Tommy Dreamer, RD Evans and Jimmy Jacobs.
Callis and Impact officials remain on good terms and this exit was not a dramatic one. He worked the most recent set of TV tapings, and will continue to appear as a manager for The Good Brothers and Kenny Omega, who is the current AEW World Champion, Impact World Champion and AAA Mega Champion. Omega and Callis only worked the first day of the recent Impact TV tapings as they filmed their content and were not there for the remaining three days.
There had been speculation on Callis’ status after he was removed from the Anthem corporate website this past weekend. Wrestling Inc. exclusively reported back in early December that Callis’ Impact contract was coming up in January of this year. It was speculated then that once he was done with Impact, Callis may move to AEW for a full-time gig as the manager of his friend Kenny Omega, who is the current AEW World Champion, Impact World Champion and AAA Mega Champion.
Regarding that speculation on Callis and AEW, word now is that he is expected to end up with AEW in a full-time role. However, there is no timetable for if and when that may happen.
It was noted that some within Impact were not surprised by Callis’ exit as D’Amore has pretty much led things since the beginning. Impact announced back in December 2017 that they had hired Callis as the new Co-Executive Vice President, to work alongside D’Amore. And his booking ideas had been dismal and a disaster in many fans' eyes from the beginning. Callis's claim that he was going to "Get rid of the silliness that has plagued Impact" proved to be wrong as he in turn started writing and booking the same kind of silliness he claimed he was going to get rid of. And every time he was called out on that very fact, he refused to answer and avoided the topic at every turn.
Maybe NOW, with him gone, the product can start improving. Kenny Omega (Callis's buddy) as Impact World Champion has proven that HE, isn't the improvement Impact really needs. lord knows though, Impact does need, some SERIOUS improvement.
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