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>Takeshita/Don Callis Family.
How. How do you look at this kid and not strap a rocket to him? Takeshita is an unbelievable talent, someone who should have been in the TNT discussion when he fucking arrived and should be contending for the World Championship Belt. But he and the DCF became a job squad. Don Callis and his family are a case of inconsistent booking and presentation. Seems like that is being slightly corrected now, but I have zero faith in TK.
>Orange Cassidy
No growth. Just the same dude he's always been. Stale, stagnant, stuck-in-a-rut, whatever you want to say. It's telling he grew more as a character in the first year of AEW when TK had limited control. I loved his rivalry with Pac. "He's going to try!" great stuff, and that match was fucking awesome. At this point in his career, it really feels like he should be exploring more character work, but he isn't. I was hoping we might have a heel turn when Fenix had the international belt - maybe losing the belt actually didn't unlock a darker aspect for him personally, resulting in a feud with his former best friends. Alas, it was never to be.
>Statlander
Big, powerful Amazonian woman. Her TBS reign was a fucking joke and now they switched her to being face - just cos. I mean, why would you have her win her feud with the eternal babyface Willow... only to turn her face? There was no build, no story, and no logical progression. What a fucking waste. B-but she's a terrible promo! So is Mone, yet she is given chance after chance.
>Kyle Fletcher
Seems like they're finally going to go something with him, but I have my doubts, and that is entirely due to TK's track record of being a fucking awful booker. I fully expect Fletcher and Takeshita to be fed to Lashley or Keith Lee or whatever major WWE signing TK gets next because that is always the fucking pattern with him. Or he'll feed him to Wheeler Yuta.
