With the new series The Mayans out which is a spin-off from Sons of Anarchy ..maybe its time Impact brushed off the Aces and 8's stable again after so many years. The 1st storyline was a huge WTF deal to start but was decimated due to the company losing workers due to salary dumps and more. It never got a real big finish to end it. But a lot of the angle worked because it created an ANYTHING can happen aspect.
So my idea would be to try and sign some older established guys and take new ones to form the new Aces and 8's.
You take OVE (Dave and Jake Crist) , Sami Callihan and Ace Austin who start working together. You basically have it hinted and revealed they are working for someone BIG now. All the while Don Callis and others are being jumped by the 4 and a couple mystery masked men. The masked men always drop the dead man's hand and its revealed by Matthews..."That's a signature of the Aces and 8's stable...but their dead. They died out 6 years ago !"
Masked Man #1 - He's nicknamed the Sgt. At Arms and shows up leading attacks. Before long we see a returning Jeff Jarrett who is asked to fill in as President of Impact after Callis is onscreen hurt. Jarrett agrees to this and is sporting a beard now. Its revealed after he helps Callihan win a spot at the Bound for Glory match he is ...in fact the Sgt. At Arms for the new Aces and 8's stable.
"Don Callis , Impact owners you sons of bitches kicked me to the curb over a few years ago and left me to suffer. Hurting my company and deserting me. This wasn't over I set at home and plotted with a few friends. This game has started and were taking over !"
- Aces and 8's - Vice President : This guy is the other masked man. He stands and nods his approval and seems to be masked the entire way til Bound for Glory. Callihan vs ??. Everyone wonders who he is and whether he'll unmask. Anyhow at the PPV ; Callis returns and bars the stable from being involved in main event. Everyone is barred from ringside it seems.
Then the masked man somehow got in crowd and helps Callihan win. He slowly unmasks stunning everyone as its.....
BULLY RAY.
Bully reveals he saw something violent and special in Callihan. That he really wanted to take this guy he saw a kinship with and stand by him so he knew Calihan needed his experience to build a group behind him. Sami becomes President of the new Aces and 8's stable with Bully and Jeff helping him.
Sami reveals he and OVE needed that special something and that when Bully contacted him he was in awe. Because every veteran and idiot like Callis wanted him to play their game. Not Bully who reformed the Aces and 8's around him as leader.