Dixie was basically TK without his e-fed experience. She always struck me as someone too nice for pro wrestling, and the fact that everyone in TNA walked over her like a kitchen rug probably proved that. She seemed to be a fan at least, and was game enough to take a table bomb from Bubba that broke her back.
Herb Abrams was 80s coke fueled rasslin in human form. His story ended the only way it possibly could.
The Bill Watts thing was an obvious tongue in cheek comment about how AEW needs someone to lay down the law due to all the silliness. Tony is great, he clearly loves the business and does everything he can to take care of his people, but he's also that parent who wants to be their kid's best friend instead of the parent. Sometimes you gotta be the bad guy or you'll end up raising an entitled spoiled brat asshole of a kid.