WWE/NJPW: Ranking the best ever Bullet Club members
Since its inception in 2013, the Bullet Club has taken the world of professional wrestling by storm. Starting off in New Japan, they’ve turned into a global phenomenon that’s eventually spilled over into WWE.
What started off as a means to get Prince Devitt, WWE’s Finn Balor, over as a heel over in Japan, has grown into a sort of subculture amongst wrestling fans. The Bullet Club are amongst the biggest merch movers in the business today and their trademark logo is instantly recognized by wrestling fans.
Right now members of the Bullet Club and its spin-off, WWE’s The Club, work with the three biggest wrestling promotions in the world: New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor for the original Bullet Club, and WWE for The Club.
The stable formed at Wrestling Dontaku in 2013 when Karl Anderson turned heel by attacking Japanese legend Hiroshi Tanahashi before joining up with Prince Devitt, Tama Tonga and Bad Luck Fale. The all gaijin stable quickly took over New Japan, using heelish tactics like interference and distractions which aren’t generally used in Japanese wrestling which is steeped in tradition.
They won everything they could lay their hands on from tournaments to titles under the leadership of Prince Devitt. When Devitt left for WWE, AJ Styles was brought in as the new leader. Earlier this year, on the night after Wrestle Kingdom 10, Kenny Omega destroyed Styles, who had just signed with WWE, and took over as the current leader of the Bullet Club.
Like all factions, the Bullet Club has had its share of good and bad members. Although it wasn’t easy, I’ve ranked every Bullet Club member ever in this article, according to in-ring ability, charisma and their impact on the Bullet Club’s legacy.
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Bullet Club 4 Life.
Note: Only full-time members have been included in this list. Also, with Adam Cole and Adam Page just joining up last week, it was too soon to include them in this list.
N/A: Adam Cole & Adam Page
Adam Cole joined the Bullet Club at last week’s ROH Global Wars in Chicago. He, along with the Young Bucks and the Guerillas of Destiny, interfered in the main event between Jay Lethal and Colt Cabana, laying waste to everyone and everything in sight. Cole is a very gifted wrestler and it certainly a very interesting move, one that I look forward to checking out. However its much too early to rank him, or Adam Page who joined on the night after Global Wars, in this list.