shortened professional wrestling group primarily appearing japanese promotion group appears notably ring honor group formed irish wrestler prince turned partner came american wrestler wrestlers bad luck form villainous stable foreigners subsequently named bullet club end year stable joined americans wrestlers mexican promotion worked tours members led formation group named october end held junior heavyweight tag team championships having conquered annual tournaments stable marked major turning point career longtime fan favorite began ascent junior heavyweight division heavyweight championship picture april left replaced american wrestler following month received japanese member joined helped styles capture heavyweight championship following june members won championships meaning stable held titles offer added seventh title man tag team championship start quickly won stable continued adding members notably canadian took leadership early styles anderson left wwe trio appearing wwe club reference group concept conceived early following positive fan response storyline prince turned longtime tag team partner form villainous partnership bad luck originally scheduled duo storyline altered instead coming form stable came reference finger gun hand gesture real shooter nickname anderson nickname machine gun naming group stated specifically want word consisting letters names considered group included bullet parade trademark owned scenes founding members best friends travel partners group compared stable way paying homage members began stable signature sweet hand gesture march wwe filed trademark application hand gesture including matt suggested popularity application ultimately abandoned wwe august joined wwe finn wwe released club merchandise playing wwe recognized week january discussing rumors members stable joining promotion preceding debut wwe royal_rumble contestant april tag team debuted wwe background acknowledged company eventually forming club styles founding member praised athletic version stating mutual respect stables informally passing torch stable represented named ring ability main difference stables stating charts bell bell talented wrestler stated popularity helped promotion global matches involve excessive outside interference tactics common american professional wrestling rarely seen japanese matches involving villainous acts disregard japanese traditions culture got stable act garnered substantial worldwide popularity especially american professional wrestling fans march stable original bone soldier shirt selling shirt store independent wrestlers wwe veterans affiliated site popularity united_states led members stable working events held country history formation february junior heavyweight champion prince pinned tag team match faced longtime apollo tag team partner led match march 41st anniversary event man title line match vowed relinquish heavyweight championship case victorious defeating went help opponent pushed away disappointed junior heavyweight champion following weeks began portraying villainous persona regularly partners opponents exception tried new attitude changed april invasion attack pay view turned failed recapture junior heavyweight tag team championship attack helped returning king attacked captain new japan proceeded following attack took microphone introduced new giving new bad luck dubbed real rock following pay view wrestling teamed time defeat captain new japan tag team match later event entered ring attack defeated singles match anderson went stop turned hitting gun men continued attack joined anderson formed partnership past weeks post match interview men announced formation stable named bullet club prince leadership members wrestled match defeated captain man tag team match days later entered best super tournament won block clean record wins zero losses advancing knockout stage june defeated semifinals finals win tournament proceeded challenge old tag team partner originally earned spot semifinals tournament legitimate hip injury forced pull following day press conference mentioned heavyweight division aiming wrestler hold simultaneously june dominion defeated following interference rest earn shot heavyweight championship reigning champion accepted challenge title later event condition defend junior heavyweight championship chaos feud continued july road pay view visiting mexican wrestler terrible lost world tag team championship terrible worked rest week tour member successfully defending junior heavyweight championship received match july defeated despite interference rest august anderson took climax wrestling separate round robin blocks tournament picked big wins albeit outside interference reigning heavyweight champion champions failed advance block anderson entered final day chance reach finals loss eliminated tournament september wrestler started tour working member september rest helped defeat world tag team championship rivalry culminated september destruction victorious october returned formed bullet club female wrestler manager week later stripped unable defend title rush sidelined injury october american tag team debut newest members entering super tag tournament early november young defeated forever finals win tournament gun new junior heavyweight tag team champions november announced participating teams world tag league tournament represented teams separate blocks block anderson debuting american block december teams entered final day round robin portion tournament chance advance semifinals anderson won block record wins losses defeating nwa world tag team champions eliminated record wins losses losing captain new japan lost matches tournament following day anderson defeated semifinals finals win tournament led match january wrestle kingdom defeated boy smith win event lost junior heavyweight championship ending fourteen month reign february tour featured defending tag team championships rivalry partner returned month injury break dominated encounters tour including pinning return man tag team match february tour ending event osaka pinned partner tag team match teamed march bad luck finals new japan cup defeated year anniversary break apollo approached rivalry escalated leading challenging rival town match stipulation official april invasion attack match match got argument repeatedly interfered match despite orders led turning responded diving defeated men shook hands ending rivalry association resignation announced following day rebirth championship dominance later invasion attack american wrestler debuted newest member attacking heavyweight champion styles knew days working promotion claimed young boy rookie known asserted challenger title following invasion attack styles working schedule american independent circuit booked work larger events anderson positioned new leader styles considered leader ring honor version role given end wrestling styles defeated new turned chaos stable jumped japanese member capturing title holding tag team titles adding new members billed rebirth stable celebrating year anniversary event later month took north american tour produced collaboration june dominion seven month reign came end defeated sixth defense later event defeated new june brought title defeated help win won title simultaneously holding heavyweight titles july august members took climax wrestling block anderson styles block failed advance blocks finishing ninth block styles finishing second anderson tied sixth block styles eliminated losing block winner head head match august founder joined attacking defeated styles non title match september destruction lost defense lost remaining singles titles october king pro wrestling losing championship second title defense main event styles lost heavyweight championship defense outside interference stopped returning november power struggle joined beginning month newest member challenging match earlier dismissed idea joining consider years living japan claimed lied wanted money title refusing speak japanese despite fluent language dubbed cleaner idea clean junior heavyweight division november december teams took world tag league anderson styles block block won block record wins losses styles finished close wins losses styles victorious reigning head head match teams left final standings losing final day finished block record wins losses december anderson defeated finals tournament january wrestle kingdom match member defeated new anderson lost ending year long reign seventh defense following day son founding member joined stable personal young boy anderson stating earn spot fledged member later month time tour produced january fifth day wrestler joined prior successfully defending february new beginning osaka regained defeating defending champions time way match later event anderson regained main event defeated bring heavyweight championship tag team championship reigns ended title defenses april invasion attack defeated vice anderson tag team regained title wrestling way match vice event involved match feature female wrestlers years wife amber defeated person tag team match july dominion osaka hall lost junior heavyweight championship best super winner fourth defense anderson defeated bennett rematch win time main event styles lost second defense july august members took climax block anderson block styles anderson entered round robin matches chance advance finals eliminated losing respectively august lost junior heavyweight tag team championship second defense september styles represented american promotion king tournament finals losing team aaa september destruction defeated following outside interference anderson regain october newest member leadership elite present january involved championship matches defeated vice team regain following match defeated tag team match determine inaugural man tag team champions followed title matches lost championships losing anderson losing final title match event styles unsuccessfully challenged hours event reported anderson styles given notice leaving promotion wwe following day rest turned styles kicked group taking leadership announced graduation junior heavyweight division stating want rematch instead match aftermath taking leadership formed stable called elite came idea elite feeling need create new forced called sweet suck parody stated elite accepted continued calling stable cash cow explained change stating following anderson styles departures bullet club anymore adding stable sorts wrestlers come good bad god awful place watch ridiculous entertaining stuff pro wrestling elite later added opinion anderson styles departures ranks wanted push elite forefront claiming people said bullet club cool stuff meant members group february new beginning osaka defeated rematch capture man tag team championship later event lost junior heavyweight tag team championship way match involving days later new beginning lost man tag team championship event anderson received rematch defeated challenged stated partner new member main event defeated win vacated following departure february honor rising japan anderson wrestled final match man tag team match defeated later event defeated bring man tag team championship making double champion process march revealed partner upcoming match newest member real life brother days later given ring tag team dubbed destiny god april invasion attack elite lost man tag team championship later event destiny defeated win wrestling elite regained man tag team championship days later produced global wars revealed newest member helped destiny ring closing angle following day war worlds tour joined page given ring page eventually began june dominion osaka hall won junior heavyweight tag team championship fifth time defeating vice way elimination match later event lost titles defeating destiny defeating ladder match july lost man tag team championship media january announced dvd history featuring interviews members stable dvd released march members current time associates sub groups timeline wrestling triple team finishing moves rolling carry slam followed high angle bomb nick followed splash matt styles styles combination double team finishing moves anderson aided snap swinging spear combination aided double arm ddt spike kneeling reverse spike kneeling reverse bang rolling carry slam matt followed splash nick followed matt anderson finishing moves gun cutter finishing moves bloody sunday lifting single ddt rope sunday lifting inverted ddt finishing moves throwing grenade transitioned thumb thrust opponent throat finishing moves rope hall finishing moves razor edge finishing moves double second rope finishing moves wrath electric chair dropped german suplex winged angel handed electric chair driver trigger running knee strike finishing moves package page finishing moves adam apple rite passage kneeling belly finishing moves drop styles finishing moves belly inverted mat slam second rope 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