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Bullet Club, to paraphrase Cody; is fine. Most importantly, it is thriving under the new tutelage of Gedo and the era of the Switchblade. The faction is in a collision course with CHAOS and Kazuchika Okada so much so that the Rainmaker has found allies in Hiroshi Tanahashi and friends of all people.
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Despite the dream team implications, things haven't worked out too well for them though. The Mega Powers of Japan are on the losing end of two matches with Jay White and his crew, during this year's World Tag League. It continues an intriguing see-saw for a game-changing rivalry in New Japan, especially with the questionable absence of Kenny Omega and the ELITE.
CHAOS has spilled over to the remnants of the faction that unfortunately don't seem too interested in Okada's struggles apart from the cooky Rocky Romero. It plays right into Switchblade's prophetic words that there is a mole within CHAOS.
As of now, it's looking a bit hazy except for a few hints during World Tag League to things that might concern the faction and Okada should look into. In that vein here are the rankings of the CHAOS members in order of least to most likely be the mole in Jay White's Bullet Club.
#10 Tomohiro Ishii
To even think that the Stone Cold Pit Bull would betray the faction is silly. It isn't because he shares any great relationship with Okada, but rather that Ishii is a very straightforward man. His hard-hitting style and can-do attitude perfectly fits CHAOS and while Jay White is the ultimate parody of the chicken WWE heel, Ishii is definitely not mindlessly turning to the "dark side" like him.
White tried desperately early in the year to change the game, but Ishii wasn't biting instead threatening the Switchblade. It ended up subduing Jay White's betrayal long enough for him to find a backup from the fractured remains of Bullet Club and a disheartened Gedo to turn on Okada.
Ishii is a fired up competitor and surprisingly doing well in the World Tag League along with Toru Yano. He's set up to confront Zack Sabre Jr. come Wrestle Kingdom 13 for the RPW World Championship. This means there's also not much wiggle room for Gedo to push him into the intense war between CHAOS and Bullet Club. At best Ishii's involvement will peak when Okada likely loses his big dome match on the Rainmaker's side.
#9 Toru Yano
An originator of CHAOS alongside Shinsuke Nakamura, he isn't one to balk from betrayal which he did to Tanahashi years ago. It'd make an interesting case for Yano as the mole and revert to his more heelish serious roots of old. It would also make sense if Yano got involved with the angle because there's no doubt Tanahashi and he still have issues.
Yet the doubt of Yano joining Bullet Club works two-fold. First of all his partnership with Ishii holds strong and is, in fact, paying off at the height of the World Tag League. While it's doubtful they make it to the end, Yano is bound to not betray Ishii especially in consideration that he'd get beaten down for it. Though with the way the Best Friends are interacting, Yano turning on Ishii late into the tournament is a surprise we wouldn't see coming.
The second factor is Yano's comedic persona, the talented DVD seller is a fascinating addition to New Japan's singles talent list. A comedic force unlike anyone else in the company, Yano aids a lot in his current version (one most likely to remain as is) especially as a breather during the hectic G1 Climax. This one remains far from likely.
#8 Will Ospreay
With Bullet Club's penchant for 'Gaijin' (foreigner) based members, it wouldn't be out of the ordinary to consider that one of the foreign members of CHAOS is the likely mole. Of the three members in CHAOS from foreign origins, Will Ospreay is the least likely to betray the faction and Okada.
Ospreay in and out of kayfabe adores Okada, making their relationship a somewhat muted but strong one. With his path to heavyweight ascension clear, there isn't much Ospreay could add to the proceedings if he were to betray CHAOS. Sure he's proven in the past he is a decent heel, but his style and demeanor in New Japan make him the ideal candidate to eventually become the top 'Gaijin' face for the company.
Currently sidelined by an injury, Ospreay will either make his impact felt in this story later down the line or tackle Kota Ibushi for the time being. That he is also surpassing the likes of Hirooki Goto and Trent by turning heavyweight, is a sign that compared to them he can remain CHAOS through and through without any troubles.
#7 No One/Someone Outside CHAOS
The very serpent-like nature of Jay White positions him as a mind game tactician with no tactile prowess to boast off. So what if Jay's consistent failed needling of CHAOS members to turn on Okada and his eventual reveal that within the faction there is a mole, is nothing but a ruse. Sure he backed up the destruction of the Rainmaker by having Gedo turn on him, as well as his earlier proclamation that he would destroy Kenny Omega's Bullet Club.
Yet White doesn't really have to have a mole within CHAOS for things to break for the current Ace of the company. He doesn't have to have one at all. Yet the war of Bullet Club, renewed in spirits by this transformation threatens not just CHAOS but the very entity of New Japan as well.
Okada failed to destroy Bullet Club, forcing Gedo to inject the very poison they tried to rid back into the system. So it would be appropriate if that infection truly caught hold of the beacon light of New Japan, what is this Mega Powers team up is all but a sliver of a dream that finally sees Hiroshi Tanahashi; frustrated with his inability to reclaim his lost throne turn to the dark side. It's something worth pondering on.
Nobody could be Bullet Club or maybe everybody could be Bullet Club for life.
#6 Trent
Trent's having a really odd World Tag League, with his unhinged partner Chuckie T. The Best Friends at the throes of the top of the competition came unraveled when Chuckie T took a chair to Toa Henare causing an undue disqualification. After that Trent saw a Chuckie act playfully oblivious and viciously questionable in a matter of moments.
It puts the light on Chuckie obviously being the ruinous mole within CHAOS, or it just is Chuckie T being his natural jerk self. It isn't out of question but a subversive fan take, digs even deeper. For Chuckie to go so off the rails at such a crucial moment doesn't just pinpoint to a heel turn but rather self-sabotage in the name of the faction itself.
Simply put Chuckie could know that is a self-serving Trent at the center of the Bullet Club conundrum. A Trent seeking any which way to break into the single ranks for the better part of the year, choosing to side with a faction that can get him there. However being Best Friends that's got to sting Chuckie and hence he took to destroying the very foundation of this friendship and giving his friend an escape from CHAOS in the worst way possible.
It's delicious delirious and convoluted but that's what Chuckie T does best, shocking chaos unbridled.
#5 Hirooki Goto
The signs of tension within Goto began at the Cow Palace a few months back. The usually zen samurai found himself on the edge, especially when confronting new rival Jeff Cobb and his ROH Television championship. Goto lost it against the banter wrestler, calling out how he didn't have any title to boast off.
Luckily for Goto he does have a championship now, but it seems to play into being a placeholder for Will Ospreay once the Brit is ready for Wrestle Kingdom 13. If that is the case and Goto does lose his NEVER Openweight championship to Kota Ibushi at the World Tag League finals, it will continue to affirm his status as a 'choker'. Something that's definitely got to weigh in on Goto.
Hirooki Goto joined CHAOS in 2016 at the on-set of Kazuchika Okada's ascension as the sole Ace of New Japan. What was going to become a turning tide of fortunes hasn't resulted in much and while it would seem odd to see Goto to turn his back on CHAOS, playing the treacherous Ronin might just give Goto the boost to take it to the next level.
#4 Rocky Romero
Romero has made no bones about his hatred for Jay White, it stems from earlier in the year when White tried desperately and defiantly to turn Romero's charges Roppongi 3K against CHAOS. His boys nearly listened to the mad raving of the Switchblade and might already be converted. Yet, what is the rhetoric spilled was for him to listen and not them.
There's no doubt despite his diminishing in ring prospects that Romero is an incredible asset to CHAOS. He could just as easily turn Roppongi 3K to the other side of the equation if he were already there. More importantly, it gives a wrinkle to the only CHAOS member truly entrenched in this story. This one could be a shocker for the simple case that it's been the most and yet least telegraphed of turns.
To see Romero betray Okada and CHAOS would be a funny nightmare. The only downside being that it would in one instance rid CHAOS of any Juniors, which the premier New Japan faction shouldn't have to deal with. While secondly, it removes any fun and juice from the White-Romero relationship, also questioning why beyond managerial skills would Bullet Club go after him. It'd be a booking cover up to both add to the tension of the tale and give Bullet Club some bodies, yet not upset the foundation of CHAOS; very safe option!
#3 Roppongi 3K
Speaking of which, it does seem like Roppongi 3K were a heavily courted element of Jay White's chaos within CHAOS mission. So much so that the latter half of the year surprisingly awaits any pay off to the angle. It calls into question if this is simply because New Japan is trying to distract from it and let it be a shock for a time unexpected for fans.
That would be right in the money for Bullet Club, giving Jay White in many ways his own version of the Young Bucks to prop him up as the elite of the Bullet Club (pun intended). It would be the easiest turn for CHAOS to accomplish as long as this revelation comes after Wrestle Kingdom.
For now, Roppongi 3K is working on winning back the IWGP Junior Heavyweight titles. If they lose the implications could be multiple, they could turn on Romero as White wants or the other way round, or even finally break away with Sho joining Jay White as alluded to in the confrontations this year.
#2 Yoshi-HASHI
Yoshi-HASHI has unfortunately been absent due to an unfortunate spill during Gedo's betrayal against Okada. It seemingly feels like he got set as a featured element of the ongoing conflict and maybe even the World Tag League with the Rainmaker, with his and Jay White's Wrestle Kingdom match announced a bit later than it was currently.
Either way, Yoshi-HASHI has always been under the shadow of Okada. There's been a running joke among the wrestling fandom that he is nothing but an uglier version of the Rainmaker, undermining his positioning in the company and CHAOS. This could have been the spur to drive another wedge into Okada's back.
It would work perfectly in conjunction with the kind of character Jay White is, a perplexing satire of WWE's conventions. White having his hand in Gedo's betrayal of the Rainmaker is a pure sports entertainment element mixed with New Japan's penchant to drive out the old guard for the new in its factions. White elevating this trope to the best friend in the shadow of his glorious superior betraying him would be perfection. Unfortunately, Hashi's injury means we'll never know his true function in this ongoing feud.
#1 Chuckie T
Finally, we come to the reason for this article, Chuckie T. The Best Friend of Trent is actually a recent addition to the ranks of CHAOS, joining his Independent tag team partner at the time of his heavyweight promotion. Chuckie T got in some high profile tag team spots for CHAOS and the Best Friends looked good against Killer Elite Squad en route to the World Tag League.
In fact, they've looked good for the run of the tournament until three nights ago. In an inexplicable moment, Chuckie T took a chair to Toa Henare in their heated tag team match causing the disqualification. He pushed the docile Trent around as well. Chuckie T AKA Dustin has always been a wild card of a character, often jumping from the goofy to the psychotic.
While Chuckie's often been the in your face type of crazy bird, it would be a fascinating turn of events if he were to go unhinged not just because he's the mole in CHAOS but because it's starting to fracture his mind. An instant elevation for Chuckie T is in order if he is the mole but also calls into question how long then has Gedo been planning the abdication of Okada from his throne.
With a few more nights in the World Tag League to go, a lot could come revealed about Chuckie's natural but shocking behavior. Or maybe it's just a story to do nothing with the chaos within CHAOS. Yet you can't put anything past the mastery of Gedo's plans.
