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This past Sunday, the G1 Specials at the Cow Palace in San Francisco concluded in what will go down as one of the most dramatic and chaotic endings to a Pro Wrestling event, when The Bullet Club’s on-going civil war was elevated to the next level with the birth of The Firing Squad.
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Following Kenny Omega’s successful IWGP Heavyweight Title defense against rival Cody Rhodes, it apparently seemed like the former had eventually cemented his place as the leader of The Bullet Club and The Bullet Club was finally fine, only that it was actually not as Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and the legendary Haku had other plans.
Initially, the Tongan trio came out to celebrate with The Elite after Omega’s win, but, eventually ended up attacking the ever-popular Bullet Club subgroup, who were soon joined in the ring by fellow Bullet Club members Marty Scurll, Hangman Page, Chase Owens, and even Yujiro Takahashi, who despite not being actual OGs, have been on the good sides of Tama Tonga and co. within the past few months or years, to say the least.
Not only did the birth of The Bullet Club Firing Squad lead to a face turn from Cody Rhodes, but several interesting questions regarding the faction’s future now arise in our mind and therefore, here are five possible directions which could follow up on the newly ignited dissension between The Bullet Club and The Firing Squad.
#5 Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori, Hikuleo, and Gino Gambino side with The Firing Squad
Despite being outnumbered by The Bullet Club at The Cow Palace, the trio of Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and Haku, who at this point pretty much seems to be the architect of the assault, led out a perfectly executed plan on the rest of The BC members.
However, as of right now, The Firing Squad is heavily outnumbered by the rest of the faction, who currently have eight members in their ranks.
Following The Firing Squad's attack, the one common question which has apparently risen in everyone’s mind is which side is Bad Luck Fale on? And the likely answer to that question would be that ‘The Underboss’ is definitely sticking to his OG roots and will be siding with his fellow Tongans instead.
Fale is also likely to be joined by Bullet Club’s newest star and latest acquisition Taiji Ishimori, who as some might recall, was initially introduced to the club by Tama Tonga and as for Hikuleo and Gino Gambino, both men were also brought into the faction by Tama and Fale respectively, so, therefore, it is likely that the two of them will be aligning themselves with The Firing Squad.
Has The Underboss spoken after all?
Also, the upcoming G1 Climax showdown between Hangman Page and Bad Luck Fale certainly got a lot more interesting and this also opens up the option of a potential Jr. Heavyweight dream match between Taiji Ishimori and Marty Scurll in the near future.
#4 The Young Bucks defend the IWGP Tag Team Championships against The Guerillas of Destiny
After their successful title defence against Evil and Sanada at the Cow Palace, The Young Bucks went on to claim that they have apparently won every single championship that NJPW has to offer and have pretty much done it all in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
However, despite the speculations of The Bucks possibly signing with the WWE in the near future, there are a few more potential dream matches left for both Matt and Nick Jackson in Japan and one of those dream showdowns is definitely going to be The Young Bucks’ collision with the Guerrillas of Destiny.
With The Young Bucks’ promotion to the heavyweight division, The Bullet Club currently has no remaining representatives for the Jr. Tag Team Division and there is definitely no reason for the faction to have two heavyweight tag teams at the same time as well, so the simple yet effective decision from here on would be to eliminate either one of the two heavyweight tag teams currently consisting in The Bullet Club.
A potential IWGP Tag Title match between The Bucks and G.O.D at some point down the line would be a stellar showdown and with the latter possibly winning the tag titles for a record fourth time could eventually mean that The Jackson Brothers might just after-all jump ship to the WWE by 2019.
#3 Tama Tonga beats Kenny Omega at the G1 28
NJPW’s annual G1 Climax tournament is surely the most exciting tournament in the world of Professional Wrestling today and the upcoming G1 28 will feature a mega rematch from last year between Kenny Omega and Tama Tonga.
Surprisingly enough, while heading into last year’s match as well, both Omega and Tama were encountering the same differences and caused dissension within The Bullet Club, however, following Omega’s win over the latter, the two men alongside other members of The BC eventually made peace with each other and shared a Too Sweet in the middle on the ring.
However, the forthcoming rematch between Omega and Tama will be a lot different, compared to their showdown from last year and ‘The Bad Boy’, on this occasion, will rather be beaming after successfully executing his Firing Squad plan against Omega and co.
A win over ‘The Best Bout Machine’ on this occasion will definitely avenge last year’s loss and is certainly going to prove to be a major booster for Tama’s singles career in particular and it would also mean that ‘The Bad Boy’ will eventually get a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in the near future as well.
Expect a lot of surprises from Omega and Tama’s G1 Climax showdown from later this year!
#2 The American Nightmare rides solo
After initially turning heel on Kenny Omega and The Golden Lovers in particular at NJPW: New Beginning, ‘The American Nightmare’ Cody Rhodes instantly became one of the hottest heels in the world of Pro Wrestling, if not the hottest heel on the planet and Cody’s heel antics were so brilliant that a Pro Wrestling fan would’ve been bound to absolute despite ‘The American Nightmare’.
Rhodes, however, completed his official face turn in San Francisco this past weekend, when he finally made peace with Kenny Omega, despite being given the offer to join The Firing Squad by Tama Tonga. But, after having such an amazing and mean run as a heel, it is truly impossible to assume Cody as a face and ally with Kenny Omega of all people, surely there’s more to this story right?
Well, judging by this following image, it did seem like Cody’s apparent plan was indeed to hit Omega with the steel chair after he was done with The Firing Squad.
However, simultaneously this also brings up a question in all of our minds that why would Cody want to do that and why would he want to hit Omega with the chair after-all the chaos that just unfolded in front of his eyes?
This could very well mean that either Cody could potentially ride solo without the need of any sort of faction or Cody’s plan was to take out both The Firing Squad AND Kenny Omega as well, in order to make way for his own path towards the leadership of The Bullet Club.
Looks like only time will tell how all of this is eventually going to unfold and which side Cody is actually on.
#1 The original Bullet Club eventually returns and joins forces with The Firing Squad in this Civil War
Now, this option is definitely the most unexpected choice and is certainly the most unlikely option as well, however, we can never say never in the world of Pro Wrestling.
The Bullet Club Firing Squad currently makes up of the BC OGs and their main motto is that The Bullet Club does not have any leader, rather the group is considered as a whole unit and a family.
This motto was the exact saying former “leaders” Prince Devitt (Finn Balor) and AJ Styles liked to follow during their reign with The Bullet Club and despite the fans wanting to believe in the fact that both Devitt and Styles were the leader of the group at one point, both men have somewhat claimed that they were not the leaders of the faction, with Styles, in particular, stating that The Bullet Club did not like to entertain the idea of following someone.
The Firing Squad is exactly what this motto stands for and it would make absolute sense for the likes of Devitt, Gallows, Anderson, and maybe even current WWE Champion AJ Styles to eventually make their way back to NJPW and align themselves with The Firing Squad in this ongoing civil war against the rest of The Bullet Club members.
A possible return to NJPW for Devitt and Styles might be off the card right now, but Pro Wrestling in the 21st century has become very unpredictable and let us not forget the fact that the man Tama Tonga himself has tea1sed a reunion of The Bullet Club OGs in 2019 and as of right now, we could only wonder what this possibly means.
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