Ranking The Best Bullet Club Betrayals of All Time

The Bullet Club is arguably the most popular Pro Wrestling faction in the entire world today and their vast fan following certainly makes the group the most recognizable stable in the world.

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Initially formed in 2013 by Prince Devitt (now Finn Balor in WWE), Bad Luck Fale, Karl Anderson, and Tama Tonga, the Bullet Club has definitely made a huge impact in the Pro Wrestling industry within these past five years and the group has certainly changed the entire wrestling scene in a huge way.

Ever since the faction’s inception, the Bullet Club has enjoyed the services of some of the biggest names in the Pro Wrestling industry, with 29 of the very best coming in and leaving since Wrestling Dontaku, 2013.

However, over the course of these past five years, not every single Bullet Club member had the prestige of getting a proper farewell from the group, as some exceptional members, received a sort of “special treatment” before exiting the Biz Cliz.

With that being said, here are some of the best Bullet Club rankings from worst to best:

#4 Prince Devitt departs from The Bullet Club- Invasion Attack, 2014

Prince Devitt’s run with The Bullet Club was truly iconic, after-all the man was the initial founder and the leader of the group and during his tenure with the faction, Devitt gave a new definition to the term ‘Jr. Heavyweight’ in NJPW.

As a matter of fact, not many Junior Heavyweights in today’s modern day era can claim that they have challenged for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and have also competed in the prestigious G1 Climax, but, Devitt, on the other hand, turned all of those possibilities into a reality.

With the backing of the ever-versatile Bullet Club, Prince Devitt was riding at an all-time high in NJPW during the early stages of his career, however, at Invasion Attack, 2014, Devitt went toe-to-toe in a Loser Leaves Town match against his former Apollo 55 Tag Team Partner Ryusuke Taguchi.

The Bucks following their attack on Devitt

Prior to this massive showdown between the two former IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, Devitt asked his fellow Bullet Club stablemates Matt and Nick Jackson—The Young Bucks—to not interfere into this match, because apparently, Devitt wanted to get the job done all by himself.

However, regardless of Devitt’s orders, both Matt and Nick did come out during this contest and looked to provide a helping hand to ‘The Real Rock ‘n’ Rolla’, as he quickly engaged into a heated argument with The Young Bucks for interfering and this eventually prompted The Bucks to attack Devitt instead, as it seemingly marked the ending of his reign in The Bullet Club and as the leader of the group as well.

#3 Adam Cole gets superkicked out of The Bullet Club- ROH: War of the Worlds, 2017

Adam Cole directs traffic! — Adam Cole directs traffic at Global Wars

According to some fans, Adam Cole’s run as a member of The Bullet Club was somewhat forgetful, however, ‘The Panama City Playboy’ did make a huge impact to the group as an overall performer and also brought the prestigious Ring of Honor World Championship to the Biz Cliz for the very first time in the group’s history.

Cole, who initially joined The Bullet Club at Global Wars, 2016, was certainly an instant hit with the faction right from the get-go, in terms of fan popularity and working alongside the likes of The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, and Hangman Page really clicked well for the first ever three-time ROH World Champion.

At last year’s ROH: War of the Worlds event, Cole competed in a one-on-one match against ‘The Ace of New Japan’ Hiroshi Tanahashi and despite the on-going dissension between Cole, Omega, and The Young Bucks, the former ROH World Champion did manage to stay a part of The Bullet Club.

However, come 12th May, 2017, Cole’s status as a member of The Bullet Club eventually changed when he was literally kicked out of the faction by non-other than Matt and Nick Jackson.

Following Cole’s loss to Tanahashi, both The Jackson Brothers subsequently made their way out to the ring and hugged it out with the former, as it seemed that things have finally seemed to settle down a bit within The BC.

But, shortly afterward, the lights in the arena eventually went-off as Bullet Club leader Kenny Omega appeared on the big screen and decided to fire Cole from The Bullet Club, who was eventually replaced by the faction’s newest member ‘The Villain’ Marty Scrull, in what remains as one of the best segments in Pro Wrestling history.

#2 AJ Styles gets the typical Bullet Club farewell: NJPW: New Years Dash, 2016

AJ Styles leads The Bullet Club from the front

NJPW’s New Years Dash events always tend to bring a lot of excitement and suspense and two years ago at the Korakuen Hall, the entire world witnessed the gruesome, yet emotional farewell of two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles, who bid goodbye to New Japan Pro Wrestling in some fashion.

With Styles’ departure from NJPW on one hand, we witnessed the initial rise of another superstar in Kenny Omega, who eventually took over the leadership reign in The Bullet Club after kicking out ‘The Phenomenal One’ from the faction.

In Styles’ final match in NJPW, he teamed up with fellow gaijin competitor Kenny Omega in what was an absolute dream pair-up which went head-to-head against CHAOS representatives Shinsuke Nakamura and YOSHI-HASHI.

It was Omega who eventually picked up a huge win for The Bullet Club when he pinned then-IWGP Intercontinental Champion Nakamura for the victory, however, with the group’s leader reportedly on his way out of NJPW, there was only one way all this melee could eventually end and that was to boot out the leader himself on his way out, as Omega started proceedings by hitting a One-Winged Angel on Styles during the post-match celebrations.

Omega was shortly afterward joined by fellow stablemates Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Cody Hall, and The Young Bucks, who eventually led the charge along with Omega and superkicked Styles out of The Biz Cliz, as the entire group started mauling ‘The Phenomenal One’ in typical Bullet Club beatdown fashion.

The Bullet Club gets a new leader, as The Elite is formed

To add icing on the cake, Omega then took it to the microphone and cut a brilliant promo stating that “The Bullet Club is For Life… except for AJ Styles” as he and the entire group then shared a Too Sweet along with each other.

However, to add further insult to injury, Omega hit Styles with one last Styles Clash in what turned out to be his final appearance in New Japan Pro Wrestling, as the two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion bowed out on his way out of Japan and eventually jumped-ship to the WWE.

#1 Kenny Omega finally gets betrayed by Cody Rhodes- NJPW: New Beginning, 2018

Kenny Omega as the leader of The Bullet Club

The issues between Omega and Rhodes initially started at last year’s NJPW: Dominion 6.11 event, when Cody tried to interfere and stop Omega’s IWGP Heavyweight Title match against Kazuchika Okada, by throwing in a towel.

In response to Cody’s actions, it was Omega who then decided to throw in the towel on behalf of ‘The American Nightmare’ at last year’s G1 Specials in the USA, when Cody went toe-to-toe for the IWGP Heavyweight Title against Okada on this occasion.

Omega and Cody confront each other backstage at the G1 Specials

Things eventually took a very ugly turn between Cody and Omega, as the two men got into another heated argument with each other at this year’s NJPW: New Year’s Dash event, after the former decided to brutally target Omega’s former tag team partner and real-life friend Kota Ibushi.

Omega and Rhodes engage into another heated argument, as The Bullet Club watches on — Omega and Rhodes engage in another heated argument, as The Bullet Club watches on

However, after all the twists and turns and the rising tension with The Bullet Club, ‘The American Nightmare’ Cody Rhodes finally decided to pull the trigger on Omega at NJPW: New Beginning earlier this year, following Omega’s US Heavyweight Title loss to ‘Switchblade’ Jay White.

Cody attacks Omega at New Beginning with Scurll confronting the former

After a grueling showdown against White, a new challenger for the IWGP US Heavyweight Title seemingly emerged in the form of Omega’s fellow Bullet Club stablemate Hangman Page, as things eventually started to get out of hands when Cody made his way down to the ring and got in the face of the leader of The Bullet Club. An irate Kenny Omega, then shoved Matt Jackson of The Young Bucks, who then decided to leave the ring and headed to back, but, Cody, on the other hand, had other plans in his mind.

Following The Bucks' exit, things eventually broke down as both Cody and Hangman Page—alongside a confused Marty Scurll—proceeded to brutally assault Omega, before his long-time partner Kota Ibushi ran down the aisle and made the save, before both Omega and Ibushi eventually shook each other’s hands and then shared a hug, in order to finally reunite The Golden Lovers for the first time in years.