10 Things We Learned From NJPW G1 Special 2018

10. Come At The King...

The Bullet Club originals paired with Guerrillas Of Destiny dad King Haku to hammer the CHAOS also-ran crew of Yoshi-Hashi, Gedo, Rocky Romero, Yoh and Sho, but the significance of their victory in the match didn't carry extra weight until the shocking events that took place several hours later.

During New Japan Pro Wrestling's swing through the United Kingdom last week, Suzuki-Gun squashed CHAOS in a multitude of matches, but it was to be Bullet Club's night on American soil with victories here, in tag matches later on the card as well as a guaranteed winner in the evening's main event.

It's added weight to a belief that stables may be establishing home turfs of sorts - a particularly useful narrative as the company continue their global expansion, with Bullet Club as hot a topic to the California natives as anybody else on the NJPW roster.

Criticisms were later levied at the company for their profiling of Haku in this and another prominent spot later that night, but they missed the point of his inclusion. A known hard-case with stories of his legendary toughness that betray the ageing process no matter how old he gets, his position alongside his son as they made a drastic choice was vital - who else to empower two angry sons like their father?