10 Things You Didn’t Know About Bullet Club

10. Their Formation

Bullet Club might be bursting at the seams in 2017, but the group started with just four members in 2013.

It kicked off in February, when reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt (Finn Bálor) pinned Heavyweight Champion & company Ace Hiroshi Tanahashi during a tag match. This led to a bout between the two at NJPW’s 41st anniversary show, and after a tough, spirited contest, Tanahashi emerged victorious.

The Ace went to help Devitt to his feet after the match, but the disappointed Irishman pushed him away. It was an extremely uncharacteristic move, and the following weeks saw Devitt develop a cockier, shadier persona. It culminated in April, when Devitt turned on his long-time tag team partner Ryusuke Taguchi, and introduced the returning Bad Luck Fale as his new “bouncer.”

The duo teamed-up against Taguchi and the lowly Captain New Japan the following month, and wreaked havoc later in the evening. Tanahashi had just defeated Karl Anderson in a singles match, and while Anderson initially tried to stop Fale and Devitt from attacking Tanahashi, he soon joined in. The trio were joined by Tama Tonga, whom Anderson had spent the past few weeks teaming with.

Bullet Club was officially born.