Every Bullet Club Member Past & Present: Ranked From Worst To Best

4. AJ Styles

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AJ Styles was Bullet Club's most successful individual member until Kenny Omega came along.

A two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, he held the belt for 307 cumulative days across those reigns. Omega had the belt for 209 in a single run, but unseated Kazuchika Okada at the height of his god-like powers and won the G1 Climax in 2016. Styles, sadly, cannot say the same.

This is partly why 'The Best Bout Machine' pips AJ to a top three spot. Besides, Styles always felt like an odd fit with the group. Though unquestionably one of the best wrestlers in the world during his time with the stable, he didn't quite match Bullet Club's crude, rebellious spirit, though he was a perfectly cromulent gaijin heel. He wasn't a true leader, either, sharing his role with Karl Anderson for his entire BC tenure.

Despite all this, Styles was the first wrestler to bring the IWGP Heavyweight strap to Bullet Club, and became hugely over with the crowd after initially struggling to thrive as New Japan hot-shotted him to the top. AJ's scraps with Minoru Suzuki and Kota Ibushi remain among the best modern NJPW has to offer, too.

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