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Post by Jim Stansel on Sept 28, 2022 15:48:00 GMT -5
WWE has had a few iterations of the Bullet Club in the last few years. I find it interesting that it always revolved a combination of basically four people (Styles, Balor, Anderson, Gallows) but there would be different names for essentially the same faction:
The Club OGBC Balor Club OC
Am I missing any?
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Sept 28, 2022 16:13:36 GMT -5
Brass Ring Club 4 Life
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Post by Fade on Sept 28, 2022 16:44:41 GMT -5
f***ing Judgment Day, sort of.
I’m amazed they never pulled the trigger on a AJ/Finn super team but eh.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Sept 28, 2022 16:56:14 GMT -5
That whole thing felt like a joke being played at their expense. Watching that initial internet-only promo and then seeing a few months later how Cesaro and Kidd would be way more interesting and compelling, you'd think it was a coincidence and the bits were years apart because no way something good came out of the Brass Ring Club promo.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Sept 28, 2022 16:57:39 GMT -5
That whole thing felt like a joke being played at their expense. Watching that initial internet-only promo and then seeing a few months later how Cesaro and Kidd would be way more interesting and compelling, you'd think it was a coincidence and the bits were years apart because no way something good came out of the Brass Ring Club promo. My theory has always been that Vince didn't know about it at all until Cesaro, Kidd, and Rose turned up to Royal Rumble in Brass Ring Club shirts cause after their preshow match with New Day they were all in the Rumble without their shirts on or a single mention of the name.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Sept 28, 2022 17:00:27 GMT -5
That whole thing felt like a joke being played at their expense. Watching that initial internet-only promo and then seeing a few months later how Cesaro and Kidd would be way more interesting and compelling, you'd think it was a coincidence and the bits were years apart because no way something good came out of the Brass Ring Club promo. My theory has always been that Vince didn't know about it at all until Cesaro, Kidd, and Rose turned up to Royal Rumble in Brass Ring Club shirts cause after their preshow match with New Day they were all in the Rumble without their shirts on or a single mention of the name. I have to imagine the meeting he had with them after the match consisted of Vince laughing non-stop for ten minutes and refusing to let them get a word in before he told them to take those shirts off and burn them. Just the saddest self-own you could come up with.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2022 18:09:59 GMT -5
I find the whole Bullet Club thing completely cringe to be honest.
Every segment with Finn, AJ and whoever else, they always give a "nod" to a "certain club" and then they wink at the camera like they just got all the smarks giddy at the sheer mention of it.
Just miss me with it, honestly.
Guys like Nash have it right. They ripped off the nWo and they're not even hiding it at this point.
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Post by Push R Truth on Sept 28, 2022 18:20:35 GMT -5
I find the whole Bullet Club thing completely cringe to be honest. Every segment with Finn, AJ and whoever else, they always give a "nod" to a "certain club" and then they wink at the camera like they just got all the smarks giddy at the sheer mention of it. Just miss me with it, honestly. Guys like Nash have it right. They ripped off the nWo and they're not even hiding it at this point. I got banned from another forum for a week for calling the Bullet Club "dime store bootleg nwo, not the cool nwo either. The Jeff Jarrett NWO." quite a few years ago. I never went back. If they don't want to hear the truth then they don't deserve me.
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Post by Andew9001 on Sept 28, 2022 18:51:41 GMT -5
I believe during the AJ vs Finn match at TLC 2017 (?) they referred to Bullet Club as "the infamous club from Japan."
It felt like the WWE Bullet Club had the same energy as the WWE NWO. "Not our idea but we'll make our own anyway but just not push it as hard." The Club in 2016 had its moments and i really liked their team up but they seperated AJ and The Good Brothers pretty quickly. Them dominating Smackdown in 2016 could have good. The Club was an awful name though. Reminded me of when my parents saw an Electric Light Orchestra cover band. They had 2 previous members in it and were just called The Orchestra. The OC was at least a marginally name better because they put slightly more thought into the name. Their second run was worse though.
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Post by J is Justice on Sept 28, 2022 20:07:18 GMT -5
BulLiv Club.
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 29, 2022 15:51:42 GMT -5
This is one of those things where WWE existing in its own little universe has hurt it. If they tried to have any sort of mutual relationship with New Japan, instead of having Great Value and Wish.com versions of Bullet Club, you could've had the actual Bullet Club.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Sept 29, 2022 17:27:50 GMT -5
I don’t even remember the Balor club.
Must have been REAL good
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 29, 2022 17:36:31 GMT -5
The best iteration of any of them was AJ/Good Brothers and the "BEAT UP JOHN CENA" shtick tbh
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Sept 29, 2022 17:40:13 GMT -5
It's kinda dumb everytime they do it. I love Bullet Club myself but that's besides the point, WWE seems lame every time they try to capitalize on the popularity of the faction and tie it into older members. Least other promotions are fine with working with NJPW when they use them.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Sept 29, 2022 17:53:21 GMT -5
The best iteration of any of them was AJ/Good Brothers and the "BEAT UP JOHN CENA" shtick tbh Probably the closest it came to being like a legit featured heel act. Like I said, I don’t even recall when they were with Balor
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Sept 29, 2022 18:08:41 GMT -5
This sucked:
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Post by Jim Stansel on Sept 29, 2022 19:15:59 GMT -5
This sucked: What does the Japanese writing say? for that matter what does AJ's writing on his attire say?
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 29, 2022 21:06:28 GMT -5
I think Balor Club was really just Balor. He started using it for his fanbase as it never really materialized into any sort of stable.
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 29, 2022 21:09:35 GMT -5
This sucked: What does the Japanese writing say? for that matter what does AJ's writing on his attire say? The kanji on that shirt translates to kurabu, or "club."
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Sept 30, 2022 13:39:15 GMT -5
Bullet Club variations need to just stop for a while.
At least NWO and DX had the decency to take breaks, sometimes for years at a time. The Bullet Club and offshoots of it have been going on for almost a decade with no end in sight.
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