It’s been 10 years since The Bullet Club first formed in NJPW and since then the group has gone through a lot of changes. Many members have come and gone, but as one of the founding members of the group Finn Balor recently spoke to Sports Illustrated and explained how it all came together.
“Originally, it was just going to be me and Fale. But the office saw how close I was with Chad [Karl] and Tama, and how we would spend every minute of the day together. So they asked me to come up with a name and extend our backstage relationship to the ring.
“I was trying to pick a name that tied us all together. Karl was ‘The Machine Gun,’ Fale had been calling his finisher the Hand Grenade, and Minoru Suzuki had been calling me a ‘real shooter’ for some months as we would roll submission wrestling in the ring before the shows.”
The former Universal Champion also revealed that he considered the following names for the group:
– Bullet Club/Parade
– Reload Club
– Lock ‘n’ Load Club/Parade
– Getaway Club
While talking about why he chose The Bullet Club name, Finn Balor said, “To me, Bullet Club sounded the coolest. However, I had mild concerns as the Japanese would sometimes mispronounce ‘bullet’ as ‘beret.’ But I chose to go with my gut, and the rest is history.”
Nowadays Finn Balor can be found on Raw as a member of The Judgment Day who have been making their presence felt on WWE programming. He was recently defeated by Seth Rollins in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament, so it will be interesting to see where he goes from here. Stay tuned for updates.
