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Karena Bullet Club dimiliki oleh NJPW, semua pegulat yang bergabung dengan kelompok, termasuk mereka yang telah bergabung di acara [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH), harus disetujui oleh penulis utama NJPW [[Gedo (pegulat)|Gedo]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|date=February 20, 2017|title=February 20, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: WWE financials, death of Chavo Guerrero, more|magazine=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]|location=[[Campbell, California]]|issn=1083-9593|page=29}}</ref>
== Sejarah ==
=== Era Prince Devitt (2013–2014) ===
[[Berkas:Prince_Devitt_and_Bad_Luck_Fale.JPG|kiri|jmpl|[[Finn Bálor|Prince Devitt]], pemimpin de facto Bullet Club, di pundak [[Bad Luck Fale]]]]
Pada 3 Februari 2013, [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]] Prince Devitt mempin [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Heavyweight Champion]] [[Hiroshi Tanahashi]] dalam pertandingan tag tim, ketika Devitt dan Karl Anderson menghadapi Tanahashi dan mitra lama tag tim Devitt [[Apollo 55]] Ryusuke Taguchi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Road to The New Beginning|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=684&c=5123|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310091939/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=684&c=5123|archive-date=March 10, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hal ini menyebabkan pertandingan antara Devitt dan Tanahashi pada 3 Maret pada acara ulang tahun ke-41 NJPW. Meskipun gelar pria tidak dipertaruhkan dalam pertandingan, Tanahashi bersumpah untuk melepaskan IWGP Heavyweight Championship jika Devitt menang.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|date=February 19, 2013|title=Tues update: Massive boxing star jumps ship, RJ Brewer talks WWE stealing his gimmick, how the new WWE Title supposedly came to be, Ronda's mom buries Cyborg, tons more|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/29852-tues-update-massive-boxing-star-jumps-ship-rj-brewer-talks-wwe-stealing-his-gimmick-how-the-new-wwe-title-supposedly-came-to-be-rondas-mom-buries-cyborg-tons-more|work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222011953/http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/29852-tues-update-massive-boxing-star-jumps-ship-rj-brewer-talks-wwe-stealing-his-gimmick-how-the-new-wwe-title-supposedly-came-to-be-rondas-mom-buries-cyborg-tons-more|archive-date=February 22, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref>Setelah mengalahkan Devitt, Tanahashi pergi untuk membantu lawannya berdiri, tetapi didorong oleh Junior Heavyweight Champion yang kecewa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=691&c=5172|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:旗揚げ記念日|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407003411/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=691&c=5172|archive-date=April 7, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 3, 2013|url=http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/fight/all/2013030302/|work=Sports Navi|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:新日本プロレス「旗揚げ記念日」|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705210645/http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/fight/all/2013030302/|archive-date=July 5, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Minggu-minggu berikutnya, Devitt mulai menggambarkan kepribadian yang lebih sombong dan jahat, secara teratur tidak menghormati pasangan dan lawan, dengan pengecualian Ryusuke Taguchi, yang ia coba ikuti dengan sikap barunya.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Japan Cup 2013|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=695&c=5198|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414144213/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=695&c=5198|archive-date=April 14, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=New Japan Cup 2013|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=701&c=5242|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|access-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref> Namun, ini berubah pada 7 April di ''[[pay-per-view]]'' [[Invasion Attack (2013)|Invasion Attack]], ketika Devitt menyerang Taguchi, setelah keduanya gagal merebut kembali [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]] dari [[Time Splitters (gulat profesional)|Time Splitters]] ([[Alex Shelley]] dan [[Kushida (wrestler)|Kushida]]). Selama serangan itu, Devitt dibantu oleh King Fale yang kembali, yang menyerang tidak hanya Taguchi, tetapi juga [[Time Splitters (gulat profesional)|Time Splitters]] dan [[Captain New Japan]], yang kemudian dibuka kedoknya oleh Devitt. Setelah serangan itu, Devitt mengambil mikrofon, memperkenalkan Fale sebagai "bouncer" barunya, memberinya nama baru "The Underboss" [[Bad Luck Fale]] dan menjuluki dirinya "Real Rock 'n' Rolla".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Invasion Attack|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=706&c=5259|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506090056/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=706&c=5259|archive-date=May 6, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=April 7, 2013|title=Caldwell's New Japan "Invasion Attack" iPPV report 4/7: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of new IWGP World champion, U.S. stars in title matches, more|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/otherppvs/article_69827.shtml|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref> Pada ''pay-per-view'' berikutnya, [[Wrestling Dontaku 2013]] pada tanggal 3 Mei, Devitt dan Fale bekerja sama untuk pertama kalinya untuk mengalahkan Taguchi dan Captain New Japan dalam pertandingan tag tim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=708&c=5313|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:レスリングどんたく 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527033945/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=708&c=5313|archive-date=May 27, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kemudian dalam acara tersebut, Devitt dan Fale memasuki ring untuk menyerang mantan IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, setelah ia mengalahkan [[Karl Anderson]] dalam pertandingan tunggal. Anderson diundang untuk bergabung dalam serangan itu dan pada awalnya ragu-ragu karena dia bingung, tetapi kemudian mengkhianati Tanahashi, memukulnya dengan ''[[Cutter (gulat profesional)|Gun Stun]]''. Juga [[Tama Tonga]] yang kembali dan yang memiliki kemitraan<ref name="WrestlingDontaku2013">{{Cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=708&c=5320|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:レスリングどんたく 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601033010/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=708&c=5320|archive-date=June 1, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> dengan Anderson selama beberapa minggu terakhir bergabung dalam serangan itu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=709&c=5283|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:Road to レスリングどんたく 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019172243/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=709&c=5283|archive-date=October 19, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=716&c=5304|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:Road to レスリングどんたく 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019172200/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=716&c=5304|archive-date=October 19, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=715&c=5344|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:Road to レスリングどんたく 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625093731/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=715&c=5344|archive-date=June 25, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dalam wawancara pasca-pertandingan, keempat pria itu mengumumkan pembentukan kelompok ''all-gaijin'' bernama "Bullet Club".<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 3, 2013|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=9478|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:「イッツ・リィィィアル!! 」なんとアンダーソン、トンガとも合体!! デヴィットが外国人軍団"Bullet Club"結成!!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509181451/http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=9478|archive-date=May 9, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 11, 2013|title=Show results – 5/3 NJPW Dontaku PPV: U.S. stars lose titles or title matches, Okada's first IWGP Title defense, more|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Arena_Reports_10/article_70387.shtml|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref>
Keempat anggota Bullet Club bergulat dalam pertandingan pertama mereka bersama pada 22 Mei, ketika mereka mengalahkan Captain New Japan, Hiroshi Tanahashi, [[Manabu Nakanishi]] dan Ryusuke Taguchi dalam pertandingan tag tim delapan orang.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=718&c=5361|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:Best of the Super Jr. XX 前夜祭|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709053327/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result_game.php?e=718&c=5361|archive-date=July 9, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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