Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows were a part of the popular faction called the Bullet Club in New Japan Pro Wrestling. The faction has featured popular WWE stars like Finn Balor and AJ Styles in the past and is very well known in the wrestling world. After Anderson and Gallows made their debuts on RAW, it was unclear whether or not the WWE would be using the Bullet Club name. It made sense that they wouldn’t considering it is trademarked with NJPW. We have seen Finn Balor tease the ‘Balor Club’ or ‘BulletProof’ when teasing the new faction on Twitter. Even though it seemed like they would be changing their name, the WWE has been teasing them keeping the name Bullet Club.
Here is a video the WWE put out using the #BulletClub:
We also saw some of the WWE’s social media accounts use the #BulletClub:
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson are DESTROYING the @WWEUsos!! #RAW #BulletClub
— WWE Australia (@WWEAustralia) April 12, 2016
#BulletClub hits @WWE? Superstars react to Gallows and Anderson’s debut https://t.co/FhXBXdjYoc
— Joey Styles (@JoeyStyles) April 13, 2016
Seems odd that they would call the the Bullet Club if they were not using the name for them moving forward? Or is this the WWE’s way to avoid getting sued by using a hashtag and not directly using the name. If I remember correctly, they didn’t say Bullet Club on RAW.
I personally would love if they somehow worked out a deal with NJPW that would let them use the Bullet Club name. I think this is highly unlikely. I am also not sure if the WWE could get sued for using a Hashtag to describe them. It will be interesting to see how this plays out and what they end up getting called.
Let us know your thoughts and opinions on this! Will they keep the name Bullet Club? Why or Why Not?
I’m not even sure that they officially use the Bullet Club name in Japan recently. Kenny Omega & the Young Bucks go by The Elite; Tama Tonga & his brother Micah/Camacho go by Guerillas of Destiny. And I think that WWE is careful enough to not attract lawsuits from New Japan. They wouldn’t use Bullet Club or even focus on people with Bullet Club merch if they couldn’t use the name.
Baron Corbin. Baron’s Club. YUCK. You know WWE is lame enough to do that.
Finn Balor has Balor Club on hos twitter description.Eithe way, “Bulletproof” or “Balor Club” are good solid names. You would think WWE wouldnt use anything with the name “bullet” to keep a disassociation w guns for the youth being PG and all.
But who knows?.?