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He gained a lot of notoriety as a singles competitor throughout 2012, with high-profile wins against Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi, reaching the finals in the G1 Climax. Initially, it was me and Ferg (Devitt), and the idea was for me to help make him legit as a heavyweight. When he turned [on Apollo 55 partner Ryusuke Taguchi], it just exploded, and we knew we were onto something. After vanquishing the Ace of New Japan at Dominion, Devitt set his sights on the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Later on in the show, after the reigning champion, Okada finished his match. Bullet Club walked to the ring, and Devitt stood toe-to-toe with the champion, challenging him to a title match. Devitt challenges Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Devitt explains on Talk Is Jericho, "I was a full young boy. I would be woken up at 7.30. We’d have to clean the toilets, go out, clean the ring, sweep the streets, hose it down because of all the cat pee on the street outside.

Devitt recalls, "We were the only people who were really working proper heel. I went from being this super straight-laced babyface doing all these high-spots and dives to like, I completely changed my offense to eye-pokes, nut-shots, and I wouldn’t do any of the fancy stuff anymore. Devitt went on to win the Best of the Super Juniors, defeating Kenny Omega in the semi-finals and Alex Shelley in the final to win the tournament, with a great deal of interference and help from the other members of Bullet Club. Fergal Devitt was born in Bray, Ireland, training in his home country and making his pro-wrestling debut in 2000 at the young age of 18. Despite their founder and leader’s departure, Bullet Club is still going strong today! These stories may also interest you:Then there was Karl Anderson, who was known as the Machine Gun. So, I’m the Real Shooter, and he’s The Machine Gun. How do I tie all this together? We all fire bullets. So then I had Bullet Parade, Bullet League, and then Bullet Club. So, in the blink of an eye, Devitt had his new ring name that he would wrestle under for the next eight years in Japan. DEVITT: We’d be on these six- to eight-hour bus rides on the New Japan tour bus, going from Tokyo to Osaka or Kyushu, and absolutely going insane on the bus and trying to think of ways to entertain ourselves. We went through this phase of quoting all the Attitude Era stuff. Devitt and Karl really helped us grow as wrestlers to teach us the American style and still the Japanese style. We became really, really close, where we were drinking together, eating together every day, and working together.

The team used this real-life camaraderie when they formed at Dontaku 2013 and became a natural fit. However, during these years, Devitt received many offers to join WWE’s developmental system, but he was reluctant to go, feeling he had unfinished business in New Japan. Devitt wanted to make his way to the top of the card in New Japan.Bullet Club has become a widely recognized brand that has almost crossed over into mainstream appeal outside of the wrestling world. It all started with four dojo boys and the brotherhood of the Gaijin living together and trying to make a name for themselves in Japan.