Finn Balor: Bullet Club Had So Much Heat That NJPW Set Up Separate Phone Line For Fan Complaints

Insight into the level of heat that Bullet Club had.

The subject of Bullet Club was delved into by the group’s former leader, Finn Balor, f.k.a. Prince Devitt. He shared with Chris Van Vliet that when the ball started rolling with the group, they garnered so much heat from the fans that New Japan Pro-Wrestling had to set up a separate phone line because of the fan complaints about them cheating in matches.

“Once I turned heel, I think it was crazy, because we had so much heat. I remember Fale would be carrying me out on his shoulders at Korakuen Hall, and he kind of had to walk through the crowd, and there’d be fans hitting me in the leg, punching me in the leg, giving me dead legs, and then those fans, so many fans, were calling the office to complain about Prince Devitt cheating to win matches that they had to set up a separate phone line to take complaints. Because there’s so much respect, and I guess it wasn’t something that was done commonly, or at least recently in New Japan. So that was like lightning in a bottle, and it was such a short run for me in Bullet Club, but I look back on it super fondly.”

On the 7/3 SmackDown, Balor was attacked by Talla Tonga and former Bullet Club member Tama Tonga.