Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows didn't do anything to dispel the widespread belief that the Bullet Club is going to spread like wildfire in WWE on Monday Night Raw last night.
Instead, they doused the notion with gasoline, ambushing WWE World Heavyweight champion Roman Reigns and putting him on notice that they have the back of AJ Styles, their Bullet Club brethren and the No. 1 contender for Reigns' belt. Add that to the fact that reigning NXT champion Finn Balor is a proud member of the Bullet Club, even touting his branded "Bulletproof Bullet Club" on T-shirts.
So, everything is in place for a reunion, right? Well, not quite. Although it appears like Anderson and Gallows are gung-ho about forming the Bullet Club back up like Voltron and Balor might be on board with that idea, too, Styles showed some apprehension last night.
Styles couldn't be happier being reunited with his brothers earlier in the show, but that feeling would change as Raw continued through the night.
After they beat down Reigns, Styles made it a point to seek out the World Heavyweight champion to let him know that he didn't order the hit and that Anderson and Gallows were acting on their own volition.
Though Styles denied any collusion with his Bullet Club brothers, Reigns wasn't buying it and he made it clear on his Twitter account after the show ended.
I don't need a "club." Consider this your only warning, AJ. Stay away from my family and watch yourself around me. #TheGuy #RomanEmpire
— Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) April 19, 2016
When Anderson and Gallows first appeared on Raw last week, they attacked The Usos, Reigns' cousins.
We see this playing out in one of two ways. Either "The Phenomenal One" is downplaying his connection to the Bullet Club to further lure and entrench Reigns into a dubious position, or he's being sincere and the faction from New Japan Pro Wrestling will build itself up without him.
If we had to pick one scenario right now, we'd lean toward the former. Is Styles playing mind games with the new champ?
