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Adam Cole joins Bullet Club, who go full nWo on the end of ROH Global Wars

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The weekend of crazy pay-per-view (PPV) angles had one more in it before the new week began.

Earlier in the day, the Young Bucks promised both a Superkick Party and a new member of the Bullet Club for the Ring of Honor (ROH) Global Wars event in Chicago. When their eight-man tag against Motor City Machine Guns, KUSHIDA & Matt Sydal ended with not only no new Bullet Club members, but ZERO Superkicks, it looked like Matt & Nick Jackson had trolled us all again.

The final match of the night was the ROH World title match with Colt Cabana challenging Jay Lethal for the belt. The hometown crowd was firmly behind Cabana, and both men were playing it straight - they even adhered to the Code of Honor with a pre-match handshake.

With Lethal's almost year-long reign in jeopardy thanks to a Billy Goat's Curse applied by Colt in the middle of the ring, the shenanigans began, however. But it wasn't interference from Taeler Hendrix, who'd been kicked out earlier by the referee. The Bucks showed up after Lethal's valet returned to ringside, and Superkicked Taeler and the ref!

Getting into the ring, the brothers offered Bullet Club shirts to both men... and then the lights went out. When they came back up, Adam Cole was in the ring - wearing a BC shirt and tights.

That trio laid waster to Lethal and Cabana with Superkicks... and the promised Party was just getting started. Before the PPV ended, they'd blasted everyone in the vicinity with a kick, including the Jacksons' own father. With fellow Club members the Guerrillas of Destiny, they knocked out the Colt, zip-tied Lethal to the ropes, hit an IndyTaker on a security guard and took over commentary.

We'll see where it goes from here. With something in the neighborhood of 50 - 60 Superkicks thrown, it felt like a bit of overkill, but then overkill is Bullet Club's gimmick.

For ROH, this gives them a more routine presence from one of wrestling's most recognizable brands - and gives Cole something to do. It also gives them the option of turning Lethal babyface; a near necessity after a year of beating every good guy they could muster up as a heel champ.

Thoughts on this big ending, Cagesiders? Where does it rank after the EC3/TNA run-in at Evolve?

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