page_title: Chaos (professional wrestling)
section_title: Kazuchika Okada's rise to stardom
hierarchical_section_title: Chaos (professional wrestling) / History / Under Shinsuke Nakamura (2009–2016) / Kazuchika Okada's rise to stardom
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 2013年6月22日 大阪大会 DOMINION6.22
context_page_description: Chaos is a professional wrestling stable, primarily performing in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion. The group was formed in 2009, when nearly all the members of the Great Bash Heel stable turned on leader Togi Makabe and reformed under new leader Shinsuke Nakamura. Soon after, the new group was named Chaos, with Nakamura as the leader. As the leader of Chaos, Nakamura was one of NJPW's top wrestlers, winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship as well as the 2011 G1 Climax and the 2014 New Japan Cup.
  Since its founding, Chaos has added several new members, including Kazuchika Okada, who has held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship five times and won the G1 Climax tournament in 2012 and 2014, as well as the 2013 and 2019 New Japan Cup. Okada became the leader of Chaos after Nakamura's departure from New Japan and succeeded Hiroshi Tanahashi as the promotion's "ace," or top star. Rocky Romero, another member of Chaos, won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship a record eight times.
  Chaos originally was the only villainous group in New Japan.
context_section_description: On January 4, 2012 at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, Richards and Romero lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to Apollo 55 (Devitt and Taguchi), while new member Yoshi-Hashi was defeated in five minutes by Kazuchika Okada in both men's NJPW return match. Later that night, Chaos Top Team was defeated by Pro Wrestling Noah representatives Go Shiozaki and Naomichi Marufuji. At the following day's press conference where his upcoming title match was made official, Kazuchika Okada, who had issued a challenge to Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at the end of Wrestle Kingdom, revealed that he had joined Chaos as well, enlisting new stablemate Gedo as his manager and spokesperson. On February 12 at The New Beginning, No Remorse Corps defeated Apollo 55 to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Later that night, Tanaka lost the lost the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to Hirooki Goto. In the main event, Okada defeated Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Okada made his first title defense on March 4, defeating Tetsuya Naito in the main event of NJPW's 40th anniversary event. On March 18, Yano and Iizuka attacked Tenzan and Kojima after they had successfully defended their title against Lance Archer and Yoshihiro Takayama and stole their championship belts.
  On April 21, Low Ki returned to NJPW, aligning himself with the Chaos and teaming with Gedo, Jado and Rocky Romero in an eight-man tag team match to defeat Jyushin Thunder Liger, Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tiger Mask, with Ki pinning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Devitt for the win. On May 2, Richards and Romero were stripped of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship after a car accident forced Richards to miss his flight to Japan and the following day's Wrestling Dontaku 2012 event, where the two were scheduled to defend the title against Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2012, Low Ki defeated Prince Devitt to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship while Iizuka and Yano defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, starting Yano's second reign with the title. From May 27 to June 10, Gedo, Jado and Low Ki participated at the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, where Low Ki defeated Prince Devitt to advance to the finals but lost to Ryusuke Taguchi. Also at the last day of the Best of the Super Juniors, Alex Koslov joined the stable and formed Forever Hooligans with his former AAA partner Rocky Romero.
  On June 16 at Dominion 6.16, Brian Kendrick joined the stable by teaming with Gedo and Jado in a six-man tag team match, where they defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger, Kushida and Tiger Mask when Kendrick pinned Kushida. Yano's and Iizuka's first title defense, a rematch against Tenzan and Kojima, ended in a no contest and were stripped of the IWGP Tag Team Championship four days later. In the main event, Okada lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship back to Tanahashi, ending his reign. On July 22, Yano and Iizuka were defeated by Tenzan and Kojima in a decision match for the vacant title. Koslov and Romero defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Also at that event, Nakamura defeated Hirooki Goto to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship for the first time. On July 29, Low Ki lost the title to Kota Ibushi in his second defense.
  From August 1 to August 12, Okada, Nakamura, Yano and Takahashi participated at the 2012 G1 Climax. During the tournament, Okada wrestled in the same block as Chaos leader Shinsuke Nakamura and on August 5 was defeated by Nakamura. At the finals on August 12, Okada defeated Karl Anderson to win the 2012 G1 Climax.
  On October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Forever Hooligans made their second successful title defense by defeating Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida). Later that night, Low Ki regained the IWGP Junior Heavyeight title from Kota Ibushi. Later that night, Nakamura successfull
caption: Yujiro Takahashi defected Chaos to become the first Japanese member of Bullet Club in May 2014
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