X Bullet Club

The X Bullet Club is a villainous CAW stable that appears primarily in XWP (Xtreme Wrestling Promotion). The group consists of 5 core members: Max Mercury (Leader), Zack Thompson (Second In Command), Seth Turner (The Flyer), Reggie Killer (The Silencer), Kenny Taylor (The Powerhouse). Other members include DoggyDog, PJ Skillz, Brett Storm & Zachary Welch. The group made it's initial debut as a trio in YXW Valentine's Day Massacre with just Mercury, Thompson, & Turner.

## XWP (2016-2018)

### Season 1

#### Debut & Move to Smackdown

Max Mercury debuted in XWP in episode 2 beating Jake Navor after the lights turned off and back on, rumours swirled that X Bullet Club would debut. At Pride Max Mercury attacked Brett Storm and Lula with the debuting Kenny Taylor helping him out. On the Smackdown after Pride, Reggie Killer and Seth Turner attacked Lula after Lula beat Mercury. Later on in the night, Zack Thompson screwed Matteo out of the XWP Intercontinental Championship letting PJ Skillz hit the Phenomenal Forearm to win the match. At XWP Outlaw, the trio of Zack Thompson, Seth Turner, & Reggie Killer would defeat the team of Mario Sanchez, Phenom & Matteo in a 6 Man Tag Team Match. However later in the night, XBC Leader Max Mercury would lose in his match for the XWP World Heavyweight Championship after Lula pinned Brett Storm to become the new champion. On Smackdown Before Unbreakable, the X Bullet Club (Zack Thompson & Kenny Taylor) would win in their matches against Brett Storm and Matteo in a Steel Cage Match respectively. At Unbreakable, Max Mercury would win the MITB briefcase in a 6 Man Ladder Match with help from Seth Turner, who was also in the match.

#### Championship Dominance

Summerslam would be the crowning CPV for XBC as by the end of the night, every member would hold championship gold, Kenny Taylor defeated Demon Spyke for the Hardcore Title, Seth Turner and Reggie Killer defeated Team Bring It for the Tag Titles, Zack Thompson defeated Mario Sanchez for the Intercontinental Title and Max Mercury cashed in his MITB on Matteo to win the World Heavyweight Title, and to cap it off, Max Mercury (with help from Kenny Taylor) defeated Brett Storm and sent him out of XWP......for now. On Smackdown After Summerslam, Zack would continue his feud with Mario when they faced each other in a championship rematch which ended when Zack got himself disqualified by attacking Mario with a steel chair. Kenny Taylor would lose a Non Title Extreme Rules Match to Phenom and Tag Champs Seth Turner & Reggie Killer would defeat Straight Code Society in a Non-Title Match. Max Mercury was supposed to defend his World Title in a rematch against Matteo, but he was attacked backstage by a masked individual.

At Psychopath, Zack Thompson would first retain his XWP Intercontinental Championship against Mario Sanchez in a Falls Count Anywhere Match where he was attacked by the same masked man who attacked Max Mercury on Smackdown. Then Kenny Taylor would retain his XWP Hardcore Championship against Phenom & Demon Spyke in a Triple Threat Extreme Rules Match. Then in the Main Event, Max Mercury would retain his XWP World Heavyweight Championship against Matteo. After the match, the same masked man would appear and would try to attack Max, but luckily Max got away. The Masked Man announced himself as Morpheus and that is his one goal was to bring Brett Storm back into XWP.

#### Addition of DoggyDog & Cross Brand Promotion

At Nightmares, the X Bullet Club would gain a new member in the form of DoggyDog after DoggyDog let himself be pinned by the XBC (Seth Turner & Reggie Killer) in their handicap tag match after Arrow was attacked backstage and unable to compete. Later in the night, the rest of the XBC (Max Mercury, Zack Thompson, & Kenny Taylor) would lose in a 6 Man Tag Team Match to Heaven's Sexiest Angels (Angel Alexander, Stunning Bradd, & Mr. Macho). At Survivor Series, the team of Seth Turner & Reggie Killer would lose their tag titles to Heaven's Sexiest Angels (Mr. Macho & Stunning Bradd) in an Elimination Tag Team Match. Luckily, Kenny Taylor would defeat Straight Code Star to retain his XWP Hardcore Championship and Zack Thompson would retain his XWP Intercontinental Championship via disqualification after he goaded his opponent Morpheus into hitting Zack with a Steel Chair. Max Mercury would defeat Matteo in a Steel Cage Match to retain his World Heavyweight Championship via split decision after Mercury narrowly escaped the cage seconds before Matteo did. In the main event, new X Bullet Club member DoggyDog would defeat Jacob Cass to win the XWP Championship, making X Bullet Club the stable to hold both World Titles within their group.

At Destruction, Seth & Reggie would lose a Steel Cage Tag Team Match to Heaven's Sexist Angels in a rematch for the titles & Kenny Taylor would lose the XWP Hardcore Championship to Mr. X. In the main event, Max Mercury & Zack Thompson would lose to Morpheus & Matteo in a Tag Team Match. At Royal Rumble, Zack would retain his Intercontinental Championship against Phenom, however Max Mercury would lose the World Heavyweight Championship to Mario Sanchez. Luckily, DoggyDog would retain the XWP Championship against Jacob Cass & Arrow in a Triple Threat Match. At XWP Live From Japan, Max Mercury would team up with DoggyDog for the first time where they ended up losing to the tandem of Jacob Cass & Kenny Omega. At Danger Zone, DoggyDog would retain his XWP Championship against Demon Extreme to head into WrestleMania 1 as champion to face the No.1 Contender Arrow. On the Smackdown before Wrestlemania 1, Max Mercury would help fellow XBC stablemate Seth Turner defeat Morpheus to become the new Internet Champion. Afterwards Max would attack Morpheus with his own finishing move.

### Season 2

#### Addition of PJ Skillz and Zachary Welch

On the RAW After WrestleMania 1, Max Mercury & Seth Turner would be drafted to the RAW brand splitting the XBC in half in two promotions. At Betrayal, Seth Turner would retain his Internet Title against Ginji. Later in the event, Brett Storm announced that PJ Skillz would have a match for Demon Extreme's IC Title. Skillz defeated Demon Extreme for the Intercontinental Championship. PJ Skillz would then go backstage where he was greeted by Zack, Seth, Reggie, & Kenny where Zack offered PJ Skillz a membership in the X Bullet Club. PJ Skillz would accept this invitation and become the newest XBC member, bringing the IC Title to the XBC. At the United Kingdom Championship Tournament, a British CAW by the name of Zachary Welch would make his entrance in a X Bullet Club shirt and was later confirmed to be the newest member of the X Bullet Club and the XBC representative for NXT. Zachary Welch would go to advance to the Finals where he defeated Shaun The Saint to become the first ever XWP United Kingdom Champion. After the match, Zachary Welch would be congratulated the Leader Max Mercury, Zack Thompson, Seth Turner (who lost his Internet Title at an ECCW show), & recent addition PJ Skillz. At Outlaw, Seth Turner would challenge Chris Danger for a shot at the XWP Cruiserweight Championship and new XWP Internet Champion DoggyDog would lose to Arrow in the main event for the XWP Championship, with Max Mercury in his corner. At one point in the match, Doggy would accidently strike Mercury with a stiff clothesline. After the match, Max Mercury would clothesline DoggyDog and would stand over his prone body. This would then be announced as Doggy's removal from the group. At NXT Take Over Frankfurt, Zachary Welch would retain his title against Shaun The Saint in a rematch from the UK Tournament Finals. At Mayhem, PJ Skillz & Zack Thompson would be victorious in their matches against Demon Extreme & Mr. X, but Kenny & Reggie would lose to Jacob Cass & Anthony Payne in a throwaway tag team match. At NXT Take Over Mexico, Zachary Welch would retain his title in a Triple Threat Match. At Reckoning, Seth Turner would win the Cruiserweight Title in a Fatal 4 Way Match and Max Mercury would lose to DoggyDog by Count Out, but was able to retain the Internet Championship (which he won at an IWA show). At Money In The Bank, Max Mercury & PJ Skillz would lose their Internet & Intercontinental Championships respectively, while Seth Turner was able to retain his Cruiserweight Championship.

#### Addition of Brett Storm

At Summerslam, X Bullet Club would compete in a total of 6 Matches. In the Pre-Show, Zachary Welch would lose his United Kingdom Championship to Tee Michaels. Zack Thompson would compete (and lose) in the 10 Man Hardcore Championship Rumble. PJ Skillz would lose to Alieus in a Triple Threat for the Intercontinental Championship and Seth Turner would lose his Cruiserweight Championship to Francaios in a 6 Man Ladder Match. XBC did win some matches at Summerslam as Max Mercury would beat DoggyDog in a No Count Out Match and the biggest surprise of the night, Brett Storm joining the X Bullet Club after Max Mercury helped Storm in his Anarchy Rules Match. On the Smackdown after Summerslam, Brett Storm announced that to help even out X Bullet Club members on Raw and Smackdown, Kenny Taylor has been moved to Raw in a trade (Lula was traded to SD). Brett Storm also announced that X Bullet Club's PJ Skillz, Zack Thompson & Reggie Killer would face Bro Code at Psychopath to see which faction would compete to become the inaugural 6 Man Tag Team Champions. Brett Storm finally announced that he would face someone at Psychopath who has never been given a World Title match in XWP. That man will either be Demon Spyke, Mart War, Jackson Montgomery or Straight Code Star. At Nightmares, Seth Turner will have his rematch for the Cruiserweight Title, Kenny Taylor will face Jet Omega Elliot & Max Mercury will be in the XWP Championship Main Event against Champion Mario Sanchez & Arrow. At Psychopath, Zack Thompson would attack Jackson Montgomery after he became No. 1 Contender to Brett Storm's Title. Later in the night, XBC would defeat Bro Code to advance to Survivor Series' 6 Man Tag Title Match. In the main event, Brett would retain against Jackson Montgomery before being attacked by the returning Matteo. At Nightmares, Seth & Kenny would both lose their respective matches however, Zachary Welch beat Chris Jericho and Max Mercury won the XWP Championship after Brett Storm interfered on Max's behalf. At the Survivor Series Pre-Show, Zack Thompson would attack by Jackson Montgomery however Jackson ended up getting the upper hand. This forced XBC to quickly put Kenny Taylor in the 6 Man Tag Title Match on the main show. Also on the Pre-Show, Zachary Welch & Seth Turner would defeat Arrow & Jet Omega Elliot. On the main show of Survivor Series, XBC would lose to SWED & DoggyDog. But Max Mercury would defeat Mario Sanchez & Brett Storm would defeat Matteo. However, Brett would be cashed in on by Mahadi Khan where Brett would lose the World Title. At Destruction, XBC would be 2-2 as PJ & Reggie winning their matches (including Reggie winning the Hardcore Title), but Zack & Brett would lose their matches to Jackson Montgomery & Mahadi Khan respectively. On the SD after Destruction, Reggie would lose his Hardcore Title to Jackson Montgomery. While Brett Storm hosted the first edition of the Eye of the Storm. Where he brawled with his Royal Rumble opponent Christian Cage with Cage getting the upper hand. At Royal Rumble, it would be an up and down night for XBC. Brett & Max would both win their respective singles matches, defeating Christian Cage & Curtis Stunt respectively but Zachary Welch would lose to Victor X and no member of XBC would win the Rumble. At Danger Zone, Max Mercury would lose his XWP Championship inside the Elimination Chamber. At Unforgiven, Reggie, PJ & Zack would all lose their matches while Brett's match never got started as he brawled with Matteo before the match making the ref throw the match out.

At WrestleMania, X Bullet Club will take part in 4 Matches. Max will face Arrow. Zack will face Jackson Montgomery. Brett will face Mahadi Khan & Matteo in a triple threat and Zachary will face Victor X & Jet Omega Elliot in a Triple Threat. At WrestleMania 2, XBC would have a steller night with Max defeating Arrow, Zachary winning the US Championship, and Brett Storm winning the World Heavyweight Championship, despite only one mishap with Zack losing his match.

### Season 3

#### Feud with Seth Turner, Title Victories & End of XBC

On the RAW After Wrestlemania 2, The X Bullet Club would lose one member in Seth Turner, who went up to Max Mercury telling him he was planning on going solo without disrespect. Surprisingly, Max obliged but let him off with a warning stating that Seth watch his back from now on. However as the night went on, Seth Turner would be ruthlessly attacked backstage by now former teammate Kenny Taylor for leaving the team, officialling ending Turner's stint in the stable. Zachary Welch would end up losing a US Title Rematch to Victor X by count out before being assaulted by VX after the match and being set up for another rematch at Outlaw. Max Mercury would lose in his XWP Title Rematch after a distraction by Seth Turner. On the Smackdown After Wrestlemania, Zack Thompson, PJ Skillz, & Reggie Killer would engage in a mini feud with the YWE Legends Stable (Mr. Black, Blue Star, & Angel) over the XWP 6 Man Tag Team Championship which started with an XBC ambush on Mr. Black, which then later resulted in Angel defeating Zack Thompson for Zack's newly won Internet Championship. Smackdown XBC Lieutenant Brett Storm would retain his World Heavyweight Championship against Mahadi Khan after receiving unintentional help from Shadow. At Betrayal, XBC's Zack Thompson, PJ Skillz & Reggie Killer would win the 6 Man Tag Titles by beating the YWE Legends, however, Brett Storm would lose the World Title to Alieus in the Main Event.

At XWP Outlaw, X Bullet Club would have a clean sweep victory in all their matches with Zack, PJ, & Reggie retaining their 6 Man Tag Titles against SWED Trio, Welch retaining his US Title against Victor X, and Max Mercury defeating former member Seth Turner in a Singles Match. In the latter match, Seth Turner would issue a proposal to Max Mercury challenging to put him up against any member of the XBC member and if Seth wins they're out of the XBC, if Seth loses his XWP Career is over. Max would reenter the ring to assault Seth, only for Seth Turner to fight back until Brett Storm made the save and accepted Seth's challenge for Pick Your Poison. At Broken Bonds, Zack, Reggie & PJ would retain their Titles while Brett would lose in his attempt to regain the World Title. At Pick Your Poison, XBC would take part in 4 matches, losing 3 of them. Brett Storm would lose to Seth Turner, therefore Brett would be forced to leave XBC, Zack, Reggie & PJ would lose the 6 Man Tag Titles to Faces of Fear and Max Mercury would lose to Curtis Stunt in a Number 1 Contenders Match for the XWP Championship. Only Zachary Welch would win at Pick Your Poison, defeating Jet Omega Elliot to retain the United States Championship. At Money In The Bank, every member would lose their respective match. Zachary Welch would be forced to leave the group after losing a Career v. Membership Match for the US Title by DQ after Max Mercury intentionally interfered to make sure Seth didn't become champion. Max would then announce he would put the entire club on the line at Summerslam for Seth's career in a Career v. Club Match. At Summerslam, Max Mercury would lose to Seth Turner, ending the X Bullet Club in XWP.