"Bullet Train" Giant Bernard – it goes hard.
But for real, this probably would have happened. Bernard was like a father to Devitt and Anderson, although I'm not sure what kind of relationship he had with Tama and Fale. Fale is a big boy, but I am pretty sure he is actually smaller than Matt Bloom, so don't know how that would have worked out. Alas, Gedo could have definitely experimented, and added some other people that originally weren't in BC.
Bernard's position in New Japan was simple: tag team royalty and occasional hurdle for main eventers to overcome. New Japan always loved their level up stories, so Bernard being given his own stable to finally propel him to be a main eventer seems plausible. I can't see Devitt leading the stable in this scenario since he was a Junior IRL anyway, and next to Bernard he'd look like a kid.
GB left New Japan in early 2012 and BC formed in the summertime of 2013, so the timeline is not that far off. Alas, even in this reality, Karl Anderson doesn't get the leadership position. Gotta feel somewhat bad for bro, he got cast to the side 3 times, and the third one didn't even happen in reality.
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