[8.0] "Suzuki-gun was like a proto-Bullet Club in its early years--the main heel group with a bunch of gaijins who used 'Western tactics' to win matches. Keep in mind that in the early 2010s, this wasn't as common as it would be in the late 2010s. When Bullet Club was established and AJ took control of it, Suzuki-gun had to leave for a while and then became an 'nWo' in NOAH for two years. When they returned to New Japan in 2017, Suzuki-gun was clearly the third or fourth stable in the rankings, and its members weren't booked that well, aside from ZSJ and Desperado."
[7.0] "Suzuki Gun back in NOAH were really cool and were like the top bad guys, then they went to NJPW and they were still kind of a top badass faction, then in the later years they kind of slowed down as other factions like Bullet Club, Chaos, and LIJ soon took over as the top heel face and tweener factions, The only people that mattered in the factions later years were Suzuki, ZSJ and Desperado with lance Archer coming in every now and then. But this faction was always a good heel group to feud with everyone."
[8.0] "Badass faction, it's a shame they didn't received the best of the bookings a lot of times, but their role to put other people over and elevate talents were always perfectly delivered. They never failed to have an identity and promote great matches. Miss them already."
[9.0] "Oh das tut schon weh das erst jetzt dieses Jahr zu erfahren auch einige Vertrag Details also ich bin schon traurig das dieser Kult Stable sich nun auflösen musste. Was gab es nicht für Schlachten gegen CHAOS, BULLET CLUB und so weiter."
[10.0] "Is it the greatest faction of all time? No, but I loved them and they were great at what they were. Their re-entry into New Japan in 2017 was the stuff of legends and I loved them. I miss them already and I'm glad they existed as a faction."
[9.0] "with suzuki-gun ending soon, this felt like the perfect time to rank them, this faction was probably the 2nd best in 2010s-2020sdf New Japan behind United Empire and AJ Styles Bullet Club, every member that stepped in it at any point brought something cool to the table, within the 11 years the faction was alive for, they gave us as fans many great memories, both as a group and as singles/tag teams divided in the main faction, overall great brigade and i'm interested to see what everyone does out on their own"
[6.0] "A solid stable full of great wrestlers, however I think that this stable is less memorable than the others in NJPW like LIJ. Even being a fan of and watching frequent Suzuki-gun matches, a lot of the members in Suzuki-gun I've actually had no idea were in the faction to begin with."
[8.0] "Haben sich gut weiterentwickelt über die letzten Jahre, aber der letzte Schritt zum absoluten Top-Stable fehlt noch. Wenn 2021 El Desperado da helfen kann, den nächsten Schritt zu machen, wäre das eine schöne Sache, aber auch in der Heavyweight Division kann Suzuki Gun Entwicklung gebrauchen. Taichi macht das zwar wirklich gut zuletzt, aber da get noch was und bei Suzuki selbst wird langsam klar, dass er diese Rollen eben nicht (mehr) spielen soll."
[9.0] "One of the best japanese factions ever. Unlike other stables they still keep the pace and they are still on the top for so many years now. I think they will be out there rocking the world for another 10 years. Their heel gimmick and hard style is their best factor. Besides that, they have a living legend himself - Suzuki Minoru. What a group!"
[7.0] "Like most stables, you have to judge them by the sum of their parts, not just one or two people. Suzuki-Gun have improved since their pretty terrible NOAH invasion with the rise of Taichi as a actual threat (and not, you know, pin fodder) and Zack Sabre Jr, who has breathed new life into the group and has also improved a ton personality and promo wise, and seems to be positioned as the group's eventual leader. Suzuki is still the best quality wise out of them, even if his age is starting to catch up to him. The rest of the group are either battered vets who can barely work (TAKA, Lizuka before he retired, Kanemaru to a lesser extent) or junior heavyweights still tailing behind (Desperado, DOUKI). In their prime, they were a dangerous faction that was booked strongly: the last few years has massively nerfed them and I doubt they will be in the main title picture unless something crazy happens. At the moment, the group is mostly not great, and they really need new established talent beyond ZSJ to really get them rolling again."
[10.0] "Suzuki-gun is my favorite faction in New Japan Pro Wrestling. They have great cohesion and a great selection of wrestlers. You have Minoru Suzuki (what's there to say that hasn't been said already? ), grizzled veterans Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Taka Michinoku, over the top heel Taichi, technical wizard Zach Sabre Jr. , unique junior heavyweight El Desperado, and the promising new addition Douki. I can't ask for a better selection of heels."
[9.0] "As a faction they are top tier. But their booking has hurt them a little. They are clearly seen as the lowest faction on the kayfabe New Japan totem poll. Suzuki does a great job as the leader and is still capable of strong main event performance once or twice a year even if New Japan is fading him out. ZSJ and Taichi are being positioned as the no. 1 and no. 2 members respectively with both likely to trade the roll as top guy in the faction and no. 2 around. Despy is being set up as the junior ace of the group, Kanemaru is the vet who on his day can still go, but is excellent at laying out matches, and DOUKI is the pin eater. They got hurt by the departure of DBS and especially Archer. They need a bruiser. A Jeff Cobb or maybe the freshly minted regular roster member Karl Fredericks would be good additions to the group."
[9.0] "Great faction of assholes. It's the less dominant faction in New Japan but they just do their job really well to get their opponents over while still remaining kind of a threat. At this point Suzuki will clearly never win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, I doubt he'll even win the Intercontinental Championship again, he's clearly falling in the hierarchy so it will be interesting to see if some members turn on their leader again. Zack Sabre Jr. is the top threat right now, Taichi is becoming a solid number 2. The visual of this faction is cool and they still feel united in some way."
[6.0] "This stable started off great but already in 2015 got long in the tooth. Packing them off to NOAH was an interesting choice and could have been a nice way to quietly disband the stable and give its members a fresh start once the novelty had worn off, but instead the invasion angle dragged on for far too long and threatened to drag NOAH down with it. Since the stable was brought back to NJPW it has done little more than bore me to tears. Outside of Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr the only stable member who's worth anything is El Desperado, and he's rarely allowed to have a decent match. Taka Michinoku and Yoshinobu Kanemaru used to be great but age and injuries haven't been kind to them, Takahashi Iizuka was a good tag wrestler... over a decade ago and has mercifully since retired because his body just couldn't take it anymore, Taichi is one of the dullest wrestlers I have seen in the past decade and only notable for the race queen accompanying him to the ring (when the budget allows it) and mercifully Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer haven't been seen in a while because neither is much better than Taichi. That I am giving them a positive rating is a testament of how good and intriguing were at the beginning of their existence."
[4.0] "Insgesamt ist das Stable zwar nicht wirklich perfekt, auch nicht sehr gut, aber alle mal interessant. Eine Fraktion rund um einen Lonely Warrior wirkt Schwarz auf Weiß etwas diskutabel, aber wenn man sieht wie fast jedes Mitglied perfekt das "Arschloch" verkörpern kann, klappt das schon. Für mich fehlen im Stable aber die besonderen Mitglieder. Klar, Desperado hat sich durch's BOSJ verbessert und ja ZSJ/Suzuki sind genial, aber sonst ist der Rest, allen voran Taichi nur da um in Multi-Matches den Pin einzustecken oder in Main Matches eingreifen. Deswegen geht meine Bewertung auf 7 runter. UPDATE: Hier bedarf ein großer De-Rank. Mittlerweile sind SZKG Matches, die genießbar sind eine absolute Rarität! Unfassbar wie hier immer wieder Matches im Bullsh*t etc. enden. 3 Punkte Abzug noch auf die ausreichenden: 4/10"
[6.0] "Solides Stable mit Solider Besetzung. Einzig MiSu, Sabre und an manchen stellen Desperado stechen hier noch wirklich heraus. KES wird solide gepusht, schwächelt jedoch hinter den anderen Heavyweight Teams. Taka und Taichi sind nicht schlecht, aber auch nicht mehr als Opener Guys und Lizuka kann man voll vergessen. Ein ganz großer Kritikpunkt am Stable ist das Booking um sie mit den ständigen Eingriffen welche den Matchflow komplett killen und die Matches meist sogar 2-3 Stufen abwerten. Vom coolen NOAH Stable um Suzuki zum soliden, aber schlecht gebookten Stable von New Japan welches bei weitem nicht mit CHAOS, LIJ oder dem BC mithalten kann. Schade."
[9.0] "Das Stable gefällt mir wirklich sehr gut. Stimmige Zusammenstellung von lauter richtigen Arschlöchern, die schon beim Entrance eine ganz gewisse Aura besitzen. Suzuki als Leader ist sowieso über jeden Zweifel erhaben, ZSJ als neuestes Mitglied mochte ich nie, bei Suzuki-gun finde ich ihn genial"
[3.0] "Die Einzelteile von Suzuki-gun gehen von Grandios (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado) zu Gut (K. E. S. TAKA Michinoku), Langweilig (Kanemaru, Taichi) und grottig (ZSJ, Takashi Iizuka) Aber anstatt das die Guten Wrestler die schlechten hochziehen ist es leider genau das Gegenteil. Was schade ist da das Stable 2012-13 großartig war"
[8.0] "This stable started out kind of interesting. Minoru Suzuki is one of the best wrestlers in the world, and the initial concept seemed to be a that of a bunch of roughneck freelancers who train together, and back each other up (rules be damned). The stable had a dangerous air about it, and it didn't hurt that Minoru Suzuki was (and still is) one of the best wrestler in the world. Killer Elite Squad have been a pretty solid tag team, and at the time, TAKA Michinoku was great. Now-a-days, the stable is more known for the kind of overbooking that characterized their overexposing run with NOAH. Ironically, the run would have been fine had it ended in the first year like it seemed it was going to. The addition of Takashi Sugiura to continue their run atop the promotion was a bridge way too far. Now back in NJPW, they're sporting stylish track suits, and had an incredibly hot return that washed away a lot of the bad taste the NOAH run left in many people's mouths. Unfortunately, there are still issues. Namely, TAKA is old and just seems to take some nights off, Taichi is incredibly bland, and Iizuka is even worse than Taichi. Still, the addition of guys like El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru has helped the stable continue to give solid performances (even if Gedo doesn't seem inclined to give Desperado much of a chance)."
[4.0] "This suzuki gun stable is the pure definition of over exposed as far as booking is concerned, this stable has been the only storyline noah has been focusing on for the past 18 months and it still has not ended! I really hope suzuki gun leave noah soon as their dominance have not only burnt the fans out but has become predictable, pre this horibble angle they have been somewhat intresting and need a change of focus, probably going back to njpw is what's best for them"
"Das Stable ist super, aber mal ehrlich, das Bild sieht doch irgendwie befremdlich aus, wie Takayama und Suzuki da schwitzend und keuchend hinter den verschmitzt grinsenden Taichi und Michinoku stehen, die ihnen den Hintern entgegenstrecken ..."
[9.0] "Minoru Suzuki's powerful stable Suzuki-gun has a group of very talented wrestlers (including Gaijins) who are strong competitors and really have potential to become A-Class players."
[9.0] "Benjamin ist ein guter Wrestler, KES aktuell eines meiner Lieblingsteams überhaupt, TAKA Michinoku ist sowieso cool, Taichi macht seine Sache auch wirklich gut und Minoru Suzuki ist sowieso die coolste Sau und der einzige Mensch auf der Welt, den so eine abgefuckte Frisur wirklich gut steht. Das Stable ist also fast durchgängig mit Leuten besetzt, wie mir wirklich gut gefallen. Schade nur, dass es für Suzuki noch nicht für den World Title in New Japan gereicht hat evt auch in Zukunft nie ganz reichen wird."
