The O.C.

On the April 11, 2016 episode of *Raw*, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson made their debut for WWE, attacking The Usos, establishing themselves as heels in the process. On the following week's *Raw*, WWE began teasing an alliance between Gallows and Anderson and AJ Styles when, after meeting Styles in a backstage interview, Gallows and Anderson attacked his Payback opponent Roman Reigns in the ring; Styles, however, did not seem pleased with the attack. Over the next weeks, Gallows and Anderson continued teasing an uneasy alliance with Styles, while having several face-offs with The Usos and Roman Reigns, including at Payback, where the two failed in their attempt to help Styles capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from Reigns. On the May 9 episode of *Raw*, the trio of Styles, Gallows and Anderson was dubbed "**The Club**". The Club disbanded two weeks later on *Raw*, when Styles stated that he wanted an amicable separation from Gallows and Anderson, blaming them and The Usos for his failure to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the previous day's Extreme Rules. Though Styles stated that the three could remain "brothers", Gallows and Anderson refused and ended the friendship altogether. On the May 30 episode of *Raw*, Gallows and Anderson entered the WWE Tag Team Championship picture by attacking reigning champions The New Day, while later in the show, Styles turned on the returning John Cena and reunited with Gallows and Anderson. This set up a match between Styles and Cena at Money in the Bank on June 19, which Styles won after interference from The Club. On July 19, The Club was split up in the WWE draft, with Gallows and Anderson being drafted to *Raw* brand and Styles to the *SmackDown* brand, which resulted in them wrestling their last match together as a trio on July 24 at Battleground in a loss against John Cena, Enzo Amore and Big Cass.

Gallows and Anderson were both drafted to *SmackDown* brand in 2018, where they made a one-off reunion with Styles on the April 24, 2018 episode of *SmackDown Live* as fan favorites, in a losing effort to Shinsuke Nakamura, Aiden English and Rusev. After an unsuccessful stint on the *SmackDown* brand, Gallows and Anderson returned to the *Raw* brand on April 29, 2019, losing to The Usos. At that point, they had not won a match on television since they defeated The Usos in May 2018. Throughout the following weeks, Styles frustratingly encouraged Gallows and Anderson to be the successful duo they once were.

On the July 1 episode of *Raw*, Gallows and Anderson encouraged AJ Styles to be the guy he used to be. After Styles lost a United States Championship match to Ricochet; Gallows and Anderson helped Styles to beat up Ricochet, and reuniting The Club as heels. Two weeks later, at Extreme Rules, Styles, accompanied by The Club, won his third United States Championship by defeating Ricochet. On the July 22 episode of *Raw*, The Club was renamed "**The O.C.**" and repeatedly claimed that they were the "official, original, and only club that matters."  On the July 29 episode of *Raw*, Gallows and Anderson won their second Raw Tag Team Championship, making all members of The O.C. champions, but they lost the titles on the August 19 episode of *Raw* to Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman, ending their reign at 21 days. At Crown Jewel on October 31, Gallows and Anderson won the nine-team tag team turmoil match to win the WWE Tag Team World Cup and be called "the best tag team in the world". Styles also retained his United States Title against Humberto Carrillo at the event. The O.C. would have unfortunate luck at Survivor Series; during the Kickoff pre-show, Gallows and Anderson were eliminated from the interbrand tag team battle royal, and on the main show, Styles lost the interbrand triple threat match, in which he faced *SmackDown*'s Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong, where Strong stole the victory from Styles after Styles had performed a *Phenomenal Forearm* on Nakamura and Strong threw Styles out of the ring and pinned Nakamura. The O.C. would again have bad luck on the following night's *Raw* as during Styles' championship match against Rey Mysterio, Gallows and Anderson were ejected from ringside and Styles ultimately lost his U.S. title to Mysterio thanks to help from Randy Orton.

On April 15, 2020, Gallows and Anderson were released from their WWE contracts, therefore disbanding the stable.

After a two year absence, Gallows and Anderson returned to WWE on the October 10, 2022 episode of *Raw*, reuniting The O.C. with Styles as faces. They attacked Finn Bálor and his stable, The Judgment Day (including Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio), as Bálor had issued Styles an ultimatum to join his group, whereby Styles refused and brought in Gallows and Anderson as his backup. The following week, a six-man tag team match between the stables was scheduled for Crown Jewel on November 5. At the event, The O.C. lost to The Judgment Day after interference from Rhea Ripley. On the November 7 episode of *Raw*, Mia Yim aligned with The O.C. to counter Ripley. At Survivor Series WarGames on November 26, Styles defeated Bálor.

As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, The O.C. (with "Michin" Mia Yim) were drafted to the *SmackDown* brand,  with Styles and Michin subsequently feuding with Karrion Kross and Scarlett. The O.C. would then begin a feud with The Bloodline, with Styles losing to Solo Sikoa on the September 1 episode of *SmackDown* after interference from Jimmy Uso. John Cena would come to Styles' aid, setting up a tag team match between Cena and Styles against Uso and Sikoa for Fastlane. However, Styles was taken out by Sikoa backstage, removing him from the match; he was replaced by LA Knight. After a two-month hiatus, Styles returned on the December 15 episode of *SmackDown* and assisted Knight and Randy Orton in fending off The Bloodline, but Styles took out Knight after The Bloodline was cleared from the ring. The following week, Michin pinned WWE Women's Champion Iyo Sky in an eight-women tag team street fight against Damage Control, granting her a title shot at *SmackDown* New Year's Revolution. Later that night, The O.C. greeted Styles, but he blew them off for not coming to his aid when he was taken out by Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso of the Bloodline. At *SmackDown* New Year's Revolution on January 5, 2024, Michin failed to defeat Sky for the title.