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The O.C (shortened from The Official/Original/Only Club), originally known as The Club is a professional wrestling stable in WWE composed of AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. They compete on the Raw brand, where Styles is the current United States Champion in his third reign, and Gallows and Anderson are the current Raw Tag Team Champions in their second reign.

Previously working in New Japan Pro-Wrestling as members of Bullet Club, the trio of Styles, Gallows and Anderson debuted in WWE May 2016 as "The Club" and had feuds with The Usos and John Cena before splitting two months later. They would officially reunite in July 2019, subsequently being renamed "The O.C." with all members becoming champions.

Background
From 2014 to 2016, Styles, Gallows (under the name Doc Gallows) and Anderson, were members of Bullet Club, in which Anderson was the second leader and Styles was the third, primarily appearing in the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In NJPW, Styles was a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and Gallows and Anderson were three-time IWGP Tag Team Champions. Styles departed from the promotion in January 2016, followed by Gallows and Anderson in February. After their departures, there was weeks of speculation and teasing from WWE themselves about the trio signing to WWE.

Initial run (2016)
On the April 11, 2016 episode of Raw, Gallows (who returned to his Luke Gallows ring name) and Anderson made their debut for WWE, attacking The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso), establishing themselves as heels in the process and with the duo's NJPW background being acknowledged by WWE announcers. On the following week's Raw, WWE began teasing an alliance between Gallows and Anderson and their former Bullet Club stablemate 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 Reigns, including at Payback, where the two failed in their attempt to help Styles capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from Reigns, and the following week's SmackDown, where the two suffered their first WWE loss, when Reigns pinned Anderson in a six-man tag team match. On the May 9 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 2016 WWE draft with Gallows and Anderson being drafted to Raw and Styles to SmackDown, 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.

Reunion and championship success (2019–present)
After an unsuccessful stint on SmackDown, Gallows and Anderson returned to the Raw brand on April 29, 2019, losing to The Usos. As of that match, they have 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 was in NJPW. 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." 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.

Championships and accomplishments

 * WWE
 * WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – Gallows and Anderson
 * WWE United States Championship (1 time, current) – Styles