It was announced last night during WWE Friday Night SmackDown that the leader of a WWE faction is no longer part of the group.
Wade Barrett announced during the broadcast that AJ Styles is no longer with The OC (Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Michin). This was pretty obvious to anyone who has been watching since AJ’s return to action several weeks ago but it’s the first time it’s been confirmed. The OC and Styles haven’t been on the same page for months.
As for the future of The OC, it looks like they will remain together since their name came up during a post-show video that featured Cedric Alexander and Ashante “Thee Adonis.”
WWE creative seemingly hasn’t had much for them to do this year since they haven’t wrestled on TV since August. Styles, Gallows, and Anderson last wrestled together at house shows in December. The trio wrestled matches against Pretty Deadly and Grayson Waller. On other shows, they wrestled against The Street Profits.
Styles has been pushed as a top singles star since returning to action and most recently he was part of the Fatal 4-Way at the Royal Rumble where he, LA Knight, and Randy Orton challenged for Roman Reigns’ Undisputed Universal Championship.
