The OC were offered new contracts from TNA.
After being released by WWE in April 2020, The OC (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) signed with TNA/IMPACT Wrestling on two-year deals. During their two years with TNA, they also worked shows for AEW and New Japan.
When their deals with TNA expired, they were offered new contracts.
Gallows and Anderson had the following exchange on Talk'N Shop regarding their TNA deals.
Anderson: We signed with TNA on July 15-16, 2020. It was a two-year deal and it ended on July 16, 2022. That was our last TV tapings. Let's put this out there. TNA, and the people in charge of TNA at the time, offered us a new two-year deal.
Gallows: They offered us a new two-year deal with significant raises. I know that will make some people mad.
Anderson: You don't need to say that. It doesn't matter.
Gallows: They didn't. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. They even said 'you earned.'
Anderson: We were offered a new two-year deal. We said we would do it.
Gallows: We wanted to do it, but we wanted to be able to make those New Japan dates.
Anderson: To their credit, they said, 'I can't sign you to this and have you miss these shows.' We, at that time, we had really missed Japan.
Gallows & Anderson signed short extensions with TNA to work through August tapings before returning to NJPW.
Their return to Japan was short-lived as they signed with WWE in October 2022.
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