Good Brothers Reveal Who Came Up With ‘The OC’ Name

The Good Brothers Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows have revealed who came for the name ‘The OC’ for their WWE group with AJ Styles.

Speaking on their Talk ‘N Shop podcast, the duo revealed it was Triple H who came up with name, and discussed references to the OC TV show that aired on FOX for several years in the 2000s.

Gallows said:

“It was a Hunter thing. I don’t think people remember the TV show. Of course, the wrestling internet remembers and they spoofed on it. In [WWE’s] defense, it would have been weird to just go back to The Club, which just stopped for no reason. I think that was their thing and they wanted to give us the old, they love saying this in WWE — you’re rolling good and have a title reign and all of a sudden you’re off TV and you come back and lose and they go, ‘you need a fresh coat of paint.’ I think they splattered some red and black on us and gave us a ‘fresh coat of paint.'”

Anderson added:

“At first, it was a Vince thing. In all honestly, I don’t think he remembered we were called The Club. There’s so much going in Vince’s brain and so many guys he’s dealing with. He wanted something in front of The Club. Triple H told us, ‘he wants it something besides The Club.’ We got the text from Hunter and said, ‘What if you guys are The Original Club? The Only, The Original, The Official, The Only Club That Matters, The OC.’ We were like, ‘F**k it, it sounds pretty cool.’

“This is something funny somebody said, ‘The OC was on MTV.’ Hunter goes, ‘F**k MTV.’ I get what he’s saying. People saying, ‘The OC, of course they are gonna remember it.’ I remember the Street Profits were signing The OC song on Raw, trying to make fun of The OC, but it was awkward because nobody knows the f**king song. We’ve heard of the show, but I can understand in the wrestling world, it gets lost.”

The Good Brothers have signed with IMPACT Wrestling following their WWE releases in April. They appeared on Slammiversary this past Saturday and will be on tonight’s IMPACT TV. Their contracts do also allow them to work with NJPW.

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• the oc
• good brothers
• Triple H
• wwe

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