The OC Confirms TNA Offered Them Contracts Prior to WWE Return

Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows made their return to WWE in 2022, but their journey has been marked by a string of injuries. However, despite these setbacks, they have persevered and staged a remarkable comeback as part of NXT. With that said, it appears TNA had offered them contracts prior to their WWE return.

After their release from WWE in April 2020, The OC inked two-year deals with TNA/IMPACT Wrestling. Throughout their tenure with TNA, they also made appearances for AEW and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

While speaking on Talk’N Shop, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows talked about their WWE return back in 2022 and revealed that TNA Wrestling had offered them two-year contracts in 2022.

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.”

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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.”

Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson also envision themselves as WWE lifers now, so we will have to wait and see whether they will eventually win tag team gold again as they failed to do that at NXT Battleground.

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