AJ Styles gave an interview earlier in the evening and made it clear his O.C. brethren would be at ringside to support him, so Aleister Black was at an immediate disadvantage.
They spent a long time sizing each other up before doing more than a quick takedown. The Dutch Destroyer was the first to turn up the heat with a flurry of precise kicks.
However, The Phenomenal One was the first to take advantage of the stipulation by bringing a kendo stick into the ring. He focused on his opponent's leg in an attempt to prevent him from using Black Mass.
They traded control several times over the course of the match. Styles took a moment to mock The Undertaker by teasing a Tombstone, but Black countered and sent him into a steel chair that was wedged in the corner.
The Dutch Destroyer put Styles through a table with a meteora before all three members of The O.C. beat him down. That's when the familiar sound of The Undertaker's music hit, and he appeared in the ring to deliver a chokeslam to The Phenomenal One.
Black finished his opponent off with a brutal Black Mass to get what might be the biggest victory of his WWE career to date.
Making Black vs. Styles a No Disqualification match made it obvious Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson would be involved from the start.
It would have been nice if Black and Styles could have had this match without any outside interference but The O.C. is a package deal at this point. If you get one, you get all three. Thankfully, they kept their involvement limited so the two opponents in the ring were the main focus.
This was a physical encounter that the crowd never seemed to enjoy as much as it should have. Black and Styles worked well together and Taker's involvement was a nice surprise.
The Deadman and Styles appear to be heading toward a match at WrestleMania, but for now, Black picked up a big win to give him some momentum.
