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Revision as of 22:36, 10 January 2018

Jay White
White in November 2017
Born (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 31)[1]
New Zealand [2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Jay White Switchblade[2]
Billed height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Billed weight90 kg (198 lb)[1]
Trained byThe UK Kid[2]
NJPW dojo
Debut19 February 2013[2]

Jay White (born 10 October 1992) is an Australian professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After starting his career in 2013, White joined NJPW the following year as a "young lion". In June 2016, White left for an overseas learning excursion, during which he worked most notably for the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and the British Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) promotions through NJPW's international partnerships. White eventually returned to NJPW in November 2017.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2013–2014)

White initially trained under The UK Kid at Varsity Pro Wrestling in early 2013, and made his professional debut on 19 February, working for VPW as well as All Star Wrestling, among other promotions.[3] In early 2014, White met New Japan Pro Wrestling's Prince Devitt and competed alongside him in a tag team match for VPW. After the match, Devitt gave White his card and told him to keep in touch.[3] Shortly thereafter, White was contacted by Bad Luck Fale, who said that Devitt had spoke to NJPW officials about White and that he could get him a place as a young lion in the dojo if he wanted it.[3] Several months later, White met with Fale, Devitt, and Shinsuke Nakamura in London, where White accepted their offer and began finalizing his visa to leave for the NJPW dojo.[3]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2015–2016)

White left for Japan on New Year's Eve 2014, began further training as a young lion upon his arrival, and made his debut for NJPW on 30 January 2015, losing to Alex Shelley.[4] White lost all but eight of his matches in 2015, as is common for young lions in NJPW. In 2016, White began gaining more victories, and on 27 March competed in his biggest match to date when he was defeated by then-reigning IWGP Intercontinental Champion Kenny Omega in a non-title match.[5] White's final match in NJPW took place on 19 June 2016 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall, when he, David Finlay, Jr., and Juice Robinson were defeated by Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and Manabu Nakanishi.[6] White left for his excursion to the United States the following week.

Foreign excursion (2016–2017)

White in January 2017

Upon moving to the United States, White was first based in New Jersey, before moving to Detroit, where he lived with Alex Shelley.[7] White debuted in Ring of Honor (ROH) at the 25 June TV tapings, defeating Kamaitachi by disqualification[8] and teaming with The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) to defeat Kamaitachi and The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian). White and The Motor City Machine Guns eventually formed a stable named "Search and Destroy" with Jonathan Gresham and Lio Rush.[9][10] On 8 July, White defeated Lio Rush.[11] At the next set of TV tapings, White defeated Will Ferrara and wrestled Jay Briscoe to a time limit draw.[12] White debuted for England's Revolution Pro Wrestling on 12 August 2016, defeating Josh Bodom.[13] On 19 August, White competed in a fatal four way match against Kamaitachi, Lio Rush, and Donovan Dijak, which was won by Dijak. The following day, White and Rush were defeated by The Briscoe Brothers.[14] White returned to RPW on 26 August, defeating Mark Haskins.[15] On 30 September, White teamed with Kushida and ACH to defeat The Briscoes and Toru Yano in a quarter final match in the ROH Trios Tag Team Championship Tournament.[16] White, ACH, and Kushida then defeated The Cabinet (Rhett Titus, Kenny King, and Caprice Coleman) in the semi-finals, but were defeated by The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia, and TK O'Ryan) in the final at Final Battle.[17] White competed once again for RPW on January 21, 2017, defeating Martin Stone. On June 6th, White received his biggest title opportunity in his career when after winning a Battle Royal he unsuccessfully challenged Christopher Daniels for The ROH World Championship in a triple threat match. At Best in the World 2017 White, teaming with Search and Destroy defeated The Rebellion in a losers must disband match thus keeping the group together.

Return to NJPW (2017–present)

On 5 November 2017 at Power Struggle, White returned to NJPW as the mysterious "Switchblade", who had been teased for the past several months, challenging Hiroshi Tanahashi to a match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome, before attacking him.[18] The following day, NJPW officially announced the match between Tanahashi and White for Wrestle Kingdom 12.[19] On 4 January, White was defeated by Tanahashi in the title match. On 5 January, Jay teased joining Bullet Club; however, White then betrayed Kenny Omega by hitting him with a Blade Runner. A day later he joined the Chaos faction in order to face off against Bullet Club and Kenny Omega, thus turning the entire Chaos stable heel for the first time since May 2014.[20]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b "Jay White". Sp.njpw.jp. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Jay White « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "INTRODUCING JAY WHITE - PART #1 BREAKING IN". ROH Wrestling. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. ^ "NJPW Road To The New Beginning - Tag 1 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  5. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  6. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. ^ "July 3 Edition of The LAW – Slammiverary & NJPW Reviews and Jay White Interview". Live Audio Wrestling. 3 July 2017. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Jonathan Gresham". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Jay White and Lio Rush vs The Young Bucks for the ROH Tag Team Titles at Manhattan Mayhem!". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  11. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  12. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  13. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  14. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  15. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  16. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  17. ^ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  18. ^ Currier, Joseph (5 November 2017). "NJPW Power Struggle live results: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  19. ^ Currier, Joseph (6 November 2017). "Five more title matches confirmed for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  20. ^ Renner, Ethan (3 January 2018). "NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 live results: Okada-Naito, Omega-Jericho". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  21. ^ White, Jay (8 December 2017). ""Shell shock" no more. Blade Runner". Twitter. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  22. ^ "G1 Special in USA". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  23. ^ "Titantron music list". RMLabel. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  24. ^ http://www.profightdb.com/pwi/jay-white-11320.html

External links

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