Jay White (wrestler)

Jay White

White in January 2017
Birth name Jay White
Born (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992[1]
Auckland, Auckland,
New Zealand[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Jay White[2]
Billed height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Billed weight 90 kg (198 lb)[1]
Trained by The UK Kid[2]
NJPW dojo
Debut 19 February 2013[2]

Jay White (born 10 October 1992) is a New Zealand professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), but currently working for Ring of Honor (ROH) and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) through a partnership between the three promotions.

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–present)

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-current 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–present)

White debuted in Ring of Honor (ROH) at the 25 June TV tapings, defeating Kamaitachi by disqualification[7] and teaming with The Motor City Machine Guns 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.[8][9] On 8 July, White defeated Lio Rush.[10] At the next set of TV tapings, White defeated Will Ferrara and wrestled Jay Briscoe to a time limit draw.[11] White debuted for England's Revolution Pro Wrestling on 12 August 2016, defeating Josh Bodom.[12] 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.[13] White returned to RPW on 26 August, defeating Mark Haskins.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 "Jay White". Sp.njpw.jp. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jay White « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "INTRODUCING JAY WHITE - PART #1 BREAKING IN". ROH Wrestling. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. ↑ "NJPW Road To The New Beginning - Tag 1 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  5. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  6. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. 2016-06-19. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  7. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Gresham". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  9. ↑ "Jay White and Lio Rush vs The Young Bucks for the ROH Tag Team Titles at Manhattan Mayhem!". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  10. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  11. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  12. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  13. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  14. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  15. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  16. ↑ "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  17. ↑ "G1 Special in USA". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Titantron music list". RMLabel. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  19. ↑ http://www.profightdb.com/pwi/jay-white-11320.html
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