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Update on Jay White’s future in the wrestling business following his apparent NJPW exit

Aaron Rift

As previously noted, there has been speculation about former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White possibly heading to either WWE or AEW.

At New Japan Pro Wrestling’s 2023 Battle in the Valley PPV event in San Jose, CA, Jay White lost a “loser leaves NJPW” match against Eddie Kingston. Now that White has seemingly completed his NJPW commitments, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com noted the following regarding White’s future in wrestling…

“Nobody in WWE has confirmed Jay White coming in, but they are certainly the favorite. One would think if White was going to AEW, he’d be able to work big shows with New Japan and would continue to do so, but they wouldn’t do the loser leaves for good stipulation.”

During the In The Kliq podcast, AEW President Tony Khan addressed White. Khan said “we’ve definitely loved having him compete in AEW wrestling against top stars here” and “we’d love to have him here working with us.”

White tweeted the following photo over the weekend…