Jay White (wrestler)
White in January 2017
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| Birth name | Jay White |
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| Born |
10 October 1992 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jay White |
| Billed height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Billed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Trained by |
The UK Kid NJPW dojo |
| Debut | 19 February 2013 |
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.
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. 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. 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. Several months later, White met with Fale, Devitt and Shinsuke Nakamura in London, where White accepted their offer and began finalising his visa to leave for the NJPW dojo.
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. 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. 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. White left for his excursion to the United States the following week.
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