Jay White

Jamie White (born 9 October 1992), better known by the ring name Jay White, is a New Zealand-Dutch professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of Bullet Club Gold with stablemates The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) and Juice Robinson.

With the Gunns, White is currently one-third of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions in AEW’s sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH) in their first reign.

Prior to signing with AEW, White had a decorated career in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as the first ever NJPW Grand Slam Champion.

After starting his career in 2013, White joined NJPW the following year as a Young Lion.

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 an interview on Chris Jericho's podcast, White acknowledged that he was able to train in the UK because he held a Dutch passport.

Being a citizen of the Netherlands allowed him access to the UK, which was a part of the EU at the time.

In early 2014, White met New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)'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 spoken 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 finalizing his visa to leave for the NJPW Dojo.

White left for Japan on New Year's Eve 2015, 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 June 2016, White left for an overseas excursion, during which he worked for the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and the British Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) promotions through NJPW's international partnerships.

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.

White's final match in NJPW took place on 19 June 2016 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-Jo Hall, when he, David Finlay, 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.

Upon moving to the United States, White was first based in New Jersey, before moving to Detroit, where he lived with Alex Shelley.

White debuted in Ring of Honor (ROH) at the 25 June TV tapings, defeating Kamaitachi.

He teamed 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.

On 8 July, White defeated Lio Rush.

At the next set of TV tapings, White defeated Will Ferrara and wrestled Jay Briscoe to a time limit draw.

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.

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.

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 T. K. O'Ryan) in the final at Final Battle.

On 6 June, White received his biggest title opportunity in his career at the time when after winning a Battle Royal he unsuccessfully challenged Christopher Daniels for The ROH World Championship in a triple threat match.

White debuted for England's Revolution Pro Wrestling on 12 August 2016, defeating Josh Bodom.

He returned on 26 August, defeating Mark Haskins.

White eventually returned to NJPW in November 2017 and won the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship the following January.

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.

White competed once again for RPW on 21 January 2017, defeating Martin Stone.

On 5 November 2017, at Power Struggle, White returned to NJPW as the mysterious "Switchblade.” He 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. The following day, NJPW officially announced the match between Tanahashi and White for Wrestle Kingdom 12. 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 attacking him with a Blade Runner.

A day later, he joined the Chaos faction in order to face off against Bullet Club and Kenny Omega, claiming he needed backup in his fight against Bullet Club.

On 28 January at The New Beginning in Sapporo, White defeated Omega to become the second IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion in the title's history.

Later in 2018, he betrayed his fellow Chaos stablemates to join Bullet Club, eventually becoming the group's fifth leader.

White is also a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, IWGP Intercontinental Champion, and NEVER Openweight Champion, making him the fifth NJPW Triple Crown Champion and the first NJPW Grand Slam Champion.

In 2022, White also captured the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.