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AEW haven’t shown any interest in ‘Switchblade’ Jay White.
The current NEVER Openweight Champion Jay White recently spoke with Fightful Select, where he was asked about interest he has received from AEW and WWE.
Ever since their inception in 2019, AEW have maintained a working relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling, which has seen the likes of Kenta, Jon Moxley and Lance Archer among others cross between companies for special matches.
Despite being a member of NJPW’s Bullet Club, Jay White is yet to cross the Forbidden Door into All Elite Wrestling. He’s had a few matches in IMPACT Wrestling over the course of 2021, however they haven’t amounted to much.
During the interview, White confirmed interest from WWE, however denied previous reports that he has been in contact with AEW, with Fightful noting that while he said “I could very well be lying to you about everything,” he was ‘noticeably frustrated’ and ‘wanted to clear the air’.
“I was never or have never been approached in regards to AEW. Especially when they were starting up. I don’t know where that rumor came from. It’s just like everything else to do with wrestling in regards to wrestling, people just like to push shit out there as if it’s true and everyone just eats it up. No, I was never approached in regards to AEW. I don’t know where that came from,” White said.
“It just hurts my brain. The only part of that where there was any truth is the very first part of it, talking about the start of this year and about a certain company. Anything after that, none of that is true. It’s completely false. People, I’m sure, they’re probably going to respond and say, ‘Oh, he’s just saying that because he’s not into telling the truth.’ But I’m doing you a favor and telling you the truth here—them approaching me and some contract I was on, both things 100% false.”
White will be defending his NEVER Openweight Championship against Tomohiro Ishii at NJPW Battle In The Valley in San Jose, California on November 13.