Jay White-o leaving New Japan?

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Or surprising given when he debuted, but Jay White signed with AEW prior to WrestleMania and WWE knew, hence why no chatter about him in WWE over WM weekend
"Switchblade" Jay White is in AEW, and it's official.
White signed with All Elite Wrestling on what Fightful Select has confirmed is a multi-year contract. Fightful was able to learn that the deal was in place ahead of WWE WrestleMania 39, and WWE sources were aware that he would not be coming in by then.
White's impending free agency first hit our radar around Wrestle Kingdom, when we learned WWE had interest in White. In the following weeks, WWE were even confident they'd land White. Along the way we're told that Triple H and William Regal both showed interest. However, WWE higher ups said that the company "failed to communicate properly along the process," before noting that AEW landing him over WWE was could have been product of Vince McMahon's returns and the lack of main roster hires since then. There were communications between Jay White and both WWE and AEW.
There were even tentative creative plans made for Jay White in WWE. While higher ups knew time was ticking on getting a deal done, there were some in the company as of last week that were hoping WWE still landed him, which didn't happen.
 

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Really wanted to see Switchblade in the E just to see how someone with a character like him or MJF would fare in that environment...

I understand the choice full and well, just thought it was an interesting time to see him try something different....
 

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Or surprising given when he debuted, but Jay White signed with AEW prior to WrestleMania and WWE knew, hence why no chatter about him in WWE over WM weekend
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