Jay White made a surprise return at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on Sunday, interfering in the AEW World Tag Team Championship match between Cage & Cope and The Dogs (Clark Connors and David Finlay). White attacked David Finlay, helping Adam Copeland and Christian Cage retain the titles.
Tony Khan confirmed at the post-show media scrum that White had only just received medical clearance. “Jay White actually just officially got cleared this week. So this was something we were hoping he was gonna get cleared. And he has just been physically cleared,” Khan said.
Khan also addressed the Bang Bang Gang’s direction going forward. “I think it has worked great that there has been a lot of friction between the Bang Bang Gang and The Dogs, particularly as of late. And even though Jay White has not been on the shows, the Bang Bang has been represented. Jay White came, and he got some payback. I thought Forbidden Door was the perfect place for him to make his return, given how he arrived here in the first place.”
White had been away from AEW programming for over a year. He is a former NJPW World Heavyweight Champion who left the promotion under contentious circumstances before eventually signing with AEW.