Tony Khan: “Jay White Got Cleared This Week”

Jay White was cleared for in-ring action this week.

After having not wrestled since early 2025, Jay White made his return to AEW at the Forbidden Door pay-per-view over a year later.

White is back, reunited with the Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, Juice Robinson & Ace Austin). AEW President Tony Khan spoke about White’s return during the Forbidden Door media scrum. He stated that White was cleared this week.

“I thought Forbidden Door was the perfect place for him to make his return, given how he arrived here in the first place, and given the way he was exited from New Japan Pro-Wrestling and then David Finlay, while he was gone, arrived into AEW. It just tied everything together perfectly… 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 and it’s huge excitement so this was something we were hoping and aiming towards and working for and it came out and worked perfectly.”

It was stated that White was out due to a hand injury and was also dealing with a shoulder injury.

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