Jay White on WWE & AEW interest, clarifies NJPW contract (Patreon)

Fightful spoke with NEVER Openweight Champion "Switchblade" Jay White ahead of NJPW Battle in the Valley on November 13, and asked about a report from earlier this year. White confirmed to Fightful that there was in fact WWE interest, but disputed a lot of what else had been reported by other outlets.

White made it clear that he has never been approached by All Elite Wrestling, and never had formal conversations with the company about coming in. There were also reports that he signed a seven-year contract in 2018, which he denied. He would not specify the length of his contract.

"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.

He continued, “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 (WWE). 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.”

It should be noted that during the course of the interview, White outright said "I could very well be lying to you about everything," but got noticeably frustrated and wanted to clear the air on some of the reports.