page_title: Jay White
section_title: Ring of Honor (2016–2017)
hierarchical_section_title: Jay White / Professional wrestling career / Ring of Honor (2016–2017)
caption_attribution_description: English: Jay White at RPW High Stakes 2017
context_page_description: Jamie White is a New Zealand-Dutch professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. After starting his career in 2013, White joined NJPW the following year as a "young lion". In June 2016, White left for an overseas expedition, during which he worked for the American Ring of Honor and the British Revolution Pro Wrestling promotions through NJPW's international partnerships.
  White eventually returned to NJPW in November 2017 and won the IWGP United States Championship the following January. Later in 2018, he betrayed his fellow Chaos stablemates to join Bullet Club, eventually becoming the group's fifth leader. White is also a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion & IWGP Intercontinental Champion, making him the second New Japan Pro-Wrestling triple crown winner following Kenny Omega the year prior.
context_section_description: Upon moving to the United States, White was first based in New Jersey, before moving to Detroit, where he lived with Alex Shelley. White debuted in Ring of Honor (ROH) at the 25 June TV tapings, defeating Kamaitachi by disqualification. He teamed with The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) to defeat Kamaitachi and The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian). White and The Motor City Machine Guns eventually formed a stable named "Search and Destroy" with Jonathan Gresham and Lio Rush. On 8 July, White defeated Lio Rush. At the next set of TV tapings, White defeated Will Ferrara and wrestled Jay Briscoe to a time limit draw.
  On 19 August, White competed in a fatal four way match against Kamaitachi, Lio Rush, and Donovan Dijak, which was won by Dijak. The following day, White and Rush were defeated by The Briscoe Brothers. On 30 September, White teamed with Kushida and ACH to defeat The Briscoes and Toru Yano in a quarter final match in the ROH Trios Tag Team Championship Tournament. White, ACH, and Kushida then defeated The Cabinet (Rhett Titus, Kenny King, and Caprice Coleman) in the semi-finals, but were defeated by The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia, and TK O'Ryan) in the final at Final Battle.
  On 6 June, White received his biggest title opportunity in his career at the time when after winning a Battle Royal he unsuccessfully challenged Christopher Daniels for The ROH World Championship in a triple threat match. At Best in the World 2017 White, teaming with Search and Destroy defeated The Rebellion in a losers must disband match thus keeping the group together.
caption: White in January 2017
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