Jay White makes dramatic AEW return at Forbidden Door, helps Adam Copeland and Christian Cage retain titles

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David Finlay and Clark Connors believed they had the momentum on their side going into their AEW World Tag Team Championship match against Adam Copeland and Christian Cage at Forbidden Door on Sunday night.

However, the duo known as The Dogs didn’t plan for the triumphant return of Jay White.

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Jay White standing in the wrestling ring during AEW Dynamite at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh

White had been away for 15 months recovering from an injury. As Finlay and Connors tried every dirty trick in the book to gain the tag team titles, including Finlay hitting Cage with a shillelagh with the referee down, the lights went out in the arena.

Juice Robinson, Ace Austin, Colten Gunn and Austin Gunn appeared at the top of the entrance ramp appearing to get ready to attack The Dogs. As the lights turned on, White was in the ring. He hit the Blade Runner on Finlay as the crowd erupted.

Adam Copeland and Dax Harwood wrestling in Queens, New York

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Whtie stepped back and gave Copeland the opportunity to hit Finlay with a spear. The referee came back into the ring and counted the fall. Copeland and Cage retained the AEW World Tag Team Championship.

It appeared White and the Bang Bang Gang’s rivalry with Finlay and Connors was just getting started. Their issues stem from Finlay taking over the Bullet Club in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, casting White out from the group.

Jay White entering the wrestling ring at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo

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At least for now, Copeland and Cage made their first successful title defense and the rivalry between White and his former Bullet Club compatriots its heating up once again.

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