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David Finlay and Clark Connors thought they had momentum on their side heading 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 did not anticipate Jay White’s triumphant return.
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Jay White competes in the ring during AEW Dynamite at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 2, 2024. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
White had been out for 15 months recovering from an injury. As Finlay and Connors tried every dirty trick in the book to win 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 be preparing to attack the Dogs. When the lights came on, White was in the ring. He hit the Blade Runner on Finlay as the crowd erupted.
Dax Harwood begs for mercy from Adam Copeland at AEW Double or Nothing in Queens, New York on May 24, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)
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Whtie stepped back and gave Copeland the opportunity to hit Finlay with a spear. The referee returned to the ring and counted the fall. Copeland and Cage retained the AEW World Tag Team Championship.
It seemed like White and the Bang Bang Gang’s rivalry with Finlay and Connors was only just beginning. Their problems stem from Finlay taking over New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Bullet Club, excluding White from the group.
Jay White enters the ring during New Japan Pro-Wrestling at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan on February 4, 2023. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
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At least for now, Copeland and Cage have made their first successful title defense and the rivalry between White and his former Bullet Club compatriots is heating up once again.
