Jay White injury update after being pulled from AEW Owen Hart Tournament

Jay White hopefully won’t be out of action too long after being pulled from AEW’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament due to injury.

It was announced on Dynamite last night that White is unable to compete in the tournament. While the storyline explanation was that White had been taken out by the Death Riders in an unaired attack, Fightful reported that White has a legitimate injury and will need to undergo surgery.

Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that he’s heard White’s injury is a broken hand. While a timeline for his return has not been reported, Bryan Alvarez has heard there is hope White won’t need to be sidelined for a really long time.

“I heard Jay White broken hand and surgery,” Meltzer said.

“I heard that Jay White was injured,” Alvarez added. “I guess surgery, I just heard it was not expected he was going to be out a really long time, whatever that means. But he’s out, it’s a legitimate injury.”

The newly signed Kevin Knight is White’s replacement in the men’s bracket of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. The tournament winner receives an AEW World Championship shot at All In Texas this July.

Knight vs. Will Ospreay, Brody King vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Briscoe vs. Kyle Fletcher, and Hangman Page vs. a wildcard entrant are the first-round matchups in the men’s tournament. The women’s bracket has Jamie Hayter vs. Billie Starkz, Thunder Rosa vs. Kris Statlander, Mercedes Mone vs. Julia Hart, and Athena vs. Harley Cameron.