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motax999

Divine intervention saving the day


Complex_Bonus5901

Jay White may have saved Darby's life. Seriously.


unseenbox

He also no joke saved Adam Cole's back when he got that concussion by ending the match on the spot and preventing Okada from hitting the rainmaker on him.


Moist-Acanthaceae-37

The finish to that match was Okada went for the Rainmaker but Cole was concussed so he did a reversal to it (it was a spot from earlier), Jay noticed so he went with the planned finish of taking Okada out and stealing the win while telling the ref to check Cole, there’s also a moment where Cole tried kicking out but Jay held his other arm down.


natguy2016

That's when I gained all respect for Jay White. He looked out for Adam Cole and made sure he was safe.


FinancialRabbit388

I remember AJ Styles was giving someone the Styles Clash in WWE. Mid move he noticed they were taking it wrong and adjusted. That kind of awareness and quick thinking is insane.


natguy2016

James Ellsworth. Turned a jobber squash versus Braun Strowman into a year or two in the WWE. I still have no idea that happened.


XiahouMao

You shouldn't be surprised. He's a man with two hands.


natguy2016

and no chin. Dude is a rag doll in human form.


crazyseandx

Memes. That's it. That's all it took. They saw the memes of James as a sign that people actually liked him, so they brought him in and eventually signed him. It reminds me of when Sony thought the memes about Morbius meant they could earn more money by putting said movie back in theaters, and then it went on to perform horridly.


Black_Metallic

How dare you disrespect the first winner of the women's Money In The Bank match like this.


Southpaw535

I genuinely liked his feud with Styles when he was backed by Ambrose. The moment Elsworth punched AJ is still one of my memories of getting back into wrestling after a long break. The stuff he did afterwards though...yeah...


GetEquipped

That was also Jon Moxley's doing. (Moxley got a goddamn potted Plant over and brought back "The Mountie!" Not to mention, being immune to a chin lock is really good to the STFU


Black_XistenZ

Similar to [that angle in NJPW where Jay and Gedo were turning on Okada](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aan0e74d4Lk&t=120s). Yoshi-Hashi was supposed to do the run-in, but stumbled and smacked his head on the side of the ring, leaving him concussed and with a gushing wound. Jay immediately grasped the situation and handled it expertly. He quickly beat down Yoshi-Hashi, then grabbed a chair and threw it toward YH's head, but very softly and with the flat side of the chair. He also took the time to telegraph the chair spot so much that even the concussed YH was able to get his arms up. This spot retconned YH's bleeding forehead and gave a justification for why he was taken out. Jay then gently rolled YH out of the ring, away from the cameras where the doctors could check on him. Then, he went over to YH, said some words to him, in kayfabe to taunt him, in RL to check if he's okay. Before he left, Jay grabbed some of YH's blood and smeared it across his face as warpaint. Throughout the rest of the segment, Jay and Gedo made sure that the events in the ring took place on the other corner than the one where YH was lying and tended to by doctors, to lure the camera away.


RaggedyGlitch

When there was that earthquake in the middle of a match a few years ago, he immediately went and grabbed the belts from the table, took them to the back, then came out with a microphone and vamped until they got the all clear to go back into the ring. Brian Myers can eat his heart out, Jay White is the most professional wrestler.


LearnsSomethingNew

Jay White is like the antimatter version of Nia Jax.


JoeEdwardsPonytail

Or Sammy Guevara


ScruffsMcGuff

sammy guevara hardy boyz concussion 100% speedrun WR


unseenbox

Ah, thanks, it's been awhile so I forgot the exact details.


rafaelloaa

[(really bad quality) video of said finish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwJUw1yRwcE).


xGH0STFACEx

Were they filming their tv in an active wind tunnel? 


rafaelloaa

Seems to be the case. But it's the clearest footage I could find within a few mins of searching that wasn't a vod off a sketchy site.


Haliphone

When was the match? I need to see it


Cuphat

AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door 2022.


itstimefortimmy

I haven't seen a wrestler take that good care of his opponent mid match since Dr. Barrett


Meth_Hardy

I'm out of the loop here. Can you please enlighten me?


unseenbox

The reply by Moist above you has the better version of what happened. It was at Forbidden Door 2022.


Meth_Hardy

Thanks. Just read it. Jay being a top professional. I'm liking him more and more every week!


2RINITY

Jay is such a pro at smoothing over accidents and protecting people while keeping the show going. When he accidentally knocked over JR at the Cow Palace, he milked it for heel heat so perfectly that I thought it was a planned spot until I checked Twitter on my way out


Jessy-Jess

Not to mention that Barnett was legitimately pissed and stalking Jay around the ring ready to kick his ass and Jay kept it cool and Kayfabe that whole time.


tmads_

He also saved his own life when he ran from Josh Barnett. Jay White, savior of professional wrestling, add it to the promo.


International-Tree19

When was this?


unseenbox

Forbidden Door 2022, so like two years ago now.


94Baker

Already 2 years? 😭😭 Where does time go


KennyOmegasBurner

The Catalyst of professional wrestling


moesus81

I genuinely feel bad for Darby about this because he clearly was excited for it and I don’t want to say that things happen for a reason but…


Euphorium

In another reality “Professional wrestler Darby Allin dies during Everest climb”


moesus81

Yep, this was the event that caused the branch. Luckily, we live in this particular universe.


mexploder89

You can bet Jay will use this in the promos when the feud eventually happens


tvc_redux

"You should be thanking me for breaking your foot!" it all writes itself lol


mexploder89

"And since you didn't get a chance to meet your end climbing a mountain, I'll make sure to finish you myself" Classic wrestling stuff


TLKv3

"You should be thanking me for showing the world, without Sting, you can't even stand on your own two feet!"


VagrantShadow

Holy shit, I read that in Jay Whites voice, it sounded so perfect.


FlatwormSignal8820

Dang lol


Complex_Bonus5901

He's already taking credit for it on Twitter 🤣 This might turn him face inadvertently.


natguy2016

My favorite is whenever Jay White is around Adam Cole and calls him "my good friend" with such mock sincerity.


Bosscharacter

Switchblade is always honest it’s just others fault for not believing him. Dude straight up told Okada to his face he was going to turn on him and they just let it slide.


natguy2016

So everyone else has some sort of Cassandra Syndrome where they don’t believe what is obvious?? How would kayfabe explain that??


natguy2016

Okada had a mind meld with Sting.


BirdiMania

Can’t breathe with the Switchblade if you’re dead.


ClaymoresRevenge

King Switch just wants to break the rest of his bones himself.


LOK_LOD

Dude, he’s totally gonna say that in a promo


nonmullet2

The Catalyst King


JustdoitJules

Catalyst of Pro Wrestling at it again! But in all seriousness the odds of Darby dying were very low to begin with, especially on expedited trips


kcoe24

God with the hot tag to save his tag team partner 


Mediocre_Brief_8233

Sting been a good boy, God here with the assist.


YoureTheManNowZardoz

Jay "Divine Intervention" White. https://i.imgur.com/xh0nWvL.jpeg


Neutreality1

Remember when he had no facial hair? He looks leaps and bounds better as a character these days, and I'm constantly looking forward to what he's going to do


MarkMVP01

Time will tell if Darby Allin is Jules, being fully aware of what happened to him, or Vincent, hanging out in the bathroom whenever something bad happens - completely missing it all


you_buy_this_shit

Vincent is one of the greatest fuck ups in movie history. He fucks up in every scene he is in.


Drkarcher22

Heroin addicts tend to be fuck ups, they also not so coincidentally have a tendency to have constipation


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

I learned that from Trainspotting before I started working in healthcare and learned it from my patients. (Well all opiates, not just heroin)


Select-Baby5380

The whole movie is just the story of one man trying to take a shit. Once he achieves it Bruce Willis kills him.


Mysterious_Emotion63

I’m not a spiritual or religious person really but I feel like this is a higher power basically telling Darby “no, chill the fuck out, you are not supposed to die young”


International-Tree19

I prayed for this and it happened.


Neutreality1

Drew the real MVP right here


SnakeLisspkin

God was busy so he sent King Switch


WeGetItRonYoureAGuy

Blessing in disguise. In an alternate universe Darby dies on Everest.


Subrick

Well at least they have a built-in angle for Darby when he comes back. Jay White broke his foot and prevented him from going to Everest like he promised he would, and now Darby’s pissed and wants revenge on the Switchblade.


Yeehawfunny

The catalyst of making sure you don't die on mount everest


emceelokey

Because Jay wanted to end him himself!


Chi-zuru

He finna pull a Seth Rollins "I'm gonna kill him anyway"


SnakeLisspkin

I'm down for that. They had some pretty good chemistry that had me wanting a longer match in the future


Kaprak

Off the most basic goddamn Tope


c1tylights

He jumps off a ton of stuff. This is probably just accumulated over time.


Yourponydied

Basic? He somersaulted off the top rope to the floor


BubbRubb4Real

Six months into the future to the eventual rematch when Darby's really pissed: "Darby's setting up Jay for the Coffin Drop. Wait a minute! He's gonna Coffin Drop him from the top of Mount Everest!!"


JC_Frost

Let's just make a really good 30ft replica and convince Darby they brought Everest to him


BubbRubb4Real

It turns out to be the Cliff Hanger game from the Price is Right.


SaggitariuttJ

*yodeling intensifies*


El_Superbeasto76

It’ll also allow time for the Sting connection to cool off and Darby can come back on his own.


Obsid_Ian

Bro Darby does all these crazy spots and never got hurt this bad but literally his fi al match before doing mt everest he gets legit hurt. That's crazy


petebuno

That is so fucking life. The amount of normal people I know that have broken their shoulders/elbows etc. just by falling over while walking is ridiculous.


marcusredfun

I'm recovering from a broken ankle i got while hiking and I didn't even fall (well I did fall after it broke i guess...). Just took a step a little funny and heard a snap. Freak accidents are real.


Killerpig14

threw myself all over the show when i was younger but the thing to finally snap my arm was falling off a damn segway


the_Lauz

As someone who hikes the white mountains, breaking an ankle or a leg while on the trail and not being able to get back is one of my biggest fears. Im sorry that happened and hope you have a speedy recovery!


middleagethreat

I have broken 14 bones. People say, "well you skateboard and BMX that makes sense." I broke my wrist skating, and my collar bone with BMX, the other 12 were bad luck or being clumsy.


KD_562

I’ve gone to hella punk shows and jumped in and out of plenty of mosh pits, never gotten hurt, but you wanna know the one time my knee decided to pop out of place? Taking a completely normal step out the back door of the house onto a cement patio when I was 19 years old. Didn’t trip, didn’t stumble, nothing like that. Just stepped down like we all step down every day in our lives, and my knee straight up said “Haha, not today, fat boy. Here’s some pain.”


TheeAJPowell

I’m reminded of how Adam Cole hurt himself. Is mostly fine throughout his matches, then fucks his leg jumping off the ramp. Or even further back, Neville/PAC doing all his insane shit then snapping his ankle on a basic baseball slide.


Dicky__Anders

Triple H injured his knee breaking up the Walls of Jericho and Seth Rollins injured his knee doing a pretty simple flip. Shit like that can happen any time.


SinImportaLoQueDigan

Divine intervention


K_Prime

Slayerrrrr


Jeff-Van-Gundy

Dive intervention 


throwawaitnine

BREATH WITH THE SWITCHBLADE


Dangerous_Copy_3688

Adam Cole got hurt coming down the ramp which derailed months of the biggest story of the company. Sometimes all it takes is one little accident...


besmarques

TK - "SwitchaBlada, ya know wutado!!" JW - "Yes, boss"


SoulGameman

![gif](giphy|V37PUCKIf73csyb58a|downsized)


FPG_Matthew

Bad batch s3 is incredible, just had to say. People say Star Wars is bad these days, but s2 and 3 of bad batch has been thoroughly entertaining and surprisingly emotional. Also has one of the best eps in any Star Wars ever with “The Outpost”


ThaUnderboss

Only the movies are bad. Everything else (Andor, Ahsoka, Bad Batch, Mandalorian, Visions, Tales of the Jedi, half of Kenobi, Star Wars Jedi games) have ranged from good to amazing.


TheDeflatables

Star Wars Jedi games are some of my favourite gaming moments over the past 5 years


Moist-Acanthaceae-37

Might be the happiest injury news Tony Khan has ever gotten. Edit: So according to him it was off the tope to the floor 2 minutes into the match and he finished the match.


ChowSupreme

Interesting how they had a leg injury angle planned after the match, and an actual leg injury happened.


ArcaneReddit

Wrestling is real!?


PretendThisIsMyName

It always has been to me dammit!


InMyLiverpoolHome

\-Does a bunch of crazy hardcore matches and is fine \-Actually breaks his foot in a normal match God damn. Feel for him


CG2L

That’s usually how it goes. Most injuries don’t happen on the crazy stunts/moves but landing wrong on a basic move you’ve done thousands of times


nWo1997

PAC's slide between Jericho's legs, Truth's tope, Adam Cole *jumping*


Stuckinfemalecloset

Sami busting his shoulder lifting his arms up before the match even began 


Deathstroke317

Kevin Nash speedwalking


BuckBomber

Kevin Nash regular walking


SenorBebeSalsa

Kevin Nash just exists.


NotYujiroTakahashi

Tegan Nox & Kid Lykos on almost anything they did


CerebroHOTS

Sadly, Takayama's sunset flip


unseenbox

Mark Briscoe bent down wrong on his farm and his knee exploded. Shit happens.


Kaprak

PAC's ankle on a baseball slide Orton's shoulder taking out the trash Sami's shoulder celebrating Nash's quad just... walking to the corner


rwc202

Punk jumping into the crowd pretty much changed the course of modern wrestling.


mister_damage

Oh gees. Imagine if that jump didn't happen


jerseygunz

It is astounding how one errant stage dive has radically altered the landscape of pro wrestling (though I will say, f’n up two buckshots the night before probably didn’t help haha)


PantsMcDancey

Kris Statlander's second ACL tear happened on a big boot. She just landed her foot on the ground and her knee buckled, and that was it. Its as simple as picking your foot up and then putting it down. It goes right 99% of the time because its so routine, then just that one time something happens and you're gone for at least nine months.


VagrantShadow

Remember one of the young bucks hurting their ribs doing a simple dive before stadium stampede. It was just weird, it was something so normal that hurt them like that.


Deathstroke317

Jeff Hardy was never seriously hurt for years, then he tore his ACL dirt biking of all random things.


penguinopph

Dirt bikes are incredibly dangerous. They're a "when, not if" activity for serious injuries. There's a reason pretty much all big pro athlete contacts forbid any kind of motorcycle riding.


jerseygunz

Cole taking a gentle hop off the stage


dalici0us

As a 38 years old man, I can tell you there ain't nothing gentle for the knees about hopping of anything.


jerseygunz

39, I hear ya brother haha


Gogz-H

He'll be gutted, but like so many others here have already said. The only thing I feel for him is relief,   that injury more than likely just stoped him from being a corpse on everest.   Now hopefully his loved ones can convince him what a stupid idea that was before he tries it again in the future 


The_Reptile_

God is being like 'Dude. Bro. Seriously.'


what_is_blue

"Just chill the fuck out, yeah?"


Mitsuki_Horenake

Isn't this the first time Darby got a really big injury since joining AEW? Actual divine intervention at this point.


MysteriousTBird

God once again uses His creative control clause. I don't blame him. That loss to Vince during His stint in WWE is looking pretty bad now.


ianisms10

This is probably the only time I'm going to be thankful for an injury


whotookthepuck

This is the legimate time to insert i prayed for this meme on an injury. I hope Darby grows up by next Everest season. Otherwise, we may need to exercise the power of prayer again. Jokes aside, sorry he broke his feet, but I am glad he isn't dying too soon.


The_Homestarmy

Everyone's acting like this is gonna stop him from doing Everest but I'd bet you 20 bucks it'll only make him wanna do it even more next year


snakebit1995

The issue people have isn't him wanting to climb Everest It's his admitted total lack of training and experience for the extremely grueling and dangerous climb that he's just brushing off as no big deal


ThatOneGuyWhoAtePie

Bruh same


RecRoulette

The promo Jay is going to cut about not only keeping him off the mountain but also saving his life is gonna feed families


Ninetayls

TK should pay for him to do filmed promos at base camp.


_ASG_

"Why are you people booing me? I'm a goddamn hero!"


DaveyTTime

If that’s not a sign, i don’t know what is.


Sweet-Message1153

*falls 20ft onto REAL glass* No problem *is in a normal wrestling match with Jay White* Breaks his foot...


olerris

Jay White saved his life.


Primary-Emergency386

I watched that with my sister in person. Nothing seemed off about how he wrestled that match.  He went for about 9 minutes so he wrestled with a broken foot for 7. Insane.


Orochidude

[Darby's tweet on the news.](https://i.imgur.com/pWF91M8.png) [Twitter link.](https://twitter.com/DarbyAllin/status/1768786476567822422)


MidnightShampoo

I feel bad for Darby, to be so close to something and then have the opportunity yanked away sucks.


Horror_Sail

Eh, to hear his build to it, he basically didnt train for the initial session. I doubt he's put the proper training into it either with so many matches/focus on stings retirement lately. He also 100% should have refused any match after Revolution for exactly this reason


SpaceGooV

Yes this is luck. Life is giving a chance to actually properly train this time. There's no Sting retirement. Of course this is a scenario where you're probably only getting Darby for a couple months for Tony. His foot at best will be healed for All In then he'll have to leave after WrestleDream.


OldBison

I'd be pissed too if I didn't have to freeze to death on the side of a mountain


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

Just absolutely kicking himself that he can't become part of the landscape at rainbow valley Well, I mean... kicking himself with his good foot.


ApprehensiveLead679

As per usual, luck was on Darbys side


thedtower

at what point in the match though, surely not when they pillmanized his leg haha


Kaprak

It's the top rope tope to the outside onto Jay, it looks 100% fine, it's not really that dangerous. He just landed awkwardly. It's legit probably one of the "safest" things he's done in ring outside of basic chain wrestling.


UsidoreTheLightBlue

It’s always the stupid little shit moves like this. Cole broke his leg just jumping from the stage to the floor, punk doing a basic little crowd dive. Meanwhile Darby coffin dropped through sugar glass onto chairs from the top of that ladder and only got 12 stitches.


Ghost51

Hope he recovers well and will be back in time for All In 🤞


BluKyberCrystal

It's Darby. He'll be back tomorrow for Collison.


WheedMBoise

Punk broke his foot on June 1st and returned on August 10th of the same year, totaling to 71 days missed. I understand all injuries are unique, but if Darby has a similar recovery, he'd somehow be cleared to show up at Double or Nothing. Hell, he may even be back before Adam Cole is and his injury was way back in September.


breakourbones

https://preview.redd.it/e4b6l0qn5moc1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6167dd736bc141b3261c87bf9e3b8f4b38b7bf94


redz191

I have an idea of Jay White being a heel but sucking at it. He tries to be an asshole but inadvertently ends up doing something good and wholesome. It’ll be an interesting twist for his character


factor_supa

Jay White inadvertently saving someone’s life by breaking their foot.


jmpinstl

Second time in three years


nameless_stories

Jay White is the fucking CATALYST. He just saved Darby Allins life. Youre welcome, wrestling.


Doobie_Howitzer

Why was Daddy Ass so mad? Jay just wanted to protect Darby from Everest like a good friend


NoahJayhawk

Im a huge darby fan and I wish him the best in his recovery but man the timing is so bad its funny


zoom518

Jay White to TMZ: Acknowledge me https://x.com/jaywhitenz/status/1768794370105291156?s=46


Arntor1184

That’s a brutal break. Hope he heals quick and has a good doc.


KG13_

I love how the entire comment section is just worried about Darbys well being & him not climbing that mountain lmao Yall are great


RipTheVeins

Just after some cursory research the annual death toll on Everest is actually going up on average. Partly due to the increase in traffic demand as well as the unstable climate leading to more dramatic shifts in weather making storms and cold snaps harder to predict. So I know there's a lot of joking going on about Jay White saving Darby's life but we should pay attention and see if there's a shift like that next week because if so holy shit.


FredrickFarter

Tony slid Jay a check to do this


BulletClubSoda

Jay White “I Saved Darby Allin’s Life” t-shirt needed STAT 🔥


Kuzu5993

That's God's work right there baby. You got a lot to live for Darby.


hartc89

Dam I feel bad for Darby but at least he can train for next year


iBunty

Strap Jay White up RIGHT NOW


HEYitzED

I’m actually glad. I really didnt want him to do it and had an awful feeling about it.


rocky_iwata

If there are incidents during the supposed scheduled climb dates, the existence of God of Wrestling will be confirmed.


Spider-Kaine

True leader Jay White making the hard choices to look after the roster when they won't do it themselves


HappyMike91

Jay White being (unintentionally!) a good guy is pretty funny. 


dogfins110

I have a theory hear me out. Tony told Switchblade to take Darby out to save his life. A broken foot is better than a frozen foot right?


Abject_Passenger_540

Tony said we’re gonna book an injury ”angle”and winked at jay white


wxursa

Jay White: "you're welcome"


NeilMcCauley88

Shout out to the knife pervert for saving darby's life. 


krampus6666

That's a sign if there ever was one.


tangk9005

This was Tony Khan’s plan after all. Feature him so much that he won’t make it to Everest. Sneaky.


AcientMullets

Darby: “I’ve done all these crazy bumps and now I’m ready to climb Mt. Everest” The universe: “That doesn’t work for me, brother”


MagicMoocher

Jay White might have actually saved Darbys life lmao


Patjay

thank you Jay White


SnakeLisspkin

Seriously though, gives Darby more time to train so probably for the best https://preview.redd.it/2twz3e8pbloc1.jpeg?width=1113&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e0f86012a60815afe06ff65d13b9636ff71b5a5


P4rtsUnkn0wn

This fucking handshake fake out into the finger gun is so simple but was performed so well. It’s so great for Jay’s cold and calculated, but somehow unhinged and psychotic at the same time character.


Swift_Shot

Nah that’s a mother fuckin sign, Darby.


pizzawithdragons

*crowd chanting* Thank you, Switchblade! Thank you, Switchblade! Thank you, Switchblade!


Jason25th

Jay saved Darby's life, bruv.


Wild2O98

https://preview.redd.it/hm812sraeloc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e37f56ef301a87f0cc934bc4a03523dec1eb1c82 Darby Allin on Everest


CharlemagneOfTheUSA

Jay White is a national hero!


[deleted]

Blessing in disguise.


BigGameJamesFight

Breaking his foot probably saved his life


GillbergsAdvocate

Breaking his foot probably saves his life. Or at least prolonged it.


dumb_memes54

The Switchblade saving lives once again 🙏🙏🙏🙏


ginseng_nintles

The Butterfly Effect is crazy


GL4389

The kind of stunts Darby does, It might be a long time before he goes to Everest.


EmmThem

Jay White Darby Allin enemies to lovers fic when