Various: Jay White Departs from Impact, Juice Robinson Suffers Appendicitis, Johnny Gargano & Candice LeRae Update

Jay White Reportedly Departs from Impact Over Scheduling Issues with NJPW

New Japan Pro Wrestling talent Jay White reportedly has recently departed from Impact Wrestling, according to PWInsider.

Mike Johnson reported that White’s departure is due to his current busy work schedule with NJPW. Johnson reported that White’s departure is similar to JONAH’s in regards to Impact officials decided it would be better for White to leave since there was no current way possible to consistently use him on Impact programming for the foreseeable future.

Johnson also reported that while White is currently done with Impact, the door for a potential return for him in the future is not closed.

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Juice Robinson Suffers Appendicitis Injury

New Japan Pro Wrestling held their Best of the Super Juniors 2022 Finals event earlier today in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to the start of the show, NJPW announced that they had pulled Juice Robinson from his scheduled match against Tomoaki Honma due to Robinson recently suffering from appendicitis.

Later in the show, SANADA made his surprise return and issued a challenge for Robinson’s IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship at NJPW’s upcoming Dominion 2022 event on June 12th.

It is currently not known if Robinson will be medically cleared in time for the upcoming event or if he will be stripped of the title and SANADA will be facing someone else for the vacant championship.

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Johnny Gargano & Candice LeRae Status Update

As noted before, Johnny Gargano’s contract with WWE expired this past December. Gargano’s wife Candice LeRae’s contract with the company expired this past May.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that both Gargano and LeRae are currently expected to be making their return to wrestling relatively soon. Meltzer reported that several people within AEW have been pushing for the company to sign LeRae within the near future.

In regards to Gargano, Meltzer reported that it is currently not known where he might decide to go next for his career. WWE reportedly still has left the door open to Gargano to return if he wants and can offer him the most money but with the least expectation of him being treated as a major star on both NXT and the main roster. AEW and Impact Wrestling reportedly are the two other destinations Meltzer speculated Gargano could go with the main drawbacks being AEW’s bloated roster at the moment and Impact’s contract being worth less than what WWE and AEW could offer for a deal.