Jet Setters (ジェット・セッターズ Jetto Settāzu) are a professional wrestling tag team formed by KUSHIDA and Kevin Knight, where they work for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Formed in November 2022, the team works on NJPW's junior heavyweight division, where they are former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
History[]
From November 21 until December 11, KUSHIDA and Kevin Knight part in the 2022 Super Jr. Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record two wins and seven losses, failing to win the tournament. However during the tournament, Knight would graduate from his Young Lion status, something that KUSHIDA, would confirm himself. Knight started using orange baggy pants and Oakley sunglasses to match KUSHIDA's futuristic gimmick, nicknaming himself "The Jet". Following the tournament, KUSHIDA and Knight continued to team together, with both debuting for Impact Wrestling to face The Good Hands (Jason Hotch and John Skyler) in a winning effort.
On April 2, in a pre-taped vignette, KUSHIDA went on to teach Knight how to spell and speak Japanese before naming their team the "Jet Setters" and subsequently challenging Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira) to a title match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. Two days later, in a pre-taped vignette, TJP and Akira answered KUSHIDA and Knight's challenge by mocking the duo for teaching Knight how to spell, Akira then in Italian enraged at Knight for the way he did the promo in a gym. Kevin proceeded to further denigrate the duo's tag name and KUSHIDA's WWE career before leaving their answer up in the air. On April 27, KUSHIDA and Knight defeated TJP and Akira to become the new champions. The following month, Knight and KUSHIDA took part in the 2023 Best of the Super Juniors. Knight finished the tournament with a record of three wins and six losses, and KUSHIDA with two wins and seven losses, both failling to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. On June 4 at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall, KUSHIDA and Knight lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to TJP and Akira. From October 21 to November 2, KUSHIDA and Knight took part in the 2023 Super Jr. Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record five wins and four losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament.
On August 30, 2024, at Capital Collision, Knight pinned one-half of the reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Drilla Moloney. After being attacked by Bullet Club War Dogs, in a post-match interview, KUSHIDA and Knight challenged Clark Connors and Moloney to a title match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling, KUSHIDA and Knight defeated Connors and Moloney to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the second time. From October 24 to November 2, KUSHIDA and Knight took part in the 2024 Super Jr. Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record three wins and two losses, failing to advance to the finals, due to losing to Francesco Akira and TJP in their head-to-head match. On January 4, 2025 at Wrestle Kingdom 19 in Tokyo Dome, they lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita in a tokyo terror ladder match.
In wrestling[]
- Double-team finishing moves
- Kulture Klash (Electric chair transitioned into a double somersault Spike DDT)
- Double-team signature moves
- Assisted arm twist ropewalk chop
- Multiple over the shoulder arm stretches followed by an arm-drag step-over dropkick
- Electric chair lift (KUSHIDA) followed by a Dropkick (Knight)
- Counter to a move (KUSHIDA) followed by a Dropkick (Knight)
- KUSHIDA's finishing moves
- 9469 (Crossface with a knee to the opponent's back)
- Hoverboard Lock (Kimura lock, sometimes followed by a diving DDT)
- Midnight Express (Corkscrew moonsault)
- Knight's finishing moves
- Spike DDT
- Nicknames
- "Time Splitter" (KUSHIDA)
- "The Jet" (Kevin Knight)