Jack Perry
Jack Perry is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling, where he performs under the epithet "Jungle" Jack Perry and is one-half of Jurassic Express with Luchasaurus. He was previously known by his ring name Jungle Boy or the epithet "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry.
Early life
Jack Perry was born on June 16, 1997, in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actor Luke Perry and Rachel Sharp. Perry's maternal grandfather was the Scottish novelist and screenwriter Alan Sharp.Perry grew up as a fan of professional wrestling and attended WWE's 2009 SummerSlam pay-per-view event in Los Angeles with his father at the age of twelve.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2015–2019)
Perry started his career on the independent circuit in 2015 making his professional wrestling debut at Underground Empire Wrestling's, 2015 West Coast Cruiser Cup under the ring name Nate Coy. This is where he was given the name Jungle Boy when the crowd chanted it at him because of his similarities to Tarzan. On November 20, 2016, Coy won the 2016 West Coast Cruiser Cup. On August 17, 2018, Coy won the All Pro Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Championship, his first professional wrestling championship. He later lost it to Jake Atlas at the Bay Area Bash event on June 15, 2019. In February 2019, Jungle Boy formed a tag team with fellow independent wrestler Luchasaurus, dubbed "A Boy and His Dinosaur". In May 2019, Perry wrestled in a tribute match for his late father, defeating his father's friend, actor and former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette.All Elite Wrestling (2019–present)
Jurassic Express (2019–2023)
In January 2019, Perry signed with the upstart promotion All Elite Wrestling, under the Jungle Boy name. He made his AEW debut at the company's inaugural event Double or Nothing on May 25, competing in the pre-show Casino Battle Royale, but he was eliminated by Jimmy Havoc. The following month at Fyter Fest on June 29, Jungle Boy wrestled Havoc, Adam Page and MJF in a four-way match, which Page won. At Fight for the Fallen on July 13, Jungle Boy teamed with Luchasaurus against Angélico and Jack Evans and The Dark Order in a three-way tag team match, but The Dark Order won. Soon after, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus allied themselves with Marko Stunt, creating a new faction dubbed the "Jurassic Express". At All Out on August 31, the Jurassic Express was defeated by SoCal Uncensored in a six-man tag team match. In October, Jungle Boy and Stunt competed in a tournament to determine the inaugural AEW World Tag Team Champions, but they were eliminated by the Lucha Brothers.On the November 20 episode of Dynamite, Jungle Boy competed in the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale, but failed to win. On the December 4 episode of Dynamite, Jungle Boy was challenged by AEW World Champion Chris Jericho to last 10 minutes in the ring with him, which he successfully did on the December 18 episode of Dynamite. On the January 15, 2020 episode of Dark, Jungle Boy obtained his first victory in AEW, after the Jurassic Express defeated Strong Hearts. On the February 19 episode of Dynamite, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus competed in a tag team battle royal to determine the number one contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, but the match was won by The Young Bucks. At Double or Nothing on May 23, Jungle Boy was defeated by MJF. On September 5 at All Out, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus were defeated by The Young Bucks. At Winter Is Coming on December 2, Jungle Boy entered the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale for the second year in a row, but was eliminated by MJF.
At the Revolution event on March 7, 2021, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus competed in the Casino Tag Team Royale, but were unsuccessful in winning the match. At Double or Nothing on May 30, Jungle Boy won the Casino Battle Royale by lastly eliminating Christian Cage, entitling him to a match for the AEW World Championship, which he received against Kenny Omega on the June 26 episode of Dynamite, but lost. On the All Out pre-show on September 5, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus teamed with Best Friends to defeat the Hardy Family Office, and The Hybrid 2 ) in a 10-man tag team match. Later in the show, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Stunt came to assist Cage after his main event match with Omega, but they were beaten down by Omega and his allies The Young Bucks, as well as the newly debuted Adam Cole. At Full Gear on November 13, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Cage defeated The Young Bucks and Cole in a falls count anywhere match.
On the January 5, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus defeated the Lucha Brothers to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship. At the Revolution event on March 6, Jurassic Express successfully defended the championship against The Young Bucks and reDRagon in a three-way tag team match. At Double or Nothing on May 29, they retained the championship in a three-way tag match against Team Taz and Swerve In Our Glory. However, at the Road Rager special event on June 15, Jurassic Express lost the tag team championship to The Young Bucks in a ladder match, ending their reign at 161 days. After the match, Jungle Boy was betrayed by his mentor Cage, who attacked him following the loss.
Jungle Boy initiated a rivalry with Cage, and the two faced each other in a match at All Out on September 4. At the event, Jungle Boy was defeated in 20 seconds, after Luchasaurus attacked him and allied himself with Cage. At the Full Gear event on November 19, Jungle Boy, now wrestling under his name as "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, defeated Luchasaurus in a steel cage match. Perry began a short feud with The Firm, where he teamed with Hook, to defeat Lee Moriarty, Ethan Page and Big Bill in various tag team matches. On the February 15, 2023 episode of Dynamite, Cage, who had been out with an arm injury since All Out, returned attacking Jungle Boy, renewing their rivalry. At Revolution on March 5, Jungle Boy defeated Cage in a Final Burial match ending their feud.
FTW Champion and suspension (2023–2024)
After feuding with Cage, Perry entered the AEW World Championship picture and unsuccessfully challenged for the belt in a fatal four way at Double or Nothing on May 28 that included then-Champion MJF, Sammy Guevara and Darby Allin.File:Sanada v "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, AEW Forbidden Door 2023, 2023-06-25 01.jpg|thumb|Perry after turning on Hook at Forbidden Door in June 2023
On June 25, at Forbidden Door, Perry faced Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in which he lost. After the match, Perry attacked Hook, turning heel as well as dropping the Jungle Boy persona and only going by his real name. On July 19 at Dynamite: Blood & Guts, Perry defeated Hook for the FTW Championship, claiming both his first singles title and Hook's undefeated streak, becoming the first man to defeat Hook since he began his career in 2021. At All In Zero Hour on August 27, Perry was defeated by Hook, losing the FTW Championship and ending his reign at 39 days. During the match, Perry knocked on the windshield of a car and said "You know what this is right here? Real glass! Go cry me a river." into the camera. This was allegedly a response to CM Punk leaking a story about Punk refusing to allow Perry to use real glass for a spot in a planned segment for Perry for an episode of Collision. After the match, Perry and Punk got into a legitimate altercation right before Punk's match which had to be broken up by Punk's opponent, Samoa Joe. A week later, AEW owner Tony Khan terminated Punk's contract and suspended Perry indefinitely. Footage of the altercation was shown on the April 10, 2024 episode of Dynamite. In kayfabe, it was presented by The Young Bucks to further their feud with FTR —who are real-life friends with Punk—prior to their match at Dynasty on April 21, stating the altercation was the reason they lost their match to FTR at All In and conspired that FTR were the masterminds behind the incident, while also siding with Perry.