Jungle Boy
Jack Perry (born July 28, 1993) is an American professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He wrestles under his real name and has also been known by his old ring name Jungle Boy.
| Jack Perry | |
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| Ring name(s) | Jack Perry Johnny Drake Jungle Boy "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 167 lb (76 kg) |
| Born | June 16, 1997 Los Angeles, California |
| Billed from | Valley Village |
| Trained by | Booker T Reality of Wrestling |
| Debut | November 20, 2015 |
During his time in AEW, Perry has been a one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion and a one-time FTW Champion
Career
All Elite Wrestling
On January 24, 2019, Perry signed a contract with All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[1] At Double or Nothing, Perry made his AEW in-ring debut. He fought in the Casino Battle Royal, being eliminated by Jimmy Havoc.[2] Jungle Boy would create a stable called Jurassic Express with Luchasaurus and Marko Stunt.
On the January 15, 2020 episode of Dark, Jungle Boy got his first win when Jurassic Express defeated Strong Hearts (Cima, El Lindaman and T-Hawk). Jungle Boy was able to win the Casino Battle Royal match at Double or Nothing and earned a shot at AEW World Championship.[3] On the June 26 episode of Dynamite, he would go on to lose to AEW World Champion Kenny Omega.[4]
On the January 5, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Jurassic Express won the AEW World Tag Team Championship after defeating the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix). This was Jungle Boy's first championship in AEW.[5] On June 15 at Road Rager, Jurassic Express would lose the championships to the Young Bucks.[6]
At Forbidden Door, Perry was being managed by Hook and faced Sanada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Perry lost the match and turned heel after by attacking his manager Hook.[7] At Blood & Guts, Perry won the FTW Championship after he defeated Hook.[8]
At All In, Perry would lose the title back to Hook. There was controversy during the match and after it. Before the match, Perry wanted to do a spot with real glass to write himself off TV for a while. CM Punk told Perry that he didn't like the spot because Perry or Hook could get legitimately injured on the glass. Perry would do the spot anyways, look into the camera and say "real glass, cry me a river". When Perry went backstage, Punk choked him out and then jumped at AEW owner Tony Khan. Punk would be fired from the company and Perry was suspended indefinitely.[9][10]
Personal life
His father was American actor Luke Perry.[11] He is in a relationship with professional wrestler Anna Jay.[12]
References
- ↑ "Jungle Boy Is The Latest Official Member Of The All Elite Wrestling Roster". Uproxx. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW The Buy In pre-show results: Powell's live review of the Casino Battle Royale, Kip Sabian vs. Sammy Guevara". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Pac for the AEW Championship, Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker for the AEW Women's Title, Miro vs. Lance Archer for the TNT Title, The Young Bucks vs. Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston for the AEW Tag Titles, The Pinnacle vs. The Inner Circle in a Stadium Stampede match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "6/26 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Jungle Boy for the AEW Championship, Hangman Page vs. Powerhouse Hobbs, Dante Martin vs. Matt Sydal, Kris Statlander vs. Allie, Ethan Page vs. Bear Bronson, Konnan and Tully Blanchard meet face-to-face". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "1/5 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Hangman Page vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW World Championship, Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix vs. Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus for the AEW Tag Titles, Ruby Soho vs. Jade Cargill to become the first TBS Champion, Malakai Black vs. Brian Pillman Jr". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "6/15 AEW Dynamite results: Powell's live review of Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus vs. The Young Bucks in a ladder match for the AEW Tag Titles, Chris Jericho vs. Ortiz in a hair vs. hair match, Toni Storm vs. Britt Baker, Will Ospreay vs. Dak Harwood, Ethan Page vs. Miro in an All Atlantic Title qualifying match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW-NJPW Forbidden Door pre-show results: Powell's live review of Athena vs. Billie Starkz in a Owen Hart Cup tournament match, Kyle Fletcher, Jeff Cobb, and TJP vs. Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, and Bushi, Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite results (7/19): Powell's live review of Golden Elite vs. Blackpool Combat Club in a Blood & Guts match, MJF and Adam Cole vs. Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara in the Blind Eliminator tourney finals". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Terminates Contract Of CM Punk". Fightful. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "Tony Khan Confirms Jack Perry Has Been Suspended Indefinitely Following AEW All In". Fightful. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ "Luke Perry Supports His Son Jungle Boy at Wrestling Match". E!. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ↑ "Jack Perry, Luke Perry's Son, Smooches Fellow Wrestler Anna Jay in Steamy PDA-Filled Photo". People]]. Retrieved October 5, 2023.