Jack Perry (born June 16, 1997), also known by the

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Jungle Boy, is an American

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. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs under his real name, but has been inactive since August 2023 due to a legitimate suspension. In AEW, he is a former one-time

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and is also a former one-time

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(with

Luchasaurus Austin Matelson (born March 10, 1985) is an American professional wrestler and television personality currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Luchasaurus, where he is a former AEW World Tag Team Cha ...

Jurassic Express Jurassic Express was a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus. The team performed in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where they are former AEW World Tag Team Champions. History Prior to signing with AEW, Jung ...

Early life

Jack Perry was born on June 16, 1997, in

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. He is the son of actor Luke Perry and Rachel Sharp. Perry's maternal grandfather is the Scottish novelist and screenwriter Alan Sharp. Perry grew up as a fan of

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and attended

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's 2009 SummerSlam

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event with his father at the age of twelve.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2015–2019)

Perry started his career on the

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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

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. 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

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with fellow independent wrestler

, 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

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David Arquette.

All Elite Wrestling (2019–present)

Jurassic Express (2019–2022)

In January 2019, Perry signed with the upstart promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), under the Jungle Boy name. He made his AEW debut at the company's inaugural event

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on May 25, competing in the pre-show Casino Battle Royale, but he was eliminated by

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. The following month at

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, Jungle Boy wrestled Jimmy Havoc, Adam Page and

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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

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( Evil Uno and

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) in a

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, but The Dark Order won. Soon after, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus allied themselves with Marko Stunt, creating a new faction dubbed the "

". At All Out on August 31, the Jurassic Express was defeated by SoCal Uncensored (

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, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) in a

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. In October, Jungle Boy and Stunt competed in a tournament to determine the inaugural

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, but they were eliminated by the

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(

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and Rey Fénix). On the November 20 episode of ''

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'', Jungle Boy competed in the

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, but failed to win. On the December 4 episode of ''Dynamite'', Jungle Boy was challenged by

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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 ( Cima,

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and T-Hawk). 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 (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). At

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

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event on March 7, 2021, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus competed in the

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, but were unsuccessful in winning the match. At

in May, 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

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( Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, and Wheeler Yuta) to defeat the Hardy Family Office ( Matt Hardy, Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen), and

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( Angélico and Jack Evans)) in a 10-man tag team match. Later in the show, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Marko Stunt came to assist Christian Cage after Cage's main event match with Kenny 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

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. 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

event on March 6, Jurassic Express successfully defended the championship against The Young Bucks and reDRagon ( Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) in a

. At

on May 29, they retained the championship in a three-way tag match against

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( Ricky Starks and

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) and Swerve In Our Glory ( Keith Lee and

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). 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 Christian Cage, who attacked him following the loss.

FTW Champion and suspension (2022–present)

Jungle Boy would initiate a rivalry with Christian Cage, and the two would face in a match at the All Out event in September. At the event, Jungle Boy would be 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 real name of Jack Perry, would defeat Luchasaurus in a steel cage match. Perry began a short feud with The Firm, where he teamed with Hook, to defeat members, Lee Moriarty,

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and

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in various tag team matches. On the February 15, 2023 episode of ''Dynamite'', Christian Cage, who had been out with an arm injury since All Out, returned attacking Jungle Boy, renewing their rivalry. At

, Jungle Boy defeated Cage in a Final Burial match. Next, Perry entered the world title picture and unsuccessfully challenged for the belt in a fatal four way at Double or Nothing. On June 25, at

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, Perry faced

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for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in which he lost. After the match, Perry attacked Hook, turning

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for the first time in his AEW career as well as dropping the Jungle Boy persona. On July 19 at '' Dynamite: Blood & Guts'', Perry defeated Hook for the

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, 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? Real glass! Go cry me a river" into the camera. This was allegedly a response to

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for refusing to allow Perry to use real glass for a spot in a planned segment for Perry for an episode of ''

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''. After the match, Perry and Punk got into an 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.

Professional wrestling persona

Perry's Jungle Boy character was described as a "

-esque character, complete with his mane of long curls, loin cloth-like shorts and a heavy dose of leopard print." Perry originally thought the

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was "really dumb", but changed his mind after seeing "how people liked it". As a finisher, he uses a cross-legged STF named the '' Snare Trap''. He also used the 1985 song " Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora as his entrance music. After turning heel and dropping the "Jungle Boy" gimmick, he debuted new entrance music on July 19, 2023, which is the first movement of

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's Symphony No. 5.

Personal life

, Perry is in a relationship with fellow AEW wrestler

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. Perry has a tattoo underneath his right shoulder saying "in this life and in all others".

Championships and accomplishments

* All Elite Wrestling **

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( 1 time) – with

( 1 time) ** Men's Casino Battle Royale (

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) * All Pro Wrestling ** APW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Revolution Eastern Wrestling **REW Pakistan 24/7 Championship (1 time) * DDT Pro-Wrestling ** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship ( 1 time) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 13 of the 30 best Pro Wrestlers Under 30 in 2023 *'' Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' **Ranked No. 69 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2021 *Pro Wrestling Revolution **PWR Tag Team Championships (1 time) – with El Prostipirugolfo *Underground Empire Wrestling ** West Coast Cruiser Cup (2016) *''

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'' ** Rookie of the Year (2019)

References

External links

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