Jack Perry (born June 16, 1997) is an American

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. He is currently signed to

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(AEW), where he performs under the

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"Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, and is a former

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Early life

Jack Perry was born on June 16, 1997, in

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. He is the son of actor

Luke Perry Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. He ...

and Rachel Sharp. Perry's maternal grandfather is the Scottish novelist and screenwriter

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. 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

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Junior Heavyweight Championship, his first

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. 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

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, 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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All Elite Wrestling

Jurassic Express (2019–2022)

In January 2019, Perry signed with the upstart promotion

(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

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, but he was eliminated by

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. The following month at

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, Jungle Boy wrestled Jimmy Havoc,

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and

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in a

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, which Page won. At Fight for the Fallen on July 13, Jungle Boy teamed with Luchasaurus against

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and Jack Evans and

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(

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and Stu Grayson) in a

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, but The Dark Order won. Soon after, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus allied themselves with

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, creating a new faction dubbed the "

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

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(

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and

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) 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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( Pentagón Jr. and

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). 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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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 ''

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'', Jungle Boy obtained his first victory in AEW, after the Jurassic Express defeated Strong Hearts ( Cima, El Lindaman 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

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(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

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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 Casino Tag Team Royale, but were unsuccessful in winning the match. At

in May, Jungle Boy won the Casino Battle Royale by lastly eliminating

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, entitling him to a match for the AEW World Championship, which he received against

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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 (

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, Chuck Taylor, and Wheeler Yuta) to defeat the Hardy Family Office (

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, Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen), and The Hybrid 2 (

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

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. 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 (

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and

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) in a

. At

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

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(

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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.

Singles competition (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

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Professional wrestling persona

Perry's Jungle Boy character has been 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, Jungle Boy uses a cross-legged STF named the ''

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''. Jungle Boy uses the 1985 song "

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" by

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as his entrance music.

Personal life

, Perry is in a relationship with fellow AEW wrestler Anna Jay. Perry has a tattoo underneath his right shoulder saying ''in this life and in all others''.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with

** Men's Casino Battle Royale (

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) *

** APW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Revolution Eastern Wrestling **REW Pakistan 24/7 Championship (1 time) *

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( 1 time) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 69 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' 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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