Jack Perry (born June 16, 1997) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Elite and one-half of Jurassic Express with Luchasaurus. He is also a former FTW Champion, AEW National Champion, AEW TNT Champion, and AEW World Tag Team Champion. He was previously known by his ring name Jungle Boy.
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Early life
Jack Perry was born on June 16, 1997, in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actor Luke Perry (1966-2019) 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)
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 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 (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) 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 (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) 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 (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix).
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 (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 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). 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 (Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, and Wheeler Yuta) to defeat the Hardy Family Office (Matt Hardy, Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen), and The Hybrid 2 (Angélico and Jack Evans)) 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.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2024–2025)
On January 13, 2024, at Battle in the Valley, Perry made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) debut, where he attacked Shota Umino; after laying Umino out, he tore up his AEW contract in the ring and donned an armband reading "scapegoat". On February 26, Perry was announced as a participant in the 2024 New Japan Cup. On March 6, Perry made his NJPW in-ring debut, defeating Umino in the first round of the New Japan Cup with the help of House of Torture. After the match, Perry would accept House of Torture's offer to join the group. Perry would be eliminated in the quarter-final of the New Japan Cup by Sanada, in a rematch from Forbidden Door. On April 12 at Windy City Riot, Perry was defeated by Umino in a rematch. After the match, the two shook hands and hugged, showing their mutual respect. On May 11 at Resurgence, Perry teamed with fellow House of Torture members Evil and Ren Narita, in a winning effort against Tomohiro Ishii, Rocky Romero and The DKC. Later in the show, Perry along with The Young Bucks attacked Eddie Kingston, whom The Elite was feuding with in AEW.
On November 8 at Fighting Spirit Unleashed, Perry returned to NJPW, where he attacked Yota Tsuji and challenged him to a match on January 5, 2025 at Wrestle Dynasty. At the event, Perry unsuccessfully challenged Tsuji for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.
Professional wrestling style and persona
Perry's Jungle Boy character was described as a "Tarzan-esque character, complete with his mane of long curls, loin cloth-like shorts and a heavy dose of leopard print." Perry originally thought the gimmick was "really dumb", but changed his mind after seeing "how people liked it". He used the 1985 song "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora as his entrance music.
After turning heel and dropping the "Jungle Boy" gimmick, Perry debuted new entrance music on July 19, 2023: the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. He reverted back to using "Tarzan Boy" when he turned face in September 2025.
From February 2024 to January 2025, Perry wrestled with an epithet the "Scapegoat" in reference of the punishment he received from getting into legitimate backstage altercation with CM Punk, and would occasionally wear a black goat mask during his entrance.
As a finisher, Perry uses a cross-legged STF named the Snare Trap and a variation of the running single leg high knee named the Glass Jaw.
Personal life
As of June 2020, Perry is in a relationship with fellow wrestler Anna Jay.
Championships and accomplishments
All Elite Wrestling
AEW TNT Championship (1 time)
AEW National Championship (1 time)
AEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Luchasaurus
FTW Championship (1 time)
Men's Casino Battle Royale (2021)
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)
ESPN
Ranked No. 13 of the 30 best Pro Wrestlers Under 30 in 2023
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Ranked No. 59 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2024
Pro Wrestling Revolution
PWR Tag Team Championships (1 time) – with El Prostipirugolfo
Underground Empire Wrestling
West Coast Cruiser Cup (2016)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter