Perry started his career on theindependent circuit in 2015[2] making his professional wrestling debut at Underground Empire Wrestling's, 2015 West Coast Cruiser Cup under the ring nameNate Coy. This is where he was given the nameJungle Boy when the crowd chanted it at him because of his similarities toTarzan.[3] On November 20, 2016, Coy won the 2016 West Coast Cruiser Cup.[9] On August 17, 2018, Coy won theAll Pro Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Championship, his firstprofessional wrestling championship.[10] He later lost it toJake Atlas at the Bay Area Bash event on June 15, 2019.[11] In February 2019, Jungle Boy formed atag team with fellow independent wrestlerLuchasaurus, dubbed "A Boy and His Dinosaur".[12][13] In May 2019, Perry wrestled in a tribute match for his late father, defeating his father's friend, actor and formerWCW World Heavyweight ChampionDavid Arquette.[14]
On the November 20 episode ofDynamite, Jungle Boy competed in theDynamite Dozen Battle Royale, but failed to win.[21] On the December 4 episode ofDynamite, Jungle Boy was challenged byAEW World ChampionChris Jericho to last 10 minutes in the ring with him,[22] which he successfully did on the December 18 episode ofDynamite.[23] On the January 15, 2020 episode ofDark, Jungle Boy obtained his first victory in AEW, after the Jurassic Express defeated Strong Hearts (Cima,El Lindaman andT-Hawk).[24] On the February 19 episode ofDynamite, 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 byThe Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[25] AtDouble or Nothing on May 23, Jungle Boy was defeated by MJF.[26] On September 5 atAll Out, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus were defeated by The Young Bucks.[27] AtWinter 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.[28]
At theRevolution event on March 7, 2021, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus competed in theCasino Tag Team Royale, but were unsuccessful in winning the match.[29] AtDouble or Nothing on May 30, Jungle Boy won the Casino Battle Royale by lastly eliminatingChristian Cage, entitling him to a match for the AEW World Championship,[30] which he received againstKenny Omega on the June 26 episode ofDynamite, but lost.[31] On theAll Out pre-show on September 5, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus teamed withBest Friends (Orange Cassidy,Chuck Taylor, andWheeler Yuta) to defeat the Hardy Family Office (Matt Hardy,Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen), andThe Hybrid 2 (Angélico andJack 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 debutedAdam Cole.[32] AtFull Gear on November 13, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Cage defeated The Young Bucks and Cole in afalls count anywhere match.[33]
On the January 5, 2022 episode ofDynamite, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus defeated the Lucha Brothers to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship.[34] At theRevolution event on March 6, Jurassic Express successfully defended the championship against The Young Bucks andreDRagon (Bobby Fish andKyle O'Reilly) in a three-way tag team match.[35] AtDouble or Nothing on May 29, they retained the championship in a three-way tag match againstTeam Taz (Ricky Starks andPowerhouse Hobbs) and Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee andSwerve Strickland).[36] However, at theRoad 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.[37]
Jungle Boy initiated a rivalry with Cage, and the two faced each other in a match atAll Out on September 4. At the event, Jungle Boy was defeated in 20 seconds, after Luchasaurus attacked him and allied himself with Cage.[38] At theFull Gear event on November 19, Jungle Boy, now wrestling under his name as"Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, defeated Luchasaurus in asteel cage match.[39] Perry began a short feud with The Firm, where he teamed withHook, to defeatLee Moriarty,Ethan Page andBig Bill in various tag team matches.[40] On the February 15, 2023 episode ofDynamite, Cage, who had been out with an arm injury since All Out, returned attacking Jungle Boy, renewing their rivalry.[41] AtRevolution on March 5, Jungle Boy defeated Cage in aFinal Burial match ending their feud.[42]
On June 25, atForbidden Door, Perry facedSanada for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship in which he lost. After the match, Perry attacked Hook, turningheel as well as dropping the Jungle Boy persona and only going by his real name.[44][45] On July 19 atDynamite: Blood & Guts, Perry defeated Hook for theFTW 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.[46] AtAll In Zero Hour on August 27, Perry was defeated by Hook, losing the FTW Championship and ending his reign at 39 days.[47] 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 toCM 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 ofCollision. 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.[48][49] A week later, AEW ownerTony Khan terminated Punk's contract and suspended Perry indefinitely.[50][51] Footage of the altercation was shown on the April 10, 2024 episode ofDynamite. In kayfabe, it was presented byThe Young Bucks to further their feud withFTR (Cash Wheeler andDax Harwood)—who are real-life friends with Punk—prior to their match atDynasty 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.[52]
On April 21, 2024, Perry, with his new "Scapegoat" persona, returned to AEW atDynasty and helped the Young Bucks defeat FTR to win theAEW World Tag Team Championship.[53] On the April 24 episode ofDynamite, Perry was revealed as a member ofThe Elite alongside the Young Bucks andKazuchika Okada. At the end of the episode, Perry and the rest of The Elite attacked AEW President and CEOTony Khan.[54] AtDouble or Nothing on May 26, The Elite defeated Team AEW (Bryan Danielson,Darby Allin and FTR) in anAnarchy in the Arena match, where Perry scored the winning pin on Danielson.[55] On the June 12 episode ofDynamite, Perry defeatedDustin Rhodes to qualify for the ladder match for the vacantAEW TNT Championship atForbidden Door on June 30.[56] At Forbidden Door, Perry was able to win the ladder match and capture the TNT Championship for the first time. As TNT Champion, Perry would defend his title onDynamite andCollision in a series of open challenges, successfully defending it againstMarko Stunt,Lio Rush,Christopher Daniels,Minoru Suzuki, andAction Andretti.[57][58][59][60][61] AtBlood & Guts, The Elite were defeated by Team AEW (Allin,Swerve Strickland,Mark Briscoe andThe Acclaimed (Max Caster andAnthony Bowens)) after Matthew Jackson surrendered to save Perry from being set on fire by Allin. On the August 17 episode ofCollision, Perry unveiled his custom TNT Championship belt, featuring the default design but completely spray painted black with red paint splattered on the main plate (mimicking blood) and a warped and tattered leather strap.[62] AtAll In, Perry successfully defended his TNT Championship against Allin in acoffin match. On the following episode ofDynamite, Perry attacked Danielson, then-AEW World Champion, and unsuccessfully challenged him to a match atAll Out.[63] On October 12 atWrestleDream, Perry successfully defended his title againstKatsuyori Shibata.[64] On November 23 atFull Gear, Perry lost the TNT Championship toDaniel Garcia, ending his reign at 146 days.[65] After Full Gear, Perry remained off of AEW television for the remainder of 2024 and majority of 2025 (barring an appearance at the co-promoted showWrestle Dynasty in January 2025).[66]
After a ten-month absence, Perry returned atAll Out on September 20, 2025, where he attackedThe Young Bucks and reformedJurassic Express withLuchasaurus, turningface for the first time since 2023 and leavingThe Elite.[67] After returning, he began wrestling with the epithet"Jungle" Jack Perry.[68] On October 12 atWrestleDream, Jurassic Express defeated The Young Bucks.[69]
On January 13, 2024, atBattle in the Valley, Perry made hisNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) debut, where he attackedShota Umino; after laying Umino out, he tore up his AEW contract in the ring and donned an armband reading "scapegoat".[70] On February 26, Perry was announced as a participant in the2024 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 ofHouse of Torture. After the match, Perry would accept House of Torture's offer to join the group.[71] Perry would be eliminated in the quarter-final of the New Japan Cup bySanada, in a rematch fromForbidden Door.[72] On April 12 atWindy City Riot, Perry was defeated by Umino in a rematch. After the match, the two shook hands and hugged, showing their mutual respect.[73] On May 11 atResurgence, Perry teamed with fellow House of Torture membersEvil andRen Narita, in a winning effort againstTomohiro Ishii,Rocky Romero andThe DKC. Later in the show, Perry along with The Young Bucks attackedEddie Kingston, whom The Elite was feuding with in AEW.[74] On November 8 atFighting Spirit Unleashed, Perry returned to NJPW, where he attackedYota Tsuji and challenged him to a match on January 5, 2025 atWrestle Dynasty.[75] At the event, Perry unsuccessfully challenged Tsuji for theIWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.[66]
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."[76] Perry originally thought thegimmick was "really dumb", but changed his mind after seeing "how people liked it".[77] He used the 1985 song "Tarzan Boy" byBaltimora as his entrance music.[78]
After turning heel and dropping the "Jungle Boy" gimmick, Perry debuted new entrance music on July 19, 2023: the first movement ofLudwig van Beethoven'sSymphony No. 5. He reverted back to using Tarzan Boy when he turned face in September 2025.[79]
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 withCM Punk, and would occasionally wear a black goat mask during his entrance.[80]
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