Jungle Boy (Jack Perry)

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Career

All Elite Wrestling (AEW)

Awards and Recognition

Social Media

Personal Life

Jungle Boy (Jack Perry)

Jungle Boy (born June 15, 1997) is an American professional wrestler in All Elite Wrestling (AEW). His real name is Jack Perry.^[3]

Career

Jack Perry began pursuing professional wrestling as a senior in high school.

He was first inspired to wrestle after watching the The Boogeyman eat worms on WWE programming. Jack started his career under the fighting name of Nate Coy in 2015 with Underground Empire Wrestling (UEW). His wild hair and Tarzan-like appearance eventually led to a ring announcer using the epithet 'The Jungle Boy Nate Coy', and the Jungle Boy was born. Perry recalls the event:

"...the announcer told me that he had a nickname for me and said, ‘Jungle Boy’ Nate Coy.
At first, I hated it.
I thought, ‘What did he just stick me with?’ Then I started to develop the character around the name, and I love it now.”^[4]

The Jungle Boy Nate Coy has wrestled in the following promotions:^[8]

Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR)
Santino Brothers Wrestling (SBW)
Union Independent Pro Wrestling (UIPW)
Gold Rush Pro Wrestling (GRPW)
All Pro Wrestling (APW)
Blue Water Championship Wrestling (BWCW)
International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG)
Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)
Bar Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW)

All Elite Wrestling (AEW)

Jungle Boy signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on January 24, 2019 and appears in TNT's weekly series including AEW Dark, AEW Dynamite, and the YouTube show Being The Elite.^[27]^[9]

He is a member of the Jurassic Express tag team alongside Marko Stunt and Luchasaurus.

Both Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus made their tag team debut in February of 2019 in Southern California's indie wrestling promotion Bar Wrestling.^[28]

On May 27, 2020 Jungle Boy won a Battle Royal on AEW Dynamite after eliminating the remaining opponent, Orange Cassidy, over the top rope. On the following episode of Dynamite, Jungle Boy competed and lost against Cody Rhodes in the first ever bout for the TNT Championship title belt.^[34]^[35]^[36]

Awards and Recognition

On March 6, 2020 Wrestling Observer awarded Jungle Boy with the 2019 Rookie of the Year Award.

On receiving the award, he commented on his Instagram,^[31]^[32]

I’m honored to be the Wrestling Observer’s rookie of the year.
It’s been a wild one.
I’ve come a long way, and have a long way to go.

On Instagram Jungle Boy has amassed over 114,000 followers as of May 2020. He posts selfies, travel photographs featuring fellow wrestlers, and videos.^[18]

His Twitter has over 66,100 followers. Jungle Boy posts promotional content, selfies, as well as interactions with his fans and fellow wrestlers on the platform.^[16]

Personal Life

Jungle Boy is the son of popular actor Luke Perry and Rachel "Minnie" Sharp; his parents were married for 10 years before divorcing in 2003. Luke Perry passed away in early 2019 of a stroke.

Jack has one sister, Sophie Perry. His fiancee is Wendy Madison Bauer.