‘Jungle Boy’ Jack Perry: I Still Get Nervous, I Throw Up In A Trash Can Most Weeks Before I Wrestle

Jack Perry opens up about being a solo performer for the first time in his AEW career. 

“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry had largely been in a tag team with Luchasaurus for the bulk of his AEW career. Even when that team came to an end, Perry spent most of his time fighting with his former partner and Christian Cage. 

Now, Perry is on his own for the first time ever with no ties to any of his days as part of Jurassic Express. Speaking with Simon Miller of WhatCulture, Perry reflected on how exciting it is for him to be opening a new chapter in his career.

“I don’t know. It’s an interesting time for me. Since the beginning, I’ve always been tied to — first, it was Luchasaurus and Marko as a team, and then even in this rivalry with Christian, I kind of have been tied to someone all the time.” Perry said. “This is the first time I’m out on my own in the wilderness, which is weird. Four years in, it kind of feels like it’s staring all over. Closing the lid on [the rivalry with Christian], that really felt like closing a big chapter of my life, sort of. That was the beginning, I guess. Now we’re in the middle, so I don’t know. We’ll see what happens, but I’m excited.”

Continuing on, Perry revealed that while he is more comfortable with himself today, he still gets nervous and claims he throws up in a trash can most weeks before going to the ring. Despite this, the former AEW Tag Team Champion proclaims that “most” of his jitters are gone.

“I think when I first came in, it was like a huge deal for me like I’m wrestling on TV with these guys who are the best wrestlers in the world. At first, I was like, ‘I don’t know if I can hang with these because it’s like a whole new world.’ So it was nice to have a partner there for that. The way our team worked out, I ended up doing 90% of the work all the time anyways, but it was nice to have someone else there with me experiencing that for the first time. Because we were both freaking out, like, ‘Oh my god, we’re about to wrestle The Young Bucks or Kenny, like whatever it was. Now, I still get nervous. I throw up in a trash can most weeks before I go, but in a way, most of the jitters are gone. I know I can hang in there with all these guys. I know I can do what I’m here to do. So now that that part’s kind of out of the way, I feel more confident in what I’m doing. You know, just trying to improve a little every time. It’s all you can really ask for, but I feel good, and really set and prepared to go out on my own now, kind of make the most of it.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Jack Perry opens up about his feelings regarding promos. Fans can read his comments here. 

Perry will take on RUSH on the May 17 episode of AEW Dynamite. Learn more here. 

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