Jack Perry on Luke Perry, Jungle Boy & AEW

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Jungle Boy Jack Perry is one of the latest editions to the AEW roster, and is grateful that he got to share the exciting news with his dad, actor Luke Perry (of “90210” and “Riverdale” fame), before Luke’s unexpected passing. Jack talks about his relationship with his father, dealing with the sudden loss, and how it was Luke who got Jack into wrestling in the first place. Jack also shares stories about his own backyard wrestling experiences, getting started in the professional ring as an 11-year old, meeting Cody Rhodes, his love of Rey Mysterio, and what UFC Champ Conor McGregor has to do with the Jungle Boy gimmick.

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0:00.0	I'm talking to Jericho baby.
0:04.8	Talk is Jericho.
0:07.2	I talk is Jericho mama.
0:11.2	Talk is me.
0:13.3	All right, welcome to talk is Jericho.
0:15.0	It's the plot of Thunder and Rock and Roll.
0:17.7	And I've got one of AEW's newest signings, Jack Perry Jungleboy, making his talk as Jericho
0:23.4	debuted today.
0:25.0	Jack's talking about his gimmick getting started and wrestling when he was still in elementary
0:29.4	school, I believe her not, and doing matches as a sixth grader, pro matches, and how it's
0:33.6	his dad's fault that he's even a wrestler in the first place.
0:36.4	And yes, he's talking about his dad, the late great Luke Perry, who just passed away in
0:41.7	March from complications from a stroke.
0:43.9	The poem at the beginning of the show today was written by my daughter, Sierra.
0:47.2	She didn't know that that Jack and I were friends.
0:50.2	She just sent it to me actually last night and said, Dad, I was bored today after I finished
0:54.8	my homework and I wrote this.
0:56.5	She and her sister, Cheyenne, are huge Riverdale fans and both lost a little bit of interest
1:01.8	in the show after Luke Perry passed away and Luke played Archie's father.
1:08.3	And the crazy thing is about, I'd say about two months before he passed away, we have a
1:12.2	mutual friend in Paul Azenby who was on the show talking about famous bouncers last
1:17.5	year.
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