Article 4RT65 Luke Perry's son is a professional wrestler known as "Jungle Boy"

Luke Perry's son is a professional wrestler known as "Jungle Boy"

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John Struan
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Luke Perry's 22-year old son Jack wrestles as "Jungle Boy" for TNT's WWE competitor, All Elite Wrestling:

#12Days till #AEWDynamite!#JungleBoy (@boy_myth_legend) is ready! Are you?
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- All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) September 20, 2019

From the right angle, he's a dead ringer for his dad, but with even bolder sideburns:

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The only kind of belt I wear. Brand new @allprowrestling Jr. Heavyweight Dragonfly Championship. 1f4f7.png @oscar_kings_studio

A post shared by Jungle Boy " Jack Perry (@boy_myth_legend) on Apr 30, 2019 at 12:17pm PDT

At a reported 5'10" and 150 pounds, he's fairly small, but makes up for it with big air:

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I've changed a lot since high school. 1f4f8.png @scottlesh724 - 2019 1f4f7.png @danielglickerr -2014 #aew #allout #backflip #highschool

A post shared by Jungle Boy " Jack Perry (@boy_myth_legend) on Sep 7, 2019 at 8:01am PDT

It took him a while to warm to the name:

"I'm a big fan of Conor McGregor, and I always noticed how he'd stand before his fights in this monkey-like posture," said Perry. "I always thought that was really cool. I did that in my first fight, when I went by Nate Coy because he is another of my favorite fighters, and 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. It's completely my own. Eventually, I dropped the Nate Coy, and now I am Jungle Boy."

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