Jack Perry on He Thought He’d Only Be Away From AEW For 1-2 Months Before Return, Origin of His Jungle Boy Character, His Issues with “Four Pillars” Storyline, & Wanting to Bring Darker Vibe for Jurassic Express Reunion

As noted before, Jack Perry made his surprise return to AEW and reunited Jurassic Express with Luchasaurus at this past September’s All Out 2025 event.

VICE held a recent interview with Perry. One of the topics discussed included Perry’s thoughts about how he originally thought he would only have been away from AEW for a month or two after Full Gear 2024. Perry also gave his thoughts about his recent reunion with Luchasaurus.

“I thought I was gonna be off a month or two and then be back. But then things just change a lot and that’s how it goes. I will say, Luchasaurus and I were always going to be back together doing something. We knew that from the day that we broke up as a tag team the first time. I also felt I had such a good run the year before. I was like, ‘I don’t know if I’m gonna be able to top that right now.’ We concluded this is probably the best time for us to do this.”

Perry also gave his thoughts about the origin of his Jungle Boy character.

“People were always trying to push me to be my dad and do 90210. They’re like, ‘Oh, wouldn’t it be funny if you’re from Beverly Hills and this and that?’ No, guys. I really don’t want to do that. I’m trying to do my own thing here. So when I got the Jungle Boy thing, they’d say, ‘Can you send a promo and say this?’”

Perry also gave his thoughts about his issues with the “Four Pillars” storyline and him being branded as one alongside MJF, Sammy Guevara, and Darby Allin for their four-way match at Double or Nothing 2023.

“The pillars thing up to that point was the most miserable I had ever been. I didn’t wanna do that at that time. I literally said, I begged, I was like, ‘Can we do this later? I feel like this is only really benefiting one person and we all could grow so much more.’ I was kinda floating around killing time until he got back so I could beat him. After I beat him, the next thing I got put in was that. I was like, ‘Could you guys let me get going a little bit? Sammy could be built up even more, Darby, and this could be a huge thing where any one of us could win the world title at the end of this.’”

Perry also gave his thoughts about how he wants to bring a “darker vibe” for Jurassic Park’s reunion run in AEW.

“It was interesting with the Scapegoat thing because I would get a mixed reaction. At certain times, I almost felt like a babyface. My idea was, I’m not the bad guy, I’m really the ultimate good guy here.”

I think it’s more interesting when it’s not so black and white and I think even if it’s leaning more towards the babyface side, I think there’s definitely a darker vibe with both of us than there was before. It’s a story, it’s always evolving. We are evolving. The sort of world that we are in is evolving. I think the more we can be open to that the more interesting it’ll be and the better it is.”