Early career (2015–2019) Perry started his career on the
independent circuit in 2015 On August 17, 2018, Coy won the
All Pro Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Championship, his first
professional wrestling championship. He later lost it to
Jake Atlas at the Bay Area Bash event on June 15, 2019. In February 2019, Jungle Boy formed a
tag team with fellow independent wrestler
Luchasaurus, dubbed "A Boy and His Dinosaur". In May 2019, Perry wrestled in a tribute match for his late father, defeating his father's friend, actor and former
WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette.
All Elite Wrestling (2019–present) Jurassic Express (2019–2023) In January 2019, Perry signed with the upstart promotion
All Elite Wrestling (AEW), under the Jungle Boy name. He made his AEW debut at the company's inaugural event
Double or Nothing on May 25, competing in the pre-show
Casino Battle Royale, but he was eliminated by
Jimmy Havoc. The following month at
Fyter Fest on June 29, Jungle Boy wrestled Havoc,
Adam Page and
MJF in a
four-way match, which Page won. At
Fight for the Fallen on July 13, Jungle Boy teamed with Luchasaurus against
Angélico and
Jack Evans and
The Dark Order (
Evil Uno and
Stu Grayson) in a
three-way tag team match, but The Dark Order won. Soon after, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus allied themselves with
Marko Stunt, creating a new faction dubbed the "
Jurassic Express". At
All Out on August 31, the Jurassic Express was defeated by
SoCal Uncensored (
Christopher Daniels,
Frankie Kazarian and
Scorpio Sky) in a six-man tag team match. In October, Jungle Boy and Stunt competed in a tournament to determine the inaugural
AEW World Tag Team Champions, but they were eliminated by the
Lucha Brothers (
Pentagón Jr. and
Rey Fénix). On the November 20 episode of
Dynamite, Jungle Boy competed in the
Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale, but failed to win. On the December 4 episode of
Dynamite, Jungle Boy was challenged by
AEW World Champion Chris Jericho to last 10 minutes in the ring with him, which he successfully did on the December 18 episode of
Dynamite. On the January 15, 2020 episode of
Dark, Jungle Boy obtained his first victory in AEW, after the Jurassic Express defeated Strong Hearts (
Cima,
El Lindaman and
T-Hawk). On the February 19 episode of
Dynamite, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus competed in a tag team battle royal to determine the number one contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, but the match was won by
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). At
Double or Nothing on May 23, Jungle Boy was defeated by MJF. On September 5 at
All Out, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus were defeated by The Young Bucks. At
Winter Is Coming on December 2, Jungle Boy entered the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale for the second year in a row, but was eliminated by MJF. At the
Revolution event on March 7, 2021, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus competed in the
Casino Tag Team Royale, but were unsuccessful in winning the match. At
Double or Nothing on May 30, Jungle Boy won the Casino Battle Royale by lastly eliminating
Christian Cage, entitling him to a match for the AEW World Championship, which he received against
Kenny Omega on the June 26 episode of
Dynamite, but lost. On the
All Out pre-show on September 5, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus teamed with
Best Friends (
Orange Cassidy,
Chuck Taylor, and
Wheeler Yuta) to defeat the Hardy Family Office (
Matt Hardy,
Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen), and
The Hybrid 2 (
Angélico and
Jack Evans)) in a 10-man tag team match. Later in the show, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Stunt came to assist Cage after his main event match with Omega, but they were beaten down by Omega and his allies The Young Bucks, as well as the newly debuted
Adam Cole. At
Full Gear on November 13, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Cage defeated The Young Bucks and Cole in a
falls count anywhere match. On the January 5, 2022 episode of
Dynamite, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus defeated the Lucha Brothers to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship. At the
Revolution event on March 6, Jurassic Express successfully defended the championship against The Young Bucks and
reDRagon (
Bobby Fish and
Kyle O'Reilly) in a three-way tag team match. At
Double or Nothing on May 29, they retained the championship in a three-way tag match against
Team Taz (
Ricky Starks and
Powerhouse Hobbs) and Swerve In Our Glory (
Keith Lee and
Swerve Strickland). However, at the
Road Rager special event on June 15, Jurassic Express lost the tag team championship to The Young Bucks in a ladder match, ending their reign at 161 days. After the match, Jungle Boy was betrayed by his mentor Cage, who attacked him following the loss. Jungle Boy initiated a rivalry with Cage, and the two faced each other in a match at
All Out on September 4. At the event, Jungle Boy was defeated in 20 seconds, after Luchasaurus attacked him and allied himself with Cage. At the
Full Gear event on November 19, Jungle Boy, now wrestling under his name as
"Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, defeated Luchasaurus in a
steel cage match. Perry began a short feud with The Firm, where he teamed with
Hook, to defeat
Lee Moriarty,
Ethan Page and
Big Bill in various tag team matches. On the February 15, 2023 episode of
Dynamite, Cage, who had been out with an arm injury since All Out, returned attacking Jungle Boy, renewing their rivalry. At
Revolution on March 5, Jungle Boy defeated Cage in a
Final Burial match ending their feud.
FTW Champion and suspension (2023–2024) After feuding with Cage, Perry entered the
AEW World Championship picture and unsuccessfully challenged for the belt in a fatal four way at
Double or Nothing on May 28 that included then-Champion
MJF,
Sammy Guevara and
Darby Allin. at
Forbidden Door in June 2023 On June 25, at
Forbidden Door, Perry faced
Sanada for the
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in which he lost. After the match, Perry attacked Hook, turning
heel as well as dropping the Jungle Boy persona and only going by his real name. On July 19 at
Dynamite: Blood & Guts, Perry defeated Hook for the
FTW Championship, claiming both his first singles title and Hook's undefeated streak, becoming the first man to defeat Hook since he began his career in 2021. At
All In Zero Hour on August 27, Perry was defeated by Hook, losing the FTW Championship and ending his reign at 39 days. During the match, Perry knocked on the windshield of a car and said "
You know what this is right here? Real glass! Go cry me a river." into the camera. This was allegedly a response to
CM Punk leaking a story about Punk refusing to allow Perry to use real glass for a spot in a planned segment for Perry for an episode of
Collision. After the match, Perry and Punk got into a legitimate altercation right before Punk's match which had to be broken up by Punk's opponent,
Samoa Joe. A week later, AEW owner
Tony Khan terminated Punk's contract and suspended Perry indefinitely. Footage of the altercation was shown on the April 10, 2024 episode of
Dynamite. In kayfabe, it was presented by
The Young Bucks to further their feud with
FTR (
Cash Wheeler and
Dax Harwood)—who are real-life friends with Punk—prior to their match at
Dynasty on April 21, stating the altercation was the reason they lost their match to FTR at All In and conspired that FTR were the masterminds behind the incident, while also siding with Perry.
The Elite (2024–2025) at
All In in August 2024 On April 21, 2024, Perry, with his new "Scapegoat" persona, returned to AEW at
Dynasty and helped the Young Bucks defeat FTR to win the
AEW World Tag Team Championship. On the April 24 episode of
Dynamite, Perry was revealed as a member of
The Elite alongside the Young Bucks and
Kazuchika Okada. At the end of the episode, Perry and the rest of The Elite attacked AEW President and CEO
Tony Khan. At
Double or Nothing on May 26, The Elite defeated Team AEW (
Bryan Danielson,
Darby Allin and FTR) in an
Anarchy in the Arena match, where Perry scored the winning pin on Danielson. On the June 12 episode of
Dynamite, Perry defeated
Dustin Rhodes to qualify for the ladder match for the vacant
AEW TNT Championship at
Forbidden Door on June 30. At Forbidden Door, Perry was able to win the ladder match and capture the TNT Championship for the first time. As TNT Champion, Perry would defend his title on
Dynamite and
Collision in a series of open challenges, successfully defending it against
Marko Stunt,
Lio Rush,
Christopher Daniels,
Minoru Suzuki, and
Action Andretti. At
Blood & Guts, The Elite were defeated by Team AEW (Allin,
Swerve Strickland,
Mark Briscoe and
The Acclaimed (
Max Caster and
Anthony Bowens)) after Matthew Jackson surrendered to save Perry from being set on fire by Allin. On the August 17 episode of
Collision, Perry unveiled his custom TNT Championship belt, featuring the default design but completely spray painted black with red paint splattered on the main plate (mimicking blood) and a warped and tattered leather strap. At
All In, Perry successfully defended his TNT Championship against Allin in a
coffin match. On the following episode of
Dynamite, Perry attacked Danielson, then-AEW World Champion, and challenged him to a match for the championship at
All Out, which Perry lost. On October 12 at
WrestleDream, Perry successfully defended his title against
Katsuyori Shibata. On November 23 at
Full Gear, Perry lost the TNT Championship to
Daniel Garcia, ending his reign at 146 days. After Full Gear, Perry remained off of AEW television for the remainder of 2024 and the majority of 2025. After returning, he began wrestling with the epithet
"Jungle" Jack Perry. On October 18 at
WrestleDream, Jurassic Express defeated The Young Bucks. At
Full Gear on November 22, Jurassic Express teamed with Kenny Omega, losing to the Young Bucks and
Josh Alexander; post-match, Alexander and the
Don Callis Family (
Rocky Romero,
Mark Davis,
El Clon and
Hechicero) attacked Omega and Jurassic Express until the Young Bucks returned to aid them. After fending off the Don Callis Family, Jurassic Express and The Young Bucks shook hands, signaling the end of their feud. On the December 6 episode of
Collision, Perry was announced as an alternate in the Gold League of the
2025 Continental Classic, replacing the injured Darby Allin. Perry finished the tournament with 6 points, but failed advanced to the semi-finals. On December 31 at
Dynamite: New Year's Smash, Perry unsuccessfully challenged
Ricochet for the
AEW National Championship. After the match, Luchasaurus was attacked by
The Demand (Ricochet,
Bishop Kaun, and
Toa Liona) This was done to write him off television as he had suffered a legitmate shoulder injury and would miss some time, leaving Perry as a singles wrestler. On March 15, 2026 at
Revolution, Perry won a
21-man Blackjack Battle Royal to win the National Championship. On April 12 on the Zero Hour pre-show of
Dynasty, Perry successfully defended his title against
Mark Davis.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2024–2025) On January 13, 2024, at
Battle in the Valley, Perry made his
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) debut, where he attacked
Shota Umino; after laying Umino out, he tore up his AEW contract in the ring and donned an armband reading "scapegoat". On February 26, Perry was announced as a participant in the
2024 New Japan Cup. On March 6, Perry made his NJPW in-ring debut, defeating Umino in the first round of the New Japan Cup with the help of
House of Torture. After the match, Perry would accept House of Torture's offer to join the group. Perry would be eliminated in the quarter-final of the New Japan Cup by
Sanada, in a rematch from
Forbidden Door. On April 12 at
Windy City Riot, Perry was defeated by Umino in a rematch. After the match, the two shook hands and hugged, showing their mutual respect. On May 11 at
Resurgence, Perry teamed with fellow House of Torture members
Evil and
Ren Narita, in a winning effort against
Tomohiro Ishii,
Rocky Romero and
The DKC. Later in the show, Perry along with The Young Bucks attacked
Eddie Kingston, whom The Elite was feuding with in AEW. On November 8 at
Fighting Spirit Unleashed, Perry returned to NJPW, where he attacked
Yota Tsuji and challenged him to a match on January 5, 2025 at
Wrestle Dynasty. At the event, Perry unsuccessfully challenged Tsuji for the
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship. ==Professional wrestling style and persona==