The “Scapegoat” character was the first time since the “Brawl In” incident where fans around the world were allowed to see Jack Perry for who he really was, and who he really wanted to be as he also revealed that there was some disconnect between himself and the Jungle Boy character. “I think what the scapegoat thing did for me was really let me be myself more than I ever had before, and there were elements of me in Jungle Boy, but obviously I’m not an actual Jungle Boy you know?” 

Perry explained that after a while, the Jungle Boy character was something that he couldn’t fully relate to as he wouldn’t make monkey noises and a real Jungle Boy wouldn’t sound like Perry. By contrast, his transformation into the “Scapegoat” character allowed him to do things his way, and NJPW was the right place to begin that character’s journey. “I felt like New Japan really was the perfect place. The way they had those little post-match promos set up, you literally walk through the door sweaty and out of breath and whatever, and someone just has a camera there. There’s no one saying ‘Hey, I want you to do this’ or whatever, there’s no time to even think. So it just like–some of them turn out s***y and some of them turn out cool, but it allows you to be you in a different way.”

Perry is now back in AEW teaming with Luchasaurus once again as the Jurassic Express, something that Perry pushed for since Luchasaurus made a full recovery from a case of double pneumonia. The former AEW TNT Champion realized that life is short and if you want to do something, you have to do it now, hence why he is teaming with one of his best friends again rather than bringing the “Scapegoat” back to AEW.

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