The Young Bucks believe Jack Perry is wrestling’s next breakout star.
Perry, who appears destined to return to AEW shortly, received a mixed but passionate reaction in Chicago for Windy City Riot on Friday. His match with Shota Umino took place two days after security footage of his altercation with CM Punk backstage at AEW All In aired on Dynamite.
Speaking to Sports Illustrated, Matthew and Nicholas Jackson said Perry has an “edge and swagger” to him now coming off his run in NJPW with House of Torture. They believe all the controversy involving what happened at All In has given him a chip on his shoulder.
“He’s been the next breakout star for a while now and he just needed something controversial to happen to him to open people’s eyes,” said Nick Jackson. “It happened with us early on in our careers, too.”
“Jack Perry was one of my original AEW hires,” said Matt Jackson. “I saw a video clip of him on the indies, and then I went and watched everything I could find. Years prior, I’d heard stories about a nine-year-old boy being brought to wrestling training in Southern California by his celebrity dad Luke Perry. I wondered, whatever happened to that kid? Apparently, he’d been working hard and turning into a heck of a talent. I watched the videos and thought, ‘Whoa. Young, handsome SoCal kid with a great head of hair. Seems misunderstood. Has tons of confidence. He reminds me a lot of me and Nicholas at his age.’
“Coming back from Japan, Jack Perry now has that edge and swagger. And coming off all of this BS he’s been dealing with, he has a chip on his shoulder. He’s a dangerous cat right now and is about to blow up.”
Regarding AEW’s decision to air the security footage from AEW All In, the Bucks say they have no regrets regarding their part in the segment. Matthew Jackson reiterated previous storyline comments made about the segment, saying it was important for them to tell the fans why they lost to FTR in Wembley that night.
“Since we are wrestling FTR at Dynasty, and with it being the first time doing that since All In London, so many feelings and thoughts came rushing back,” said Matt Jackson. “Old wounds were reopened. We decided it was only fair to be transparent and honest with our fans. We needed to give them context about why we feel we came up short at All In London. Our bodies were there in the ring wrestling FTR at Wembley, but our minds were in the back with the scapegoat in the entire situation, Jack Perry. The three of us specifically were wronged that night, and I haven’t gotten over that.”
“As EVPs, we were given a task for that week by the boss and we did it to the best of our abilities. Zero regret.”
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- Young Bucks say Jack Perry ‘needed something controversial’ to open people’s eyes
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