Jack Perry tears up AEW contract in NJPW debut

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Jack Perry made his first appearance since All In at Saturday’s NJPW Battle in the Valley, tearing up his AEW contract in his company debut.

Perry jumped the rail following the main card opener at Battle in the Valley, attacking NJPW’s Shota Umino. Perry then tore up an AEW contract in the ring, and put an armband reading “scapegoat” on.

After a backstage altercation with CM Punk at AEW All In in London in August, Perry was suspended indefinitely by AEW. His current AEW status is unknown. 

There was speculation that AEW’s The Devil could eventually be unmasked as Perry as a way to reintroduce him into company storylines, but Adam Cole was revealed as The Devil at Worlds End last month. 

In December, Perry filed for several trademarks including for his “Jungle Boy” moniker, “Jurassic Express” — the team name he used with Luchasaurus, as well as “A Boy and His Dinosaur,” another name for his team with Luchasaurus. 

While Saturday marked Perry’s NJPW debut, he did wrestle once on a joint AEW-NJPW event, as he challenged SANADA for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at last June’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view.

Video of Perry tearing up the AEW contract is embedded below.