‘Scapegoat’ Jack Perry video airs at NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo

Jack Perry has his sights set on Shota Umino. 

A vignette for “Scapegoat” Jack Perry aired during Saturday’s NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo event following Umino’s participation in a tag team match in the main card opener. 

Umino responded to the video provocation with an interesting threat to Perry: 

https://twitter.com/GIFSkullX/status/1761261412922298617

In Perry’s surprise appearance at NJPW Battle in the Valley last month, the former Jungle Boy attacked Umino and proceeded to tear up his AEW contract. 

The “Scapegoat” moniker is an inside reference to Perry being suspended indefinitely by AEW following a backstage altercation with CM Punk at All In last August, with the tearing of the contract an attempt at a worked shoot angle.

Perry has been announced for NJPW Windy City Riot on Friday, April 12 in Chicago. A matchup against Umino on that show appears the likely direction. Tetsuya Naito vs. Jon Moxley, plus Hiromu Takahashi have officially been announced for the Windy City Riot card.

Perry’s vignette is embedded in the NJPW World social media post below. 

Our coverage of The New Beginning is here.