Jungle Boy Heel Turn

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

This should be a PPV match so I wonder how they'll stretch it over 8-9 weeks. They could do a TV match and then a stip match in Chicago but it would have to be done well to get there.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Not really related but I’ve been thinking it for a bit and it feels like an appropriate place to bring it up, I the only one who thinks Jungle Boy looks a lot like Jim Morrison?

[markymark]

Jun 26, 2023 11:08:10 GMT -5 Mid-Carder said:

I hope they don't put him and Anna Jay together. It would suck to have yet another woman reduced to a valet because she's associated with a man

Sadly this would be an upgrade over being part of JAS which now barely means a thing in 2023.

[Cyno]

I want him back with Christian, too, because it'd be a good full circle moment.

[salz4life]

Jun 26, 2023 12:49:20 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Not really related but I’ve been thinking it for a bit and it feels like an appropriate place to bring it up, I the only one who thinks Jungle Boy looks a lot like Jim Morrison?

I think if he trimmed his hair a little, possibly.

[Kalmia]

I still want Sideshow Jack Perry. Only, he should take inspiration from Sideshow Bob instead of his Dad and carry a rake to the ring.

[tagteammatchplaya]

He got tired of playing Hide and Seek alone while rushing cross the forest, no more monkey business on a sunny afternoon

[markymark]

Japanese Media showed no mercy for Jack.

[markymark]

That was funny

[Hypnosis]

[Hernan]

I'm looking forward for this heel turn. Out of the four pillars, he's the only one I consider my favourite. I prefer Perry going solo rather than reuniting with Christian & Luchasaurus, just to build him up for a little bit. Maybe a reunion down the road with them.

Jun 26, 2023 5:57:26 GMT -5 Spider2024 said:

Jun 25, 2023 23:33:37 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

Well worth it if we get a slowed down evil version of Tarzan Boy.

Or a dark, hard rock cover of the song. TK owns the rights to the original, they have cover carte blanche.

I know Mikey Rukus did a cover of "Tarzan Boy" under that genre for Perry to use it on AEW YouTube shows. The version posted online on Rukus' account has a R8ed R feature (the same guy that provided vocals for Top Flight's and Komander's theme). However, it is too babyface for my taste.

[Mozenrath]

I know the probable direction is him challenging for the FTW title and maybe winning it, but I also would not hate a Jurassic Express reunion whenever the TNT title changes hands again, just, as heels.

[Bo Rida]

You know those promos Punk does where starts naming wrestlers he likes, used to always be Britt?
Well he should now endorse Jungle Boy every chance he gets, no matter how ridiculous.

Being announced as CM Punk's favourite wrestler Jack Perry would be hilarious.

Not sure they should actually allign though, maybe just mutual appreciation on different shows.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Sheesh. How bad were these babyface promos of his that it killed his babyface overness and necessitated a heel run?

[Dub H]

Jun 26, 2023 17:47:28 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Sheesh. How bad were these babyface promos of his that it killed his babyface overness and necessitated a heel run?

I dont think it killed his babyface overness ,he was still pretty over but the transition from Jungle Boy ,friend to a dinosaur. To Edgy Early Adult was... weird, it did feel like something was missing.

[bearned]

Jun 26, 2023 17:47:28 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Sheesh. How bad were these babyface promos of his that it killed his babyface overness and necessitated a heel run?

Dude was still over but boy was he outclassed on the mic during that pillar match run up. It was clear then that he needed a change in direction.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Jun 26, 2023 18:40:47 GMT -5 bearned said:

Jun 26, 2023 17:47:28 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Sheesh. How bad were these babyface promos of his that it killed his babyface overness and necessitated a heel run?

Dude was still over but boy was he outclassed on the mic during that pillar match run up. It was clear then that he needed a change in direction.

Fans booing him after he did not use the chair to gain an edge and possibly win the title did not do him any favors after he just the "killer instinct" storyline with Christian 

[markymark]

Jun 26, 2023 17:47:28 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Sheesh. How bad were these babyface promos of his that it killed his babyface overness and necessitated a heel run?

The Pillars feud was the worst thing to happen to his face run.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jun 26, 2023 6:39:30 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

It's not often in AEW I think "thsi guy needs to turn heel so he can have a personality", maybe because characters are often a little more muted in AEW in general, but good god please tell me that him going heel is going to come with him getting a personality. A character. Anything. Dude's a really good wrestler but he's got nothing else going right now, and shedding the Jungle Boy schtick might be a good first step in nailing down an actual identity. This past year of him with the leather jackets and the cussing and the still coming out to Italo disco coming out dressed like Tarzan has been sloppy and a mess any time Christian isn't there to step by step ensure that everything works flawlessly. I'd argue he's been the guy most held up by his 'mentor' figure among the pillars just because without Christian it feels like the wheels kept falling off.

I hate everything they have done with him character wise since the split so maybe turning him heel will suck less

[Nosnorb]

Jun 26, 2023 12:57:35 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I want him back with Christian, too, because it'd be a good full circle moment.

Cage and Jungle Boy reunite -