{"id":39809,"date":"2019-03-04T17:09:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T22:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=39809"},"modified":"2019-03-04T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T22:09:17","slug":"wrestling-community-pays-tribute-to-wrestling-fan-father-luke-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/03\/04\/wrestling-community-pays-tribute-to-wrestling-fan-father-luke-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling Community Pays Tribute To Wrestling Fan &#038; Father Luke Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In sad news on Monday, Hollywood actor <strong>Luke Perry<\/strong> &#8211; best remembered for his portrayal of bad boy <strong>Dylan McKay<\/strong> on <strong>Beverly Hills 90210<\/strong> and recently as <strong>Fred Andrews<\/strong> on <strong>Riverdale<\/strong> &#8211; had passed away as a result of the massive stroke he suffered last week. While not a pro wrestler by any means, the outpouring of tributes by wrestling personalities, from the WWE to indie workers, showed a lifelong wrestling fan who was beloved and respected by all he met on the circuits.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luke Perry recasts &#039;90210&#039; with WWE Superstars on The Edge and Christian Show: WWE Network\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vPKk_6ecd34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While Perry never got into pro wrestling himself &#8211; outside random appearances, such as appearing on <em><strong>SmackDown<\/strong><\/em> back in 2006 or on the <strong>Edge &amp; Christian Show<\/strong> in 2016 &#8211; his son Jack Perry has recently emerged as one of the top indie prospects from the West Coast. Wrestling as <strong>Jungle Boy<\/strong>, he wowed West Coast promotions and earlier this year was signed to <strong>All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong>. Sadly, Luke will not get a chance to see his son perform for the company. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the entire Perry family during this hard time.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattJackson13\/status\/1088622504896122880<\/p>\n<p>The wrestling world joined the rest of the entertainment community in expressing their love for the beloved actor and how much his love and respect for the wrestling community was felt by all he met on his travels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WWE is saddened to learn that \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d and \u201cRiverdale\u201d star Luke Perry has passed away at age 52. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4RKTW6yFOM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/4RKTW6yFOM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1102675140796653570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are saddened to learn that Luke Perry, father of AEW\u2019s Jungle Boy has passed away at the age of 52, and our thoughts are with the Perry family. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FlSVG7WVG8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/FlSVG7WVG8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1102631487785062400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1st got to meet Luke when Dad brought him backstage at wcw. The highlight of my match in the cow palace was him coming back to tell us we did a good job. Blessed to have the chance to talk to him recently about his son. He was part of our wrestling family &amp; will be sorely missed<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyRhodes\/status\/1102635888188755973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s very sad to hear about the passing of Luke Perry at such an early age. Met him a few times, was always friendly &amp; nice. My thoughts are with his family right now, especially his son, pro wrestler Jack &quot;Jungle Boy&quot; Perry.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MATTHARDYBRAND\/status\/1102643838898733056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Luke Perry. 90210 was one of my favorite TV shows and I always hoped to be as cool as Dylan McKay. I copied his answering machine and his sideburns. My wrestling name was almost Zack McKay&#8230;but I thought it was too obvious that I was combining Zack Morris &amp; Dylan McKay. \ud83d\ude22 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sh1zSuOvU9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sh1zSuOvU9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Cardona (@TheMattCardona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMattCardona\/status\/1102634293317246976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Had the pleasure of meeting Luke Perry on a couple occasions. He was a normal guy&#8230; humble and kind. <\/p>\n<p>He passed these traits on to his son Jack, whom everyone at GCW is thinking of today.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; brett lauderdale (@Lauderdale11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lauderdale11\/status\/1102676380934914048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I met Luke Perry in 2009, at a show in San Francisco, CA.<\/p>\n<p>He came into the locker room &amp; told me how much he enjoyed my match. He said I was his favorite &amp; asked to take a photo together. It was beyond ridiculous &amp; totally surreal. He was SO nice &amp; way too cool.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPLukePerry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RIPLukePerry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vrR2aFy6BI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vrR2aFy6BI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arik Cannon (@arikcannon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arikcannon\/status\/1102679182436372481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LuFisto\/status\/1102628111173193728<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The United Wrestling Network and Championship Wrestling From Arizona send our condolences to Jungle Boy on the passing of his father Luke Perry. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JWlRZm6ZEt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/JWlRZm6ZEt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CWFAZ (@cwfaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cwfaz\/status\/1102656253870764032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just saw that Luke Perry passed today. Terrible sadden to hear that, have met him multiple times, and he has always been great and super supportive in his sons wrestling aspirations. So sorry for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boy_myth_legend?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@boy_myth_legend<\/a> cant imagine.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Cage (@briancagegmsi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briancagegmsi\/status\/1102635857759166465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s terrible to hear Luke Perry died. I mean it especially from the standpoint of him being a supportive father. Met him years ago at west coast shows, for many years he constantly helped his son follow his dreams of wrestling. May he rest in peace<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Luke Hawx (@LukeHawx504) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LukeHawx504\/status\/1102634777725857792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I met Luke Perry backstage during an ECW\/Smackdown show.  He was so nice!  We took a pic together but I can\u2019t find it \ud83d\ude2d <\/p>\n<p>Thank you wrestling for bringing me moments that I\u2019ll never forget.  RIP Luke Perry \ud83d\udc94<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f Shelly Martinez\ud83e\udd87 (@ShellyFromCali) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellyFromCali\/status\/1102637430795001856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saddened by the loss of Luke Perry. I always enjoyed 90210 and his role in the Buffy film as a kid.<\/p>\n<p>I had the pleasure of wrestling his immensely talented son <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boy_myth_legend?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@boy_myth_legend<\/a> 2 weeks ago in LA.<\/p>\n<p>Jack and the rest of the family are in my thoughts today..<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPLukePerry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RIPLukePerry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gregory Iron (@GregoryIron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregoryIron\/status\/1102672192347693056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So crazy to hear that Luke Perry has died so young! RIP &#8230;. reminds us to enjoy everyday and be grateful for what we have.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gailkimITSME\/status\/1102633012402028545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankieKazarian\/status\/1102631921954091008<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I had the pleasure of meeting Luke Perry in the mid-2000s at a WWE St Louis show.  He was there to see Dusty.   <\/p>\n<p>He was so respectful and loved the wrestling business.  <\/p>\n<p>Sending thoughts and prayers to the family, including his son who is now wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Lagana (@Lagana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lagana\/status\/1102637115702165504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow. This is heartbreaking news. Prayers to his family and friends. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5PwyCBf4kc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/5PwyCBf4kc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Madison Rayne (@MadisonRayne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MadisonRayne\/status\/1102630260250722306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeyRyanOnline\/status\/1102631582437859328<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In sad news on Monday, Hollywood actor Luke Perry &#8211; best remembered for his portrayal of bad boy Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills 90210 and recently as Fred Andrews on Riverdale &#8211; had passed away as a result of the massive stroke he suffered last week. While not a pro wrestler by any means, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":39832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,547,6],"tags":[3868,4680],"class_list":["post-39809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-in-memorium","category-north-america","tag-jungle-boy","tag-luke-perry"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}