Jack Perry Almost Had A Lamborghini Instead Of A Bus

During his time as “The Scapegoat,” Jack Perry introduced the world to the Scapegoat bus, which he drove from town to town.

The decision to bring a bus to the arena was Perry’s idea, which almost went in a much different direction.

“Some people out there despise the bus — the bus is one of my favorite things ever. We were getting ready to do Anarchy in the Arena, it was me, the Bucks, and [Kazuchika] Okada. The Bucks told me, ‘We’re gonna do this special entrance and we’re gonna pull up in a Cyber Truck. Okada is gonna pull up in a Ferrari. Do you want a Lamborghini or something?’ I was thinking about it like, I mean, that would be sick. But I don’t really think that’s the vibe of what I’m doing right now,” recalled Perry to Haley Anne of VICE.

He continued, “I remembered that Darby in real life had been hit by a bus. I was like, ‘I think it would be funny if I pulled up in a bus and there was blood all over the front of it, implying I ran Darby over.’ They’re like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s cool.’ So I texted them [AEW] and I was like, ‘Hey guys, I don’t want a Lamborghini, I just want a bus. It can be s**tty and beat up or whatever, it doesn’t matter. Can we paint blood on the front of it?’

“They go, ‘Oh, well, it’s in two days. We don’t know if we can get you a bus in time.’ You can give me a Lamborghini but you can’t find me a bus? So I texted my sister and I told Anna, I was like, ‘I need you guys to find me a bus,’ they went on Facebook Marketplace; they’re magicians. Long story short, there was a bus in my driveway four hours later that I paid cash for. It was an absolute piece of junk.

“Driving back, I almost got gassed out with the exhaust coming through the floor, I almost passed out. So we got home and I called my friend Poncho, one of my best friends, he’s sort of a mechanic, sort of not. He helps me with all my crazy projects. He’s like, ‘Yeah, dude, I’ll come over and get it set up.’ So we fixed it enough that it wouldn’t kill me to drive it to Vegas. Then it came time to drive to Vegas. It was me, Anna, and Luchasaurus. The thing has no windows, it has no air conditioning, no windshield wipers. The gas meter doesn’t work. We made it to Rancho Cucamonga and it started smoking and was destroyed.”

Fortunately, the bus was able to be salvaged.

“It was only really meant to be used for that one day to try and run Darby over again. But then I kind of fell in love with it and it was sitting in my driveway. It came time I wanted to do this entrance for, I think it was All Out last year, I was wrestling Bryan Danielson. I had watched The Dark Knight or something, and there were these like armored cars going through the city. I was telling Luchasaurus, ‘I wanna get an armored car and drive through the city up to the venue.’ He’s like, ‘Dude, I think you should drive the bus, it’s more bada** and that’s your thing. Anyone could have an armored car, only you could have this beat-up bus.’ I was like, ‘You know what, dude? You’re right.’ Honestly, it ended up being some of the most fun I’ve ever had, just driving that horrible vehicle around,” said Perry.

It is unknown if Perry will keep the bus now that he’s no longer the Scapegoat and reunited with Luchasaurus as the Jurassic Express.

While making the media rounds, Perry commented on reuniting with Luchasaurus. You can find his full comments here.