if they they were gonna kill him they would have shown the crash

 

WJ is alive but the Jackhammer isn't doing too good.

 

Yeah. He's alright, but the Jackhammer is probably destroyed. So he can't be flying around the planet in his gunship anymore. He'll have to go on the run with everyone else.

 

I reckon Megatron will be keeping him in New Kaon - they probably knew he wasn't dead the same way we do - no explosion. So they fly down, keep him imprisoned for a while and use him to taunt the other Autobots. If the secret is out, then they can use Soundwave to hack screens over the world and broadcast their demands as well as pictures of Wheeljack imprisoned to tempt Autobots to try and help him.

 

My guess is he jumped out at the last minute, I mean come on its jacky where talking about here.

 

How come they only kill off good guys?

 

He's dead Jim.



... but it was probably Makeshift the whole time anyway so its all good.

 

The Jackhammer may have some serious firepower, but it goes down easier than a Black Hawk.

Skyquake, Makeshift, Breakdown, Hardshell, Dreadwing, and numerous Vehicons say hi.  

 

In all honesty I shouldn't be using this to give more proof that Wheeljack will live but...What about Beast Hunters Wheeljack?

 

I suppose that could prove he survived, Fanimus. Maybe he manages to get a Big Damn Hero moment later on, and the peeps he rescues are all: "Whoa, you saved us, how did you survive?", and Jackie just says: "I'm just that awesome."

But seriously, that chainsaw-staff and spiked-out car mode is sick