James Yun is a professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE as Jimmy Wang Yang. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Indianapolis, IN to discuss how meeting DDP on Halloween led to the start of his pro wrestling journey, Vince McMahon forgetting he had fired him, how he was pitched the Jimmy Wang Yang character, wrestling as a flying Elvis in TNA, running a party bus company, his daughter Jazzy Yang now wrestling, and more!

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00:00 Intro
00:58 Howdy Chris!
02:37 Backyard wrestling
04:07 Meeting DDP on Halloween as a kid
08:12 Getting into wrestling
09:33 How DDP helped him become a wrestler
11:31 Getting a WCW contract when he was 18
18:11 His reception by the locker room in WCW
20:49 Not knowing WCW was going out of business
21:50 Seeing Shane McMahon at the final WCW Monday Nitro
25:50 Not lasting long in WWE after they bought WCW
28:16 Yang Time
30:49 Becoming Jimmy Wang Yang/getting rehired by WWE
43:00 His other characters that weren't as popular
48:41 Being paired with Torrie Wilson
51:08 "That may be Michael Hayes' son"
53:06 Life after wrestling
55:32 Skyline Chili
57:47 Seeing some wild things on his party bus
59:59 His daughter, Jazzy Yang
01:01:14 His character would still work today
01:02:22 The offensive parts of his character
01:04:54 His autobiography
01:07:44 Is he retired from wrestling?
01:08:51 Match vs Chavo Guerrero On Smackdown
01:10:07 3 things he's grateful for

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