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! BETTER WILD: Get up to 40% off your order at https://betterwild.com/cvv PRIZE PICKS: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/INSIGHT and use code INSIGHT to get $50 bonus credit in daily fantasy lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! SEAT GEEK: Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/CVV Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount NORDVPN: Exclusive deal! https://nordvpn.com/cvv Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! 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 Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://cvvmerch.com Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet #wwe #wrestling #chrisvanvliet