Jimmy Yang
Jimmy Yang | |
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Birth name | James Carson Yun[1] |
Born | [2][3] Los Angeles, California, U.S.[2][4] | May 13, 1981
Children | 1 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Akio[2] Akio Yang[5] Apeman[6] Jimmy Yang Jimmy Wang Yang[2] Yun Yang |
Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2][7] |
Billed weight | 206 lb (93 kg)[7] |
Billed from | Austell, Georgia[7] |
Trained by | WCW Power Plant[1] |
Debut | June 1999[2] |
James Carson Yun (born May 13, 1981) is an American former professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment from 1999 to 2010, under the ring names Jimmy Yang, Akio and Jimmy Wang Yang.
Yun was trained in the Power Plant, the
He also starred in All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he won the World's Strongest Junior Tag League in 2002 with Kaz Hayashi and the Junior League in 2010.
Early life
Yun was born in
Professional wrestling career
World Championship Wrestling (1999–2001)
In June 1999, Yun signed with World Championship Wrestling, making his WCW television debut in January 2000 under the ring name "Jimmy Yang". He was originally a part of the Jung Dragons faction along with Jamie-San and Kaz Hayashi. They were brought into WCW by Jimmy Hart to feud with 3 Count, another faction.[9] They made their pay-per-view debut at New Blood Rising, losing a ladder match to 3 Count.[10] They added a manager, Leia Meow, and continued the feud with 3 Count, until, in late 2000, Jamie-San unmasked and left the group, becoming known as Jamie Knoble and forming a tag team with former 3 Count member Evan Karagias.[11] The team of Hayashi and Yang feuded with Knoble and Karagias until the WWF purchased WCW.
World Wrestling Federation (2001)
In March 2001, the World Wrestling Federation acquired Yun's contract and assigned him to the company's Heartland Wrestling Association developmental territory, but he was released in December 2001.[12][2]
All Japan Pro Wrestling (2002)
In 2002, Yun joined
NWA Total Nonstop Action (2002–2003)
From May to August 2002, Yang was one third of the Flying Elvises in
Independent circuit (2002–2003)
On December 20, 2002 Yang made his Major League Wrestling debut at King of Kings, where he and Mike Sanders lost to "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and PJ Friedman.[2] He competed regularly in MLW throughout 2003, both in singles and tag team competition.[2] At the War Games and J Cup USA show on September 19, 2003, Yang competed in the Super J Cup USA tournament, defeating Juventud Guerrera in the first round, but losing to Christopher Daniels in the second.[22]
Return to WWE (2003–2005)
Tajiri's henchman (2003–2004)
In September 2003, following a match with
Low carder status (2004-2005)
This left Yun on his own to become a lower card wrestler and
Ring of Honor (2005–2006)
After being released from WWE, Yun wrestled in Ring of Honor (ROH). He debuted on October 1, 2005, at the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan, losing to James Gibson.[25] He lost once again the following night to Christopher Daniels[26] and again two weeks later to Roderick Strong, causing him to kayfabe take some time away from the company.[27]
He returned to ROH in January 2006 where he recorded his first win in ROH, teaming with
Second return to WWE (2006-2010)
Cruiserweight division (2006–2007)
In May 2006, Yun made a return to WWE, as Akio, on an edition of
In December 2006, Yang became the number one contender for the
Teaming with Shannon Moore (2007–2008)
On the October 12 episode of SmackDown!, Jamie Noble, in order to weed out the competition for the vacant Cruiserweight Championship, told
Various storylines (2008–2010)
On June 9, 2008, Yun was suspended for thirty days for his first violation of the WWE Wellness Policy.[42] He made his return on the July 18 edition of SmackDown, being defeated by the repackaged The Brian Kendrick.[43] In September 2009, Yun sustained cuts and bruises to his back from Kane after being attacked with a Singapore cane on an episode of WWE Superstars.[44]
In late 2009, Yang formed a tag team with Slam Master J and in their first match as a team, they lost to The Hart Dynasty on the December 10 episode of Superstars.[45] On the December 18 episode of SmackDown, Yang and J lost a rematch to the Dynasty.[46] On the January 14, 2010 episode of Superstars, Yang and J scored their first win as a team after they defeated Mike Knox and Charlie Haas.[47] Jimmy Wang Yang's last match in the WWE was a dark match at WrestleMania 26. Vs took part in a 26-man Battle Royal, that was won by Yoshi Tatsu. [48] On April 22, 2010, Yun was released from his WWE contract.[49]
Independent circuit (2010–2013, 2016 - present)
In May 2010, after being released by WWE, Yun returned to the independent circuit as Jimmy Yang and was announced to be part of the new HighSpots Pro Wrestling Superstars talent booking roster.[50]
On July 25, 2010, Yun, as Jimmy Yang, returned to All Japan Pro Wrestling to take part in the 2010 Junior League.[51] Yang finished second in his block, after victories over Shuji Kondo, MAZADA and Taka Michinoku, and advanced to the semifinals of the tournament.[51][52][53] On August 8 Yang first defeated Minoru in the semifinals and then KAI in the finals to win the 2010 Junior Heavyweight League.[54] With his victory Yang had earned a shot at the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated in his title match on August 29 by the defending champion, Yang's former tag team partner, Kaz Hayashi.[55]
Return to TNA (2011)
On June 27, 2011, Yang made a one night return to TNA at the tapings of the June 30 edition of Impact Wrestling, working in his old Flying Elvis gimmick and losing to Low Ki in a three–way first round match of a tournament for a TNA contract, which also included Matt Bentley.[56][57]
Third return to WWE (2021)
Yun returned to the WWE as a backstage producer on October 25, 2021 during the live Raw broadcast.[58] On December 28, Yun announced that WWE released him from his producer role.[59]
Personal life
Yun has a brother named Johnathan, who is a professional breakdancer.[60] He also has a daughter named Jazmine.[61][62] He owns a professional wrestling school called Pro Training, LLC. located in Cincinnati, Ohio.[63] In late October 2010, Yun started a pest control business called "Jimmy's Pest Control" in the Cincinnati area.[64] He currently has 'redneck party bus' and 'princess party bus' businesses.[62]
Other media
Yun appears in the 2009 film Royal Kill as a police officer.[65]
Yun made his WWE video game debut in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. He appears in the video game King of Colosseum Red released in 2002.
Championships and accomplishments
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- Junior League (2010)[54]
- Bape Sta!! Tag Tournament (2003) – with Satoshi Kojima[66]
- World's Strongest Junior Tag League (2002) – with Kaz Hayashi[15]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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I don't particularly appreciate seeing this narrative saying that I quit. It takes A LOT for me to quit anything. Almost a month ago, @WWE chose not to move forward with me being a producer, and I was perfectly fine with their decision.
- ISSN 8756-7792.
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External links
- James Yun at IMDb
- Jimmy Yang's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database