Vince McMahon Rehired Jimmy Wang Yang for the Most Unexpected Reason: Wrestling History

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4.7 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we dive into one of the most unexpected backstage stories in modern WWE history involving Jimmy Wang Yang. After a brief release from the company, an off-the-wall locker room moment somehow worked its way back to Vince McMahon — and the result shocked everyone involved.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the wrestling history channel. I'm Steve Fall and on today's edition, I'm going to give you a classic interview with one of your favorite wrestlers. Enjoy.
0:11.0	But on today's edition, I guess I should have brought my cowboy hat because I'm talking to Jimmy, Wang, gang. How are you doing today?
0:18.0	Howdy, Steve? How the hell are you, man?
0:21.7	Just kidding.
0:22.3	That's the character.
0:23.2	Wait a minute.
0:24.3	Wait a minute.
0:26.7	Are you telling me you don't have a southern accent?
0:34.2	I can have a southern accent, but I just grew up in the south.
0:38.4	It's been shut off over the years of traveling around the world, I'm assuming.
0:39.5	But that's amazing.
0:41.8	What's on your shirt?
0:44.3	So who's the Yang?
0:46.0	Jazzy Yang.
0:47.5	That's right.
0:50.0	You got a daughter who's in the business, right?
0:51.2	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:00.9	She's in the business following my path or following her path and crazy, crazy, crazy experience.
1:07.0	Yeah, I wish she would have said she wanted to be a doctor, but she told me she wanted to be a professional wrestler.
1:13.3	Either one either fix bones or one breaks bones.
1:15.8	We'll see how the time frame goes there.
1:17.6	But Jazzy Yang is your daughter.
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