How A Weird Vince McMahon Talk Led To Bizarre WWE Character
Vince McMahon was known for his impulsive decisions when in charge of WWE, but one led to an oddball character being introduced to the company.
Vince McMahon was forced out of WWE once and for all after a lawsuit was filed accusing him of serious sexual abuse and sex trafficking by a former company employee.
During his time in charge, McMahon oversaw plenty of weird and wacky ideas, and it seems one of them included an Asian cowboy.
Vince McMahon Didn’t Know WWE Star Was Fired
Speaking to Wentworth Bros Entertainment, Jimmy Wang Yang explained how his unusual character came about, as he returned to WWE unexpectedly for the third time:
SmackDown comes to Cincinnati, when I walk in the door, they grab me right away and they’re like ‘hey, we’re going to hire you back.’ You know, this is my actually my third time with the company. So, the after WCW, after Akio, now Jimmy Wang Yang.
So I’m like, man, I want to go thank Vince for this, because it’s kind of odd that you hire someone back that many times. So I knock on the door and he goes ‘Jimmy, come in!’ I say ‘hey Vince, I just want to thank you.’ ‘Oh, I didn’t even realize you was fired, but anyways, last time I didn’t let you talk because you’re this Korean dude that grew up in Georgia! Now we’re going to make a negative a positive, I’m going to make you the Asian redneck! Hahaha! That’s funny, and your name’s going to be Wang Yang because it rhymes! Jimmy Wang Yang! That’s hilarious!’
I told him, ‘as long as that check comes every Monday, I’ll do whatever you want.’ He’s like ‘oh, good, now get out of my office.’
I close the door and was like, that was the weirdest conversation I’ve ever had with anybody in my life. And definitely it being that guy, you know, and his reactions and that laugh and stuff, it was crazy. So that’s how Jimmy Wang came about.
Jimmy Wang Yang has previously admitted that trying to “get laid” is what led to his unexpected return to WWE, with Vince McMahon unaware that he’d even be released.