Vince McMahon Didn’t Remember Firing Former WWE Star

While speaking to Tommy Dreamer on his House of Hardcore podcast, former WWE star Jimmy Wang Yang spoke about being re-hired by WWE, and how his Jimmy Wang Yang character came to be.

During the interview, Jimmy Wang Yang said that he went to thank Vince McMahon after being re-hired by WWE, only to find out what Vince didn’t even realise he’d fired him in the first place.

He said:

“I got to Columbus [Ohio] and then they was like, ‘Oh, can you do a match?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah sure, whatever’ and they put me on [Sunday Night] Heat with Charlie Haas… and then after that, kinda had a good match with Charlie and then they said, ‘Hey Jimmy, can you come down to Cincinnati? It’s on Tuesday.’ I said, ‘Oh, okay. That’s my backyard so I’ll come down Tuesday’ and by the time I got there and walked in, Johnny [Laurinaitis] said, ‘Hey, come with me. We’re gonna put you under contract again…’ Johnny said, ‘Oh, Vince wants to sign you again.’ I said, ‘Alright, cool,’ because I wasn’t with Ring of Honor at that time. It was no contracts with Ring of Honor. I said, ‘Alright, whatever.’ But, I needed to go thank Vince for this.

“This is like the third time this dude’s hired me. This is kinda crazy. I wasn’t expecting it, but this is the third time so I kinda like sneak in his office, a lil knock and he opens up, ‘Come in!’ I said, ‘Hey Vince, I wasn’t expecting it but thanks for hiring me again.’ He’s like, ‘Oh Jimmy, I didn’t hear you were fired. Just had so much on my plate. But hey, that’s great you’re back and this time, we’re gonna make a negative out of positive. Like last time [when] you were Akio, I didn’t let you talk because you were this Korean dude that has this Southern accent. I can’t let you talk. But this time, we’re gonna make you the Asian Redneck, Jimmy Wang Yang! That’s funny! Wang Yang, that rhymes!’ I was like, ‘Yeah cool Vince, whatever. As long as that check comes Monday, I’ll do whatever you want.’ He’s like, ‘Okay, get out of my office.’”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLiZDieKlGwDEoFY-CbQiKQMiarOQowlvS&v=BjBvP4N–I4&feature=emb_title

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Thanks to POST Wrestling for the transcription.