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Report: Jimmy Yang done with WWE producer role after tryout

Posted on by Josh Nason

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Jimmy Yang’s tryout as a WWE producer is reportedly over, according to PWInsider.

They reported Monday that Yang (James Yun) decided the position wasn’t for him and he moved on instead. In late-October, Dave Meltzer reported in that week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Yang had started with the company in the new role.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that WWE was the one who ‘opted to not continue the tryout in that role several weeks ago.”

He has operated several other businesses outside pro wrestling including a party bus company.

The 40-year-old had two previous runs with WWE as an in-ring performer, the most recent of which ended in May 2010. He was a WCW Power Plant graduate and worked for that company, TNA, MLW, All-Japan, Ring of Honor and other indies during his tenure. After retiring in 2013, he returned to action in 2021 alongside his daughter, Jazzy, who is now a pro wrestler.

WWE’s current producer crop includes Chris Park, Shane Helms, Molly Holly, Jason Jordan, Petey Williams, TJ Wilson and Kenn Doane.

WWE notes: Jimmy Yang, referees, Saudi Arabia, Vince McMahon

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In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer had a note on a new producer hire, a directive when bringing on future referees, and more.

Meltzer reported that Jimmy Yang (James Yung) started as a producer on Raw this week.

The 40-year-old had two runs with the company as an in-ring performer during his career, the most recent of which ended in May 2010. While he never won a title, he was arguably best remembered for his Jimmy Wang Yang, a cowboy character he rolled out while there in 2006.

A WCW Power Plant product that started in 1999, he also competed in then-TNA, MLW, All Japan and Ring of Honor during his career. He went into semi-retirement in 2013, but returned in 2021 to team with his daughter, Jazzy, three times. Jazzy appeared on the recent NWA Empower pay-per-view.

A few other WWE-related notes of interest from Meltzer’s newsletter:

  • There’s a new directive when it comes hiring referees: they should be shorter to make the talent look taller.
  • Vince McMahon returned to Saudi Arabia this week in a planned trip to have more “business-related discussions.”
  • As mentioned on WOR this past week, WWE “met with officials at London’s Wembley Stadium and Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium recently” in regard to their announced Labor Day weekend pay-per-view.
  • Also regarding the schedule, “WWE sources have confirmed that the February and October shows would be Saudi Arabia dates on Thursdays.”
  • In discussing the Charlotte Flair-Becky Lynch situation from last week’s SmackDown, he said Flair has “a long time, said to be more than a year, left on a WWE contract that guarantees her seven figures annually.”