Jimmy Yang

For the comedian, see Jimmy O. Yang.
Jimmy Yang
Yun in 2007
Birth nameJames Carson Yun[1]
Born (1981-05-13) May 13, 1981 (age 43)[2][3]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[2][4]
Children1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Akio[2]
Akio Yang[5]
Apeman[6]
Jimmy Yang
Jimmy Wang Yang[2]
Yun Yang
Billed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2][7]
Billed weight206 lb (93 kg)[7]
Billed fromAustell, Georgia[7]
Trained byWCW Power Plant[1]
DebutJune 1999[2]

James Carson Yun (born May 13, 1981) is an American 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 World Championship Wrestling farm territory. He worked in WCW until its closure in 2001. During the following years, he worked for several promotions. In the United States, he worked with NWA Total Nonstop Action (where he was part of the promotion's first match) or Ring of Honor, but most notably with World Wrestling Entertainment, where he had three different stints from 2001 to 2002, 2003 to 2005 and 2006 to 2010. During his last stint, he wrestled as Jimmy Wang Yang, an Asian-American cowboy and redneck.

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.

  1. ^ a b Melok, Bobby (December 18, 2013). "Where Are They Now?: Jimmy Wang Yang". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
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  3. ^ "California Births, 1905 - 1995". Family Tree Legends. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference gerweck-yang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "FWE Welcome to the Rumble 2". Family Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  6. ^ "Jimmy Yang Profile". Wrestling Data. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  7. ^ a b c "WWE profile".