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Jimmy Wang Yang joins us for a no-filter ride through his wild wrestling journey. From his WCW tryout match in a bar to becoming the youngest wrestler ever signed, to WWE’s endless releases, the Cowboy gimmick, and even the craziest stories from his legendary party bus — nothing’s off limits.He opens up about chasing opportunities, working the Great Muta, Vince forgetting he fired him, and how his daughter now wants to wrestle. Plus, Jimmy’s new autobiography is out — and trust us, the stories hit just as hard as this episode.Chapters 00:00 - Introductions, Jimmy calls out Codie 01:28 - Jimmy’s written an autobiography, his WCW try out match being in a bar05:59 - How try out matches work08:06 - The jobs he did to pay for his wrestling training? 12:06 - Jimmy's wrestling school13:22- What happened after his WCW tryout, becoming the youngest wrestler to ever sign with WCW18:15 - Going to the WCW Power Plant 22:05 - Having offers to play college baseball, how much was his first WCW contract27:46 - The transition from WCW to WWE, and working the final WCW Nitro 33:04 - Being released a record amount of times 33:57 - JWY talking shit, working the Great Muta, the birth of his daughter, reaching out to WWE39:08 - Being humble and grateful to ask for opportunities 40:52 - How did the Cowboy gimmick come about?, Vince didn’t know he fired him, being a Demon back in the day49:20 - His reaction to his daughter wanting to wrestle 53:15 - We got the footages 54:25 - Craziest thing to happen on the Jimmy Wang Yang party bus56:31 - Whose idea was it to turn the Cowboy Gimmick all the way up01:00:20 - Studying characters and country music but liking BET01:02:16 - JWY has a question for us01:03:56 - Strip club stories, creating memories 01:07:55 - Purchase Jimmy’s new book today
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