Jimmy Yang recently visited backstage at a WWE Raw taping.
Jimmy Yang, also known as Akio, previously had a few stints in WWE, and he has also wrestled for WCW and TNA, among other promotions. His daughter, Jazzy Yang, has followed in his footsteps, and she remains active on the independent scene.
Speaking with John Poz on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast, Jimmy Yang was asked about doing a video for WWE Vault. He noted that WWE wanted Jazzy Yang to come to a Raw taping in Atlanta, and he asked if he could stop by.
“How that came about is actually, they didn’t contact me for that. Jazzy [Yang] got contacted, and they wanted Jazzy down in Atlanta at Raw. So she was going down there for extra work and to meet [William] Regal and Triple H and talk about business kind of stuff. Then I texted him, like, ‘Hey, is it okay if I stop by?’ I hadn’t been backstage in a long time, so the management there now, I love who’s in charge and taking care of…before, it wasn’t the greatest. Once they get rid of you, it’s like, ‘We don’t want to see you.’ It’s just bad, it wasn’t comfortable to send a text and say, ‘Hey, is it okay if I stop by?’ But they contacted Jazzy for extra work and to meet with Regal and Paul, talk some business kind of stuff. I texted the management, and they said, ‘Oh, yeah, come by, it’d be awesome. Show up at five o’clock. Come by, we’d love to see you.’ I’m like, really? [Laughs] It was kind of shocking to me. Awesome. But it’s just weird before. It’s not like that anymore. But before, it felt like you were committing a crime asking to go backstage and rekindle with people and say hello. So they had Jazzy down there. I asked if I could stop by, come see people. Also, I’m just a concerned dad, so it’s her first time being backstage, and I know the environment I came through, it’s a lot different than it used to be. So I showed and [went to] go see everybody, ‘Hello,’ good rekindling so many people," Yang said.
Yang then noted that he made his rounds and said hello to everybody, and he was asked about doing the WWE Vault video.
Yang previously said that Jazzy was already better than he was at her age. Check out his comments here.
Click here to see what Jimmy Yang had to say about his run as a producer in WWE.
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