Jimmy Wang Yang Recalls Undertaker Telling Him To Not Wear Ring Jacket With Confederate Flag
Jimmy Wang Yang took some great advice from The Undertaker.
It’s been 20 years since the gimmick debuted on television, but even then, some aspects of the Jimmy Wang Yang character have been criticized by fans for being in poor taste.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, the 44-year-old revealed that Undertaker told him to stop wearing an entrance jacket that featured the confederate flag on the back.
“The most offensive thing is me wearing the Confederate flag on my back. They said ‘Hey, we want you to be an Asian redneck.’ Okay, what do you think of? I think of rodeos. I think of NASCAR. I think of Dukes of Hazard and General Lee. I’m like, Oh yeah, I’m an Asian redneck, so I gotta wear the Confederate flag on the back of my vest and go out there. But if anybody knows what that symbolizes, it’s God awful, and it’s horrible. I wish I hadn’t done that. Undertaker is the one that told me. He saw me wearing it, ‘Jimmy, take that f*cking sh*t off!’ I said I’m playing a character, an Asian redneck. ‘That sh*t means some horrible sh*t. Take it off.’ All right. Then I take off, and they said, ‘Hey, where’s your jacket at?’ [I replied] ‘Undertaker told me to take it off.’ Okay.”
Speaking of The Undertaker, Danhausen recently stated that he wants to pick his brain. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
Jazzy Yang, the daughter of Jimmy Wang Yang, recently made her debut for MLW. Check out full spoilers from the company’s recent show in Chattanooga by clicking here.
Special thanks to Chris Van Vliet for the quote(s) featured in this article.
