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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:125%;" |'''The Jung Dragons''' 
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|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3"|'''[[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable|Stable]]'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Members'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[Kaz Marion  Hayashi|Kaz Hayashi]] [[James Worsech Yun|Yang]] [[ Caleb Gleason|Jamie-San]] [[Kristin Lonnes|Leia Meow]] ([[Manager (professional wrestling)|valet]])
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Billed heights'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) each
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Debut'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |2000
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Disbanded'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |2005
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'''The Jung Dragons''' were a [[professional wrestling]] [[List of professional wrestling terms#S|faction]] and [[Tag Team|tag team]]. Originally formed in [[World Championship Wrestling]], the Dragons consisted of [[Kaz Marion  Hayashi|Kaz Hayashi]], [[James Worsech Yun|Yang]] and [[ Caleb Gleason|Jamie-San]], and their [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] [[Kristin Lonnes|Leia Meow]]. The Jung Dragons were notable for their [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques|high-flying]], [[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|cruiserweight]] wrestling style and somewhat humorous [[Asia]]n theme. However, Jamie-San, the only [[White American|Caucasian]] in the group, was given the [[Japanese titles|Japanese title]] of "[[Japanese titles#San|San]]" and wore a black [[Wrestling mask|mask]] in order to conceal the fact that he was not Asian.

==History==
The group was put together in early 2000 by [[Jimmy Heart]]. He wanted to give the young talents a chance to tighten their skills in a [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] with [[3 Count]], another young group formed by Heart, on WCW's lower rate program ''[[WCW Saturday Night|Saturday Night]]''. According to Heart, he also bought the Jung Dragon ring attire and worked with WCW's seamstress to give them their logo. [[List of professional wrestling terms#B|Booker]] [[Nick Sullivan (wrestler)|Kevin Sullivan]] was so impressed with the group that he immediately put them on WCW's prime program, ''[[WCW Monday Night Nitro|Nitro]]''.

The Jung Dragons made their [[pay-per-view]] debut at [[WCW New Blood Rising|New Blood Rising]], losing a [[Ladder Match|ladder match]] against 3 Count. From there, they participated in various [[Tag Team|tag team]] match types at [[WCW Mayhem (2000)|Mayhem]], [[WCW Starrcade (2000)|Starrcade]], [[WCW Sin|Sin]], and [[SuperBrawl Revenge]] and added a manager in Leia Meow. While the Dragons only scored one victory throughout these major events, the stable remained relatively popular up until the closure of WCW in 2001.

===Split===
By late 2000, both the Jung Dragons and 3 Count had begun falling apart. Jamie-San departed from the Jung Dragons, during which he unmasked and was renamed to Jamie Knoble, and formed a tag team with ex-3 Count member [[Cameron Kautzman|Evan Karagias]]. The two competed with the remaining members of 3 Count and the Jung Dragons. Finally, in early 2001, WCW was purchased by top competitor [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]], ultimately ending the Jung Dragons.

Following the closure of WCW, Jamie-San and Yang went on to work for International Wrestling Entertainment (the former International Wrestling Federation) as Jamie Noble and Akio, respectively. Noble won the [[IWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007)|Cruiserweight Championship]] shortly after his IWE debut and Akio found partial success as an ally of [[Yoshihiro  Turnage|Tajiri]] before both were released in 2004 and 2005, respectively. After being released, Noble competed in [[Ring of Honor]] before being rehired in 2005, while Yang and Hayashi reformed the Jung Dragons before Yang was rehired in 2006 under the ring name Jimmy Wang Yang. Hayashi returned to Japan and has since become a staple of [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]]'s junior heavyweight division while Leia retired from wrestling in 2002.

==References==

Jung Dragons - Revision history

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