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January 15, 2021 62 mins

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing Charles Wright, the man behind two of the most iconic Gimmicks ever seen in WWE - The Godfather and Papa Shango. He is one of the most genuine guys in professional wrestling and never took the business too seriously. All the ingredients for great honest conversation!

We cover his entire WWE career including:

1). His botched run in during the main event of
Wrestlemania 8 and whose fault it was.

2). Why
Pat Patterson thought Papa Shango would kill the business.

3). The story behind
Kama Mustafa

4). WCW making attempts to sign him and join the
NWO

5).
Racism in WCW and whether the Nation of Domination could work in the current political climate.

6).
The Rock

7).  Ron Simmons and shooting on
Ahmed Johnson

8). The forming of the
Godfather character

9). Where did all the 'hoes' come from?

10).  Being the guy scheduled to take on
Owen Hart the night he died.

11).  Why he absolutely hated the
Right to Censor

12). How we found out he was going into the
Hall of Fame.


Thank you Charles!

Mark as Played

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