WWE Hall Of Famer The Godfather recently spoke about his Hall of Fame induction speech. He said that he did not mention his wife in that speech and he apologized to his wife publicly for not mentioning her.
The Godfather was one of the most entertaining wrestlers of WWE in the attitude era. Charles Wright, the man who played the role of Godfather actually played three different characters in WWE.
Godfather On Not Mentioning His Wife On His Hall Of Fame Speech
He played his first character back in 1992 which is famous as Papa Shango, in this gimmick he played the role of an evil hoodoo priest. The character was disbanded in 1993. In 1994 he returned as a new character named Kama. The character of Kama went on for four long years. And in 1998 he finally adopted the gimmick of The Godfather.
Charles Wright became really famous in the gimmick of The Godfather. He is still famous among the fans under this gimmick only. In 2016, he was inducted into the Hall Of Fame of WWE and he was addressed during the WWE Hall of Fame as the Godfather.
Recently on the Broken Skull sessions of WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin The Godfather appeared where he talked on not mentioning his wife during his Hall of Fame speech. He said;
“So, when it came to the Hall of Fame, my wife’s like, ‘Are you gonna write a speech?’ I’m like, ‘No, I’m just going to go off the cuff, I’m going to hit this, I’m going to hit this,’ and I’m telling her, ‘I’m going to put you over like Rover, I’m just going to just tell everybody all about how you were for the gimmick, and the originator of the gimmick.’
“So, I get up there and I started having fun, and I’m doing my thing. My grandson was there, and it was his birthday. So there was a part where I wanted the whole audience to say happy birthday to him, and then after that I was going to hit my wife, and how she was the creator and everything, and put her over.
“Well, the thing with my grandson went so well that I skipped the part with my wife somehow, and I went on to the finish. The second, the second that I walked off I said, ‘Oh Hell, I forgot to mention my wife!’ My wife… we’ve been married 20 years, she is everything. I went to the first person I saw, ‘Did I mention my wife, did I mention my wife?’ They said we don’t think so. So I did my Hall of Fame speech and never mentioned my wife.
“So that’s one thing… that’s a screw-up that I can’t fix,” Godfather said. “I just… every chance I get… that’s one thing I missed. I wish I would’ve put her over because she is so much more of The Godfather than me just being out there, being silly and having fun, and she did the costumes, the outfits, the jewelry. Honey, I love you to death, I’m so sorry. I know I screwed up, please forgive me. Because she still holds it against me, because anytime something bad happens she goes, ‘Well, at least he mentioned her.’”
Transcription – Wrestling Headlines