On Monday, Jonathan Snowden of Bleacher Report confirmed that The Godfather (Charles Wright) will be joining the WWE Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016. Wright spoke to Bleacher Report about the news and revealed the origin of the Godfather character.
“I told Rock one day ‘when you address me in the ring, call me the Godfather.’ He was like ‘what?’ And I said ‘just do it.’ And I was called the Godfather from that point on. And I started slowly developing that character. It got some legs underneath it and it took off.
“You could actually feel the breathe from 18,000 people as they repeated [his catch phrase Pimpin’ Aint Easy]. It was crazy. Vince (McMahon) told me ‘Charles, you ought to be paying me.’ And you know what? He was right. That was the best thing to ever happen to me.
He went on to say that of al the gimmicks he’s had in wrestling (including Papa Shango and Kama), The Godfather is the closest to his actual personality. “That’s my personality, that’s my silliness. That’s my colorfulness. Those are my clothes. I am the Godfather. That’s just Charles Wright playing Charles Wright and being called the Godfather.” Wright will be inducted by JBL and Ron Simmons.
Update: WWE also confirmed the news on Monday afternoon.
BREAKING: #TheGodfather will be inducted into the @WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016! https://t.co/ow4qvLo5HM pic.twitter.com/pxfrl8fvpl
— WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2016
