Charles Wright (The Godfather) is a retired professional wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Las Vegas to discuss his wrestling career as Papa Shango, Kama and The Godfather, his first memories of working with The Undertaker and The Rock, why he hated The Goodfather and Right To Censor, why he missed his cue in the main event of WrestleMania 8, being Owen Hart's scheduled opponent for Over The Edge, receiving a Hall of Fame induction and more! BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at https://bluechew.com 00:00 Intro 00:38 Getting steak dinner with The Undertaker 01:19 What has changed about his lifestyle and diet 03:23 Trying to limit how much Jack Daniels he drinks 07:16 His friendship long-time with The Undertaker 08:05 Memories of his first time meeting The Undertaker 09:29 How did he first get into wrestling? 13:10 Having freedom to say whatever he wanted in WWE 14:30 Shane McMahon came up with the Ho Train 15:45 What was his chapter like as The Soultaker? 17:00 How did he become Papa Shango? 18:05 Learning to do the Papa Shango voice 18:27 Putting a curse on the Ultimate Warrior 21:01 Showing up for conventions as Papa Shango and Godfather 21:36 People thinking him and Boogeyman are brothers 23:49 Why he couldn’t continue his career as Papa Shango 25:54 Being told that The Godfather could no longer have Ho’s 26:44 The Godfather not being able to exist in modern day wrestling 28:00 His wife coming up with The Godfather concept 28:46 People caring more about moments than matches 29:46 Pitching Vince about The Godfather gimmick 32:32 Did he immediately see that The Rock was special 33:10 How did WWE hire the girls who were in the Ho train? 34:24 Vince McMahon making him a tag team champion to keep him 35:12 Right To Censor getting heat with the fans 35:56 Did he miss his cue at Wrestlemania 8? 38:27 Which question constantly comes up at signings? 39:16 Did he expect to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame 40:26 How many different characters did he portray? 41:16 Does he run into trademark issues with The Godfather films 42:48 People not having bad things to say about him 43:50 Being Owen Hart’s opponent for Over The Edge 1999 45:50 Undertaker calling him Bear because of his past 46:37 People not realizing how tall he is 47:27 Did he need to ask permission to do his entrance? 48:19 What should he have been fired for? 50:34 How did Ice T wind up doing his entrance music? 51:08 What does he think his legacy was in wrestling? 51:43 People always smiling during his entrance 52:03 Not wanting to eat at dinner with The Undertaker 53:31 Smoking with RVD and Matt Riddle? 54:55 3 things The Godfather is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #wwe #wrestling #chrisvanvliet #thegodfather #BlueWireVideo