The Godfather On Leaving WWE In 2001: ‘I Was Having Such A Good Time As The Godfather That I Didn’t Want To Do It Anymore’

The Godfather says he didn’t want to continue wrestling after WWE took away his Godfather gimmick from him.

In his career, Charles Wright worked under multiple gimmicks. In WWE, he started as Sir Charles. Later, he worked as Papa Shango and Kama Mustafa before finding major success as The Godfather.

Speaking with Rewind Recap Relive for a recent interview, The Godfather said he was his biggest mark. He was having a lot of fun as Godfather on WWE programming, and when Vince took it away, he was ready to call it quits. But Vince asked him to wait and put him in the Right to Censor stable. Later, he gave him the tag titles as well, which delayed The Godfather’s departure.

“I was a mark for the Godfather. The Godfather was me. So, I was my biggest mark. So when they took the Godfather away… Believe me, Vince fought for me till the end, but things were changing… they put me in the Right to Censor. Vince told me, I’m like, ‘Well, finish me up.’ He’s like, ‘Charles, wait a minute.’ I’m like, ‘Vince, come on, bro. At this point in my life, financially, I’m cool. I have other things. I had a strip club in Vegas called Cheetah. I was one of the owners of that. I’ve always had that. So, it wasn’t about the money at that point. I wanted to go out as the Godfather.

So, I finished up and did some stuff with him. Vince, being the Joker that he was, dropped the tag team belts on me and Bull [Buchanan]. We beat the Hardy Boyz, and that kept me there even longer. I said, ‘As soon as we drop these belts, I’m gone.’ At that point, wrestling was fun for me. I was having such a good time as the Godfather that I didn’t want to do it anymore.”

In another interview, he discussed facing no challengers during the early stages of his wrestling career. Fans can read more about it here.

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