Although their onscreen characters are as completely different as will be, Mark “The Undertaker” Calaway and Charles “The Godfather” Wright had been shut mates throughout their time in WWE, and had been even members of a backstage clique generally known as The Bone Avenue Krew. Showing on “Perception with Chris Van Vliet,” Wright revealed that he had Calaway in thoughts to induct him into the WWE Corridor of Fame, however firm officers shut the concept down.
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“They had been like, ‘Properly, at this level, we will not use him.’ This and that. ‘How about Ron and John?'” Wright stated, referring to Ron Simmons and John Bradshaw Layfield. “I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is cool. I am cool with them. They know lots about me.'”
Wright additionally revealed that he was taken off guard by his Corridor of Fame induction, which happened in 2016. The retired wrestler acknowledged that he obtained a name from the top of Expertise Relations on the time, Mark Carrano. Carrano advised Wright that he would possibly need to deliver his household alongside to that 12 months’s WWE WrestleMania, as Vince McMahon outright acknowledged that he needed Wright inducted that 12 months.
Along with Wright, the 2016 WWE Corridor of Fame class included Sting, Huge Boss Man, Jacqueline, Stan Hansen, the Fabulous Freebirds, and extra. After an introduction by host Jerry Lawler, JBL and Simmons opened the festivities by inducting Wright. The speech touched on their days partying on the highway collectively, with Simmons and Layfield describing The Godfather as very near Wright’s real character. Earlier than bringing Wright out, the 2 joked that most of the tales they might inform wouldn’t be applicable to share in entrance of a household viewers.
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