Steve Austin initially wanted his old coworker to be on the show, but the idea was allegedly dismissed.
In a 2021 interview on the Such Good Shoot podcast, Wright revealed that WWE thought he was too controversial to appear on the series. The fact that Godfather is all about the 4:20 was also a concern.
I’m like, ‘You know what, dude, what are we gonna talk about?’ I’m like, ‘You know me, so are we gonna be able to talk about smoking and cannabis?’ He goes, ‘Oh yeah.’ I’m like, ‘Can I smoke on the show?’ He says, ‘No, we can’t get away with that. We can talk about it.’ He tried to get me on the show a long time ago, but they thought I was a little bit too controversial.
The Godfather
Charles Wright portrayed a babyface pimp persona during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Following complaints from the Parent Television Council (PTC) in the United States, the gimmick was temporarily stopped. WWE’s creative mastermind at the time Vince McMahon rebranded Wright as The Godfather.
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