WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin recently had fellow WWE Hall of Famer The Godfather on a recent Broken Skull Sessions podcast, where Godfather revealed that when he returned to the WWE in 1997, he had the plan of bringing back his Papa Shango character, but WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon told him that there has been a change of plans and that he will be put in the Nation of Domination.
The Godfather said:
“This was going to be less comical, a lot more serious — Jerry Lawler painted that face.” “I show up to TV, ready to go. I’m in really good shape here. I worked out hard, I’m like, ‘We going to have some fun now, I’m going to be a lot more serious this time.’ I was probably 285, I was in really good shape. I show up to TV, took these pictures, and they say, ‘Vince wants to talk with you.’"
“I was like, ‘Cool! I want to talk with Vince!’ I go in there, right, and Vince was like, ‘Charles, change of plans. We’re going to put you in the Nation of Domination. You and Faarooq are going to wrestle Undertaker, and you’re going to go over.’ I’m like, ‘What?’ And he goes, ‘We have this outfit made for you.’ [Laughs] Okay, I don’t know how most people would take it. I said, ‘You’re the boss, you’re paying me. Let’s do it.'”
You can check out The Godfather’s comments in the video below:
