Mike introduces his surprise guest, The Godfather, to the show.
Lawler is surprised to have his old friend join the show. Godfather made his way to Memphis in 1989 and worked with Lawler there for a while. Godfather says he wrestled Lawler in his very first match, after not even really training. Lawler told Godfather to just listen to him in the ring, and that’s how he learned how to wrestle.
Godfather informs that he eventually got a WWE tryout and was signed shortly thereafter. Vince McMahon told him to start thinking about a gimmick, adding that he had the body of a monster but the face of a baby. Eventually they settled on the Papa Shango character.
Eventually he dropped the Papa Shango character and he became a part of the Nation of Domination. At the end of that faction’s run, The Rock went on to become a huge star and other performers like Farooque and Mark Henry went their separate ways. WWE creative weren’t doing much with him or D-Lo Brown, so he started to brainstorm new ideas.
People started to tell him he was dressing like a pimp, and after his wife urged him to pursue the character The Godfather was born. Eventually McMahon asked him to incorporate some girls to his entrance and the character really took off.
