Although their onscreen characters are as completely different as could be, Mark “The Undertaker” Calaway and Charles “The Godfather” Wright have been shut associates throughout their time in WWE, and have 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 have been like, ‘Effectively, at this level, we won’t 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 rather a lot 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 acquired a name from the top of Expertise Relations on the time, Mark Carrano. Carrano instructed Wright that he may wish to carry 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, Large 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 street collectively, with Simmons and Layfield describing The Godfather as very near Wright’s real character. Earlier than bringing Wright out, the 2 joked that lots of the tales they might inform wouldn’t be acceptable to share in entrance of a household viewers.
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