Freddie Prinze Jr. on His Love for The Godfather During the Attitude Era

– During a recent edition of Wrestling With Freddie podcast, actor and former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. cited his love for Charles Wright’s character and gimmick as The Godfather during the Attitude Era of WWE. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Freddie Prinze Jr. on The Godfather: “[The Godfather] was a full-on pimp. Dressed like a pimp, walked like a pimp, came out with what they called a ‘Ho Train’ … It had an engine, it had a dining car, it had the passenger cars, and it had a girl with a big ol’ caboose in the back.”

On how WWE got away with the gimmick for a long time: “He would cut promos about selling women for sex, and smoking weed, and selling weed, and I’d be watching this like, ‘How is this not getting bleeped left and right?’ Then the next week he was on TV, then the next week, and it lasted a long ass time. And the Ho Train came with him every time.”

Wright was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2016.