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The Godfather On Why His Gimmick Would NEVER Work Now In WWE, Being Papa Shango, Right To Censor, WWE Hall Of Fame Induction

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

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The Monster Factory

I was in wrestling school. It was a very short time. You're supposed to be there for months and months to learn. I might have been there two months. All I knew how to do was lock up with somebody and throw a kick. That's what they were working on. They said, well, he made a million dollars last year. And I went, what? Wrestling? There's that type of money in wrestling? My very first match ever was against him (Jerry Lawler) He put me over and I won the heavyweight title that night.

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