The Godfather details attending Vince McMahon’s 80th birthday party

The Godfather says he had a good time at Vince McMahon’s recent birthday party.

McMahon’s 80th birthday party took place over the weekend of August 22–24. It was held at the Baccarat Hotel in New York, with live performances also taking place at Gotham Hall. Godfather detailed his experience during a recent episode of his Poddin’ Ain’t Easy show on AdFreeShows.com.

Godfather said:

“I’m not going to mention everybody who was there but, of course, Taker was there and Kane was there and Bradshaw was there. We had a good time. Cena was there. A lot of entertainers were there. Jelly Roll performed.”

Godfather says he ran into McMahon as he was entering the cocktail party on Friday. He mentioned that McMahon was wearing a suit that made both him and The Undertaker think of Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies.

“I’m like, ‘Vince, thank you for inviting me.’ He goes, ‘Charles, I just want you to know there’s nobody here that’s not my true friend.’ And we talked for a second and then we walked in, but he had on, like, a Dr. Evil suit.”

“I didn’t want to say it to him but, first of all, he looked better than when I’ve seen pictures of him lately, he looks a lot better than that. He’s walking a lot better than that. He introduced me to his girlfriend or whatever she was. But I thought, Dr. Evil, you’re Dr. Evil.”

“I go in, everybody of course is talking to Vince. He gets to me and Taker are talking and Kane and (Vince) walks away and Taker goes, ‘Dude, Vince looking like Dr. Evil. I’m like, ‘Dude, that’s exactly what I was thinking!’”

“Had a good time, had a good time,” he added.

Godfather also mentioned that phones and cameras were not allowed at the cocktail party, so it’s not clear if any pictures of the Dr. Evil suit exist. A report from Fightful Select earlier this week stated that McMahon’s party was intended to be kept secret, but details leaked out regardless.

The Godfather unharmed following car accident

The Godfather is unharmed following a car accident.

On Instagram, the WWE Hall of Famer shared a photo of a damaged truck. Godfather wrote that although the car turned over three times, amazingly, both parties involved in the accident walked away “without a scratch.”

“I definitely believe in the safety of a Dodge Ram. Rolled three times and both of us walked away without a scratch,” he wrote.

Later, he posted a short video on Facebook explaining what happened.

“It’s just really bad weather here in West Virginia. We started hydroplaning, I wasn’t driving. But then we started hydroplaning then went into a three truck roll. But it’s going to take more than that to take me out. But  thank you everybody for your concern. I just want everyone to know I’m okay and I’m still smoking.” 

Godfather largely stopped wrestling after 2002 but continues to make appearances on WWE-related programming, most recently being shown among other legends at this year’s Royal Rumble. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016.

Premiere date set for Godfather WWE Broken Skull Sessions episode

WWE has announced the premiere date for the next episode of Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions.

This month’s Broken Skull Sessions episode will premiere on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network everywhere else on Sunday, May 30. It will feature The Godfather (real name Charles Wright) appearing as Austin’s guest.

The Godfather had revealed earlier this month that he was interviewed by Austin for an upcoming Broken Skull Sessions episode.

This will be the first Broken Skull Sessions since AEW’s Chris Jericho appeared on the episode that premiered over WrestleMania 37 weekend last month.

The Undertaker, Goldberg, Kane, Big Show, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Randy Orton, and Jericho have previously been interviewed by Austin on Broken Skull Sessions, with The Undertaker appearing on the show twice.

The Godfather was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016. In addition to being The Godfather, Wright also played Papa Shango and Kama Mustafa during his WWE career.

WWE announces more names for next week’s Raw Reunion

More names have been added to next week’s Raw Reunion.

During commercials that aired tonight during Raw, the following names were listed for next week’s show:

  • Mark Henry
  • Mick Foley
  • Pat Patterson
  • Gearld Brisco
  • Lilian Garcia
  • Alundra Blayze
  • Kelly Kelly
  • Rikishi
  • Ron Simmons
  • The Godfather
  • Road Dogg
  • Sid

This is in addition to other names that were announced last night during Extreme Rules, which include Steve Austin, Sgt. Slaughter, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash/Diesel, Scott Hall/Razor Ramon, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Booker T, X-Pac, Eric Bischoff, Santino Marella, D-Von Dudley, Ted DiBiase, Kurt Angle, Jerry Lawler, Christian, The Boogeyman, Jimmy Hart and the Hurricane.

WWE is promoting the show as the biggest reunion in WWE history. It would also mark the first advertised appearance for Eric Bischoff, who is set to start with WWE full time as the executive director of SmackDown starting this week.

Raw Reunion will take place next week, July 22, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.