Cageside Seats Monster Month #25

by Mike Garza on Oct 7, 2009 11:36 PM EDT

PAPA SHANGO

Poor Charles Wright. Such a big dude with a good look who was (at the very least) passable in the ring. Yet he was saddled with such awful gimmicks that the closest he came to fame and fortune was by portraying a pimp. But first things first. Papa Shango was a voodoo king who, uh, used voodoo against his opponents. He was big and scary and if the gimmick didn't require people to basically turn off their brain while watching, well, I dunno. He probably still couldn't have made it work. The gimmick didn't work, they brought him back as an ultimate fighter, a black militant and finally as a pimp. In a case of life imitating art, he now runs a strip club in Vegas. So I guess there's a happy ending after all. So here, watch some of Papa Shango's finest moments. Peace.

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All I remember from the Papa Shango-Ultimate Warrior fued, was the buildup to the matches were great. But the matches themselves stunk up the joint.

FIRE BRUCE BOCHY NOW!!!!!!
AND TAKE BRIAN SABEAN WITH HIM!!!!!

by 49er16 on Oct 8, 2009 12:39 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, who was the “worker” in those matches? Warrior was best against guys like Rude who could put together a good, logical match. Shango was best in squash matches. It was a recipe for suck.

by Mike Garza on Oct 8, 2009 12:53 AM EDT reply actions

I was always conviced the Godfather would get bonked on the head and transform into Papa Shango.

by Victator on Oct 8, 2009 4:19 AM EDT reply actions

According to his wiki (lol) there were two different times that they thought about bringing him back as Papa Shango and ended up not doing it for whatever reason.

by Mike Garza on Oct 8, 2009 6:46 PM EDT reply actions