During a recent “Ask Godfather Anything” episode of his “Poddin’ Ain’t Easy” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer The Godfather gave his candid thoughts on the controversial former WWE superstar, Ahmed Johnson. He described Johnson as someone who “didn’t get it” during his time in the company but seems to have humbled himself in recent years.
When asked for his honest opinion, The Godfather made a distinction between then and now. “Back then, didn’t get it, didn’t want to play the game, didn’t want to listen. Thought he knew it all,” he stated. “Didn’t want to take advice from Ron Simmons… he didn’t want to listen. And so that was his downfall.” Johnson, the first African American to win the Intercontinental Championship, was a top star for a period but left the company under contentious circumstances.
Despite the issues other members of The Nation of Domination had with Johnson, The Godfather said he personally had no problems with him. “I didn’t have any issues with Ahmed Johnson whatsoever. Except, you know, he just, he just didn’t get it,” he said. He added that Johnson “seems to be a lot more humble these days.”
The Godfather then retold the story of a tense backstage situation where he was asked to get involved in a meeting between Johnson and Jim Ross, due to a rumor that Johnson was going to harm JR. He revealed that it was the late WWE Hall of Famer Gerald Brisco who made the request, a detail he recently discussed with Brisco at Vince McMahon’s party.
“Jerry Brisco… came to me and basically said, ‘hey, they think Ahmed’s going to kill JR. They want to have a meeting, we want you to go in the room’,” he recalled. “They didn’t want to do this unless I was in the room to stop something from happening.”
He agreed to be present and delivered a direct warning to Johnson, who had brought a bag with him into the room. “I remember telling Ahmed something like, ‘Hey, I’m in here basically because they think you’re going to kill him’… I’m like, ‘Dude, please don’t go in that bag. If you go in that bag, I’m going to have to react.’… And he didn’t,” The Godfather said, adding that he doesn’t think Johnson had a weapon in the bag anyway.
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