Quotes from Matt Riddle

Only one person can retire Brock Lesnar - only one person can end his career - and that person's going to be me.

MMA is like the Colosseum in Rome: the fans want to see violence.

When I first started, I had a mullet, and I was trying to play a hillbilly persona. While it was fun, it wasn't me.

The bottom line is, I've got a wife and three kids. I've got bills I have to pay.

I've always been a bro, and I've used the word 'bro' a lot.

In my opinion, if I was going to pick main roster guys, I've always had a hunch out for Cesaro. I just feel like if we were able to just go at it, make it a fight, I think it would be pretty sensational.

My parents told me if I wanted to fight, they wouldn't support me.

Any match with Keith Lee is definitely circled on my calendar.

I was landscaping not too long ago, so I'm extremely grateful for the people supporting me in wrestling. Not that landscaping is terrible, but I'd rather be suplexing and punching people.

I'm about great competition. That's why I can have a great smile beforehand and connect with the crowd, and then, when I get in the ring, I flip that switch.

If you get Fight of the Night, there's a reason you got Fight of the Night: it's usually because you had that crowd on its feet, going crazy during the fight, almost like a professional wrestling match.

It always feels good when you hear another guy in your industry give you praise.

Living in my parents' house is pretty sweet. It's not like they're rich or anything, but they're pretty nice to me, so it was pretty good living there, too, and all I did was jujitsu. I was just like a stallion, just living on my parents' couch. It wasn't terrible.

I am me. I've always been a character, and my character's story lives into pro wrestling.

When I started doing pro wrestling, it wasn't the physical aspect doing the moves or taking the moves that was hard: it was interacting with the crowd, body movement, selling, getting that emotional attachment with people so they're invested in a match. That was the hard part.

Pro wrestling fans love what they watch, and they go out to enjoy and have fun.

I'll be honest, when I first started pro wrestling, everybody else did clotheslines better than me. They did everything about pro wrestling better than me. But when it comes to fighting, getting nitty and gritty, I'm the man.

I like to hit hard, I like to be hit hard, and I like really competitive matches. That's my take on pro wrestling.

I feel like I started with wrestling, and a love of pro wrestling, that lead me to MMA and the UFC. And now it's come full circle back to pro wrestling.

I just like people that bring in a very competitive mentality to pro wrestling.

Growing up, my family wasn't really into sports, so we didn't really watch sports, and then one day I stumbled across the TV: pro wrestling.

My goal isn't just to make wrestling into a bigger show and make good money, but it's also to evolve pro wrestling to where I think it belongs.

I like wrestling the bigger guys, personally, because I can lay into them harder, and they can dish it back out.

It's almost like my life is a fairytale.