Quotes from Maxwell Jacob Friedman

I had a full-ride football scholarship as a middle linebacker.

Because I love making people mad. It is my favorite pastime.

I'm a good person and that's what I am at the end of the day.

Shawn Spears, he is a scumbag. He decided, after years of friendship with one of the greatest men to ever live Cody Rhodes, to waffle him with a chair. No one should be laying a finger on that man, he is a saint.

March 15th is the most important day of the year. It's my birthday.

Once I saw Roddy Piper I knew exactly what I was going to be doing when I grew up.

I honestly keep to myself often and I keep my circle small.

Just let me give you a regular, good old-fashioned body slam in the ring. You won't be able to walk for a week. I'm a superman.

What I care about is making sure that when the people watching me put their head to their pillow, I'm the last thing they think about. Not because I hit the coolest moves, not because I'm putting my body on the line for their entertainment, but because I'm captivating.

Personally, I would miss a wedding. I would miss childbirth. I would miss a bar mitzvah just to see me talk at all.

I've never talked about being Jewish in a promo ever. But my name is just so blatantly a Jewish name. It's not like my name is Maxwell Jacob Smith.

I am AEW born and bred. I will be AEW until I die. This is my company. This is where I started. This is the company that I'll end in.

I'm honestly offended whenever someone says I'm being harsh.

There's nothing fake about me. And I think there are some people that appreciate that. Even if they hate me, they appreciate the fact that I'm 100 percent authentically me.

Let me tell you something about Joe Manganiello - I don't care, dude. The most impressive thing that you have on your cinematography is that you got beat up by Spiderman.

The future of AEW is Maxwell J. Friedman, without a shadow of a doubt. I am going to be the face of this company. At the tender age of 23... people think I'm great now? They don't know the half of it. I mean, my career's only just begun.

Early Four Horseman is absolutely terrific.

I've had fans try and jump the guard rail. I've had fans key my car. I've had fans try to stab me.

The fact that these fans don't understand that a ring is comprised of steel, metal beams, wood, and a thin sheet mat, and that's it.

Nothing I say is harsh. What I do say is the truth. If people have a problem with that, they need to realize that's on them. That's not on me.

I was at House Of Hardcore for Tommy Dreamer. Good guy, great guy, great eye for talent - that's why he booked me.

I'm a once in a lifetime professional wrestler. I'm something that people are never going to get to see again.

I wanted people to see just how good of a professional wrestler I really am.

What I care about is making money. What I care about is making waves. What I care about is going down as one of, if not, the greatest professional wrestlers to have ever lived.