Quotes About Wrestling

The coolest thing, and I have it at home, is a huge Hulk Hogan, normal-sized pinball machine. When people come over they play it for hours. When you hit the bumpers and the bells ring it goes, 'Oh yeah!' The whole time you're playing this machine it's yelling and screaming at you, 'What you gonna do, brother?!' I think that's the coolest.

I quit doing the movies because the wrestling was going so good and was so on fire during the '80s and '90s, but I was getting all these movie scripts.

I'm the man that made wrestling famous.

That would be a dream match for me to see Finn Balor versus The Undertaker.

I won a title versus Rey Mysterio, it's incredible.

I used to like to see The Millionaires versus The Hulkamaniacs. That team versus team atmosphere where you have 10 guys or 8 guys, and it comes down to 3-on-1 - that got exciting for me.

When you see Bret Hart versus Steve Austin, it just seemed so much more real than Hulk Hogan versus Sgt. Slaughter.

I don't remember a Rob Van Dam versus Mick Foley hardcore match. There should have been one.

The Hart Foundation versus The Brain Busters, if you can find that match, it is fantastic.

I'm a hundred percent looking forward to Brie Bella versus Stephanie McMahon.

Who would have thought that Shane McMahon would have any kind of a chance versus Undertaker?

I watched professional wrestling at a very early age.

I have nothing but respect for Adam Cole. I've known him for a very long time, and he's one of the best in the world.

I've been the captain of my wrestling team, my college team, so to me, I've been in that leadership role for a very long time.

I came along the decade after the generation where a lot of heels were still getting stabbed, so I was always looking for it. I had a bullet-proof vest in a couple places.

The older I get and the harder it is to maintain a six pack, the more I wish I wore a tactical vest and cargo pants like Roman Reigns.

I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.' I've always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That's all I want.

I'm definitely a veteran. No question. And it always makes me laugh when the younger guys tell me they remember where they were when I contested a certain match. It makes me feel old, but it's cool to hear that.

When I started in the business, getting in the ring, most nights I'd look across at a 15-20 year veteran. And every night, he would take me to school.

For some strange reason a lot of people in my age demographic don't want to listen to veterans of this sport.

I think there's room for everybody in Impact Wrestling. I think those veterans that come in, they do nothing but give the younger talent nothing but insight and lessons and to help the younger talent. They show them the way.

The Dream couldn't tell you the vibe in the NXT locker room, because, quite frankly, I have my own. When you are a Superstar as high up on the totem pole as The Velveteen Dream, you have those luxuries.

I'm hoping Big Cass gets a great singles' run and vice versa. We pull for each other in that regard.

All three teams will always be linked. If you think of the Dudleys, you think of Edge and Christian and The Hardy Boyz, and vice versa with all those other teams.