Cody Rhodes Quotes

I really enjoyed working with Rey Mysterio when we were up against Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit and The Guerreros.

Wrestling is quite cyclical in its nature.

Wrestlers are a bunch of wanna-be football players.

I kinda started watching wrestling through Lucha Libre because my grandmother was always watching Lucha Libre.

When I was a wrestler, my job was mostly looking mean and throwing punches and kicks.

One thing that is very exciting and unpredictable about professional wrestling is that anything can happen.

I was a big fan of the more Mexican-based wrestlers when I started watching WCW, and I saw guys like Silver King, Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio. And where I come from, we have this European heritage with World of Sport with guys like Johnny Saint, Johnny Kidd, 'Rollerball' Mark Rocco, Robbie Brookside.

Oh, I'm a huge fan of 'Lucha Underground.'

We have years of tradition in lucha libre in Mexico.

I watched Japanese style wrestling, European style wrestling, and WCW.

I can adapt my game to anyone, whether it's Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, or Batista.

If you've never been to a live wrestling show, you need to go to one. To understand 'Lucha Underground,' you need to watch it.

There were a lot of tough guys who were tremendous wrestlers.

Wrestlers in the U.S.A. are very aggressive. All they want to do is attack, but they'll make mistakes.

Professional wrestling is a beautiful yet cruel mistress. She will treat you well and treat you horribly, but outside of my family, it is my one true love.

Mexico has a big roster, and there's a lot of talent. The United States is limited in what you can do. 'Lucha Undergound' is the gateway to any luchador who wants to come and be part of this roster.

It is a privilege to be able to represent this sport and have a chance to share my love of Lucha with passionate wrestling fans around the globe.

But wrestling used to be the same as boxing or mixed martial arts. It used to be about conflict, having a fight, who's going to win.

Anything can happen in pro wrestling.

Lucha libre culture was part of my wrestling upbringing. I'm Filipino, so it wasn't a part of my normal upbringing, but it's what gave me my start. I get a lot of my technical and high-flying wrestling from that.

Keep in mind, lucha libre hasn't been displayed in the U.S. in abundance. It's been subtle. The pioneer was Mil Mascaras. Then that died down, and new talent was rising. Eddie Guerrero was the next one, then Konnan. Konnan had big success.

To me, if people think about wrestling, they think about elbow drops, body slams, and stringing somebody in the circle.

New Japan is far superior to WWE when it comes to the quality of the roster and the quality of the matches.

For the fans to be able to enjoy a lucha libre match between Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, I think, I don't want to be flattering myself, but that's probably some of the best lucha libre matches that I had throughout my career, and we were able to demonstrate it to the fans around the world.

It's a really cool time to be a wrestling fan.