Matt Sydal Quotes

I should hold the IWGP title always.

Winning the Intercontinental Title for the first time, in 2010, was a real milestone, as I grew up living off some of those Intercontinental Title matches.

For me, to get any match is fine. For me to be thrown right into the mix and be named No. 1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship is a blessing.

I just know that I have this Universal championship, and I want to make it worth as much as possible, and that's what I'm focusing on.

People are entitled to their own opinion as far as what a WWE Champion should be, but the fact is that I am WWE Champion and that's a fact. It is what it is.

Eventually, I would love to hold the RAW title at some point before I retire or make that transition.

I've always done whatever is necessary to retain my Knockouts title by any means necessary.

When I wrestled Randy Orton, that was probably the biggest match of my career at that point, because that was when I had the other shot at the WWE championship.

Everybody wants to get the MITB contract; that usually means at some point they will become champion. That's a big deal; that's what everybody strives for.

When I was a kid, the guy who was Intercontinental champion was the guy who was next in line for the World Heavyweight championship.

Yeah, the record for most titles was previously held by the Fabulous Moolah, she won it four times. And a few weeks ago, I won the title for the sixth time, which has never been done before.

I've been on the tour for 12 years, and the big dream has always been to get a world title.

It's the most important prize in WWE, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. You'll do anything and everything to keep it and to get it, and that includes putting your body on the line and doing whatever it takes.

If I were to have a match with Lita, I would make that a championship ladder match.

To be ECW champion is something that I take very, very seriously.

Never in my wildest dreams did I set the goal to be the longest-reigning tag-team champion.

If I were ever in a position to appear more for ROH, I would accept nothing less than to be recognized as the best - which would mean having to challenge the top dogs/champions.

Ever since I was a little kid the only thing I've ever wanted to do was be in the WWE, and not just be on the roster but to be a champion.

Honestly one woman that I would really love to face would be Taya Valkyrie.

I was champion, off and on, for quite a few years, and I never missed one title match from an injury. I got hurt lots of times, but the reality is you've got so much pinned on you and so much tied onto you, the company and your peers can't afford for you to get hurt.

A lot of fans don't accept me because I became a star in the WWE, but that adds credibility and equity to the TNA title.

Defending the Impact title against Jay Lethal would be phenomenal.

Interim belt is made for media and fans, not for me.

I have not held a singles title in New Japan or Ring of Honor, whether that's the TV title or the world title or something else.

I like having titles. I feel like when I walk out and I don't have a title, it's strange. Even in the independent scene before I got to WWE, I was a champion in most of the companies I wrestled for. Being a champion is just what I do.