Sonya Deville Quotes

Vince McMahon said alright, we're going to call you the Blue Blazer.

If I had my career to do over again, I think I would wrestle under my real name, John Hennigan, because if there was some sort of brand test associated with professional wrestling, I would hardcore fail that test because I have so many names, it's confusing to me, even.

A lot of people are under the impression that Finn Balor relies on the Demon King, but that is certainly not the case.

A lot of people don't know who they are as a wrestler. Even people that walk into the doors of the Performance Center. They might be world-class athletes or models, but they don't know who they are in the ring.

When I was just a strong wrestler, TNA didn't use me. I didn't have a character, so I knew I needed one.

I want to be the female Rey Mysterio. Whether it's with a mask or not, I want to be him.

The only time I'm not Hulk Hogan is when I'm behind closed doors because as soon as I walk out the front door, and somebody says hello to me, I can't just say 'hello' like Terry. When they see me, they see the blond hair, the mustache, and the bald head, they instantly think Hulk Hogan.

From a backstage perspective, one of the things I always tried to do in wrestling was maintain that I was Adam. Edge was a character.

The Miz is a character I created. He's basically a wrestling star.

I loved wrestling, and I wanted to go out and entertain people and all that stuff, so I get trained, and when they decided, 'Hey, you're ready for a match, and you've got to start thinking about a character,' I was thinking this guy and this guy, and they go, 'No, no, no - you're a Muslim. You've got to be a bad guy.'

Turning heel was so much fun for me. I was so over being a babyface.

I was one of the first guys to talk about their characters in the third-person, and I think the character of the Ultimate Warrior certainly is a legend.

They say the best wrestling gimmicks are a heightened version of yourself and that's me!

Whether I was The Legend Killer, The Viper, The Apex Predator, nothing's really changed.

When the Miz came in, most of the hazing was me working. Me on the mic, me talking to him. I gave him as much advice as I possibly could because I thought he had the ability to be a good heel. But I'm not going to apologize for hazing him.

I've wrestled just about everybody there is to wrestle, done just about every character reincarnation that I can come up with.

For me, I was really struggling because I was Scott Hall in the gym and Scott Hall in the grocery store and in the ring. Until I got a gimmick, a look, and got to be a character, that's when I started making strides. As Scott Hall, I didn't have a gimmick, so I didn't know what to do.

I walked into Eddie Graham's office, he took one look at me and said, 'You look a lot like Sam Steamboat. We're going to make you his nephew - Ricky Steamboat.'

There's not too much Edge in Adam Copeland, but there's a little bit of my sarcasm and my sense of humor, I guess, but I'm not a sleazy, raving maniac like the character of Edge could be.

'Stone Cold' came in with a monster push as 'The Ringmaster' with Ted DiBiase. That didn't work out.

I started training wrestling in the pre-social media era and I was very cautious - I thought, 'I can't have people know my real last name.' So I changed my last name to End because I always called myself 'The End.' I thought that was cool. I thought I'd take my real first name and my 'fake' last name, and that's how I came up with Tommy End.

I am not the typical WWE superstar.

Millions of wrestling fans know me as Johnny Mundo, the mayor of Slamtown.

I just loved Jake The Snake because of that character and how he cut a promo. That dark nature of his character was amazing.

Arn Anderson - I loved 'The Enforcer' Arn. He cut the best promos. He always looked cool because he had that Polo with the rope chain, the rose-colored glasses, and that mean beard.