When you're wrestling, it's such an amazing sport. I love it. I loved that I came from that background.
When I was nine years old and dreamed of being a pro wrestler, the thing I was most fascinated by was how much love the wrestlers got.
In professional wrestling, I'm sure in combat sports, there's always gonna be testosterone.
Seeing myself as a champion in WWE is something I've seen from the first day I stepped into the Universe and the realm of the company.
CM Punk was a great wrestler, and he has so many fans and made a lot of people happy with what he did over the years.
Those who have not seen wrestling before have probably tuned in to 'Lucha Underground' and go, 'Whoa! This is a TV series turned into wrestling.'
I'm still a wrestling fan: That's how I started out, that's how I will end the day.
I'm a professional wrestler at heart, and I miss it.
I wrestled 23 straight years all over the world.
At one time, I wanted to be a WWE wrestler. I still do. I want to go in the ring once and mess around and jump off the ropes and do a Stone Cold stunt.
Savio Vega kept pushing me, pushing me, as he was teaching me, too, how to be a heel and things. And how to... 'Let's just try this tonight: just, we'll lock up, you'll go behind me, rub up and down my chest.'
First and foremost, that was always my passion: I wanted to wrestle, but unfortunately, it took me down a road that I can't do that anymore.
I was always a fan of wrestling, right from the time I was nine or so. But eventually I decided I wanted to do professional wrestling myself, not just watch.
When I was in NXT, I was still training every day. I was still in the ring every day and working every live event. And just because I wasn't on shows that were taped for NXT TV, I don't think people knew what skills I could do.
Every wrestler I've ever had critique me, they were always into my stuff or what I'm doing out there. For a non-wrestler, someone who doesn't even know how to lock up, and if we did lock up, they wouldn't know what to do, for them to critique any of us, it really does pop me.
Growing up, I idolized Big Boss Man and Bam Bam Bigelow just because they were big guys who could move and were tough. I felt like they both rode motorcycles. And Bam Bam had his head tattooed. Those are the guys who really got me into wrestling.
It's hard to pick out one particular wrestler.
My goal when I first started in the WWE was to stand out.
I would love to wrestle at WrestleMania! And who knows, if the time is ever right and the moment calls for it, it would be a dream come true for me.
I have been a wrestler now for 12 years, and now I am reaching this peak at the top of the mountain - WrestleMania.
As a kid, growing up, my heroes all had the Intercontinental Championship. Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Mr. Perfect, Ric Rude, all of them. And they were the people I looked up to and wanted to be like.
I truly enjoyed my pay-per-view match against Brie. We have a bond that you just can't create. We're born with it, and we had this magic in the ring.
I listened to the veteran wrestlers that had tons of experience, like Leo Burke.
I plan on headlining WrestleMania by WrestleMania 35.
True wrestling fans love a great wrestling match.
