Austin Aries Quotes

At the end of the day, all I can be is me. I'm not John Cena. In my 30 years, I've never been John Cena. I don't even think about becoming him. I just want to be - I want to be Roman Reigns. I want to do things my way. I think that's why I'm in the deep water with Vince McMahon and 'The Authority'.

I am me. I've always been a character, and my character's story lives into pro wrestling.

I've had so many cool moments on 'Monday Night Raw.'

It was acting, and WWE is the longest-running weekly episodic program in television. Sure, there are story lines that are better than others.

You have to think about the WWE as soap operas.

I watch just as much WWE as almost anyone, but I love to. It's something I enjoy doing. I don't force myself to watch. I get excited for Mondays. I get excited to see the show.

WWE is a company that produces fiction. It's a soap opera that runs 52 weeks a year without reruns.

I grew up watching wrestling.

I affirmatively have watched WWE programming my whole entire life!

I want to be on 'SmackDown' because it has AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and John Cena - a lot of dream matches I can do.

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.

For me, because of WWE programming, it's easier for me to slip into someone that I'm not or someone that I always wanted to be and just haven't had the guts to. So this super, horrible mean person, I personally don't think it's who I am outside of the ring, but maybe it's someone I have always wanted to be and I just snapped.

For anyone who's not familiar with 'Piper's Pit,' they need to know one thing - there's absolutely no rules.

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 was a big fan of wrestling growing up and of WWE.

There's no secret I love professional wrestling. It's not just the money all the time, I love wrestling, and I love fighting.

I watched wrestling as a kid when I was younger, and then I kind of fell out of it, and then I started watching it again around my early 20s.

I love the business of pro wrestling, and it is something I know better than anything else I know about.

Mr. McMahon the character is a very effective heel.

I've been watching wrestling since I was three years old.

I watched WWE as a child. I was a fan.

If you're in the WWE, you're a superstar.

There's a level of exposure that 'Smackdown' and 'Raw' get that other brands like 'NXT,' 'NXT UK,' and '205 Live' do not get. But at the same time, I feel like I would not be who I am without '205 Live.'

I guess when I talk to friends and family back home they don't know anything about wrestling, but when they bring it up they bring up the things they may used to watch and love.

I think Bad News Barrett was a lot of fun.