Matt Riddle Quotes

Even though MMA and pro wrestling are very different, at the end of the day, it's all about entertaining. They are amazing athletes who go out there and give 100 percent.

The cool thing about pro wrestling is we do a lot more acting as far as characters in general than MMA. I know a lot of people like the MMA fighters because they like the rugged look.

Wrestlers are very protective and care about what we do and we're always fighting for credibility.

I would never intend to hurt anyone I'm in the ring with. It's entertainment, it's a performance, it's a sport.

We take pride in making our Knockouts Division about wrestling, not about looking pretty.

You can't help but be in awe of the athletic abilities of the WWE Superstars.

I love every minute of being inside that squared circle.

I would miss the action if I ever stepped away from wrestling.

The whole wrestling art, it's a whole form, is performance, and that's what makes it so exciting to do.

I don't like to use the word 'fake.' A lot of our stuff is choreographed. But there is a lot of physicality that happens during the course of a match and our careers. There's a lot of physicality that happens to us and you can't deny that.

To me, nothing is more fun than being in that ring. That ring is just my heart; it's my passion.

Sometimes you experience magic out in the ring.

I spent so many years in MMA waving the banner for pro wrestling, telling fighters they had to be more entertaining.

I think the Eddie Alvarez fight is a good fight that makes sense - a couple Italian guys throwing down. I've got nothing but respect for the guy.

You can feel greatness in the ring. You can get two guys that gel together and it's just like poetry or a work of art.

Believe it or not, I kind of went into professional wrestling so I could get an avenue into acting.

I don't like to have gimmicks. I don't like to have gadgets and stuff. I just like to go out there and entertain the fans by wrestling.

WWE is a space where I thrived, and I loved, and I still do. I love connecting with an audience; that is the greatest thing about going back to WWE.

My home is at the WWE. I truly do love performing. The atmosphere here isn't like anything else. It's truly where I belong.

It's good to go out and entertain these people, and you've got them on the edge of their seat, they're standing up. Then you know that you've done your job, you've entertained them. My way of entertaining them is going out and wrestling. Everyone's got their different ways.

We really do have a lot of personality in WWE. You have to, to be in this job. You showcase a lot of personality.

It's kind of an art, going out and performing. I'd like fans to remember me as a guy who would go out and entertain them, give them quality matches, and not just the same old garbage every week.

There are no tough guys in wrestling.

It's not about how much money I'm getting paid. It's just a love of one-on-one combat. I feel I'm at home. I love the ring entrances, the talking. I'm the master of it all.

A guy like Ric Flair at 49 could go out and do his character. A guy 49 going out and doing Goldberg again - I don't know what the odds are.