Bruno Sammartino Quotes

I should hold the IWGP title always.

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 want the real title. I can't express it enough that I want to fight for the real title. The interim title, from what I've seen... people get it, and then they take it away in a month. I just don't want to be that person.

Lord knows we've been guilty of getting too excited about a title reign only to see it last one or two fights.

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.

For every champion, after you win the belt, you want to defend it as many times as possible.

There's no better way to start a year than to become the first-ever three-time ROH World Champion.

I've had people say I'm inconsistent, and sure, I've never held a UFC or WEC title.

I think to get a title shot, you need to have some expressive winnings.

As far as being the longest-reigning X Division champion, it's a pretty remarkable achievement, due to all the men who have held it over the years.

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.

I carried the WBO belt for five years and defended it 15 times against 10 world champions.

Nothing has been more exciting for me knowing that Ring of Honor is experiencing their best crowds, their best buy rates, and their best merchandise numbers while I'm the champion.

I want to fight for the real belt, not the interim title.

There's a lot of ways to win a belt, but taking it from a champion is very important to me.

I'm here at Madison Square Garden as world champion and have a world champion's mentality, the pressures on to defend my belt - this is what champions do.

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.

Brodie Lee would be a match I'd love to have. When he was the TNT Champion, I was sort of hoping to work my way up to that level.

Winning the belt is one thing. But you're not really a champion until you defend it.

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

Any time you get a title shot, you always try to wait for it the best you can.

It took me 10 fights to get the damn interim title shot and then 11 to get an undisputed shot.

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.

I don't think we can fully understand just how much pressure is on these fighters' shoulders once they win the UFC title. It's a grind just to get to the title fight. You're not earning a lot of money, and the sport takes a real toll on your body. And then once you get the belt, you've got an army of fighters coming for you right away.

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