Shawn Spears Quotes

It's kind of beating a dead horse if you're talking about going out and saying wrestling's fake, or this or that. People don't want to hear that. They want to hear, they wanted to find an inside story.

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.

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.

Without question, Jerry 'The King' Lawler is my most recognizable partner and my favorite to work with over the years. We endured several things together that reach far beyond merely signing on and subsequently saying 'good night everybody' at the end of the show.

Lifelong wrestling fans who are discovering NXT and being like, 'Wait, this is the kind of wrestling I used to like,' or, 'I like this' - it's succinct. It's an hour long. You've got some great wrestlers, and you've got great storytelling, and it's simple, and it's gritty.

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

I love professional wrestling, and I love sports entertainment.

I was the first WWE developmental talent. When I moved to Connecticut to start training, I had no idea what wrestling was other than what I saw as a fan.

I didn't know what a good technical wrestler was when I was little - it was people that made me scream or boo or cheer.

I've tried repeatedly, but I just cannot sink my teeth into the WWE product.

First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.

I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.

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

As a kid, I loved watching it. I used to watch with my sisters and my brothers. We watched WWE all the time.

I grew up watching wrestling.

I affirmatively have watched WWE programming my whole entire life!

I never was in a wrestling ring before I stepped foot into a WWE ring, so I am a product of NXT.

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

My dad had a habit of giving me the Abdullah the Butcher matches as well as the ones with tables and chairs - basically, the matches that went all over the building.

I hate when people talk about weekly wrestling shows that are lesser than pay-per-views. The fact is pay-per-views are longer, but the wrestling will be just as intense and exciting.

I've always just took notice of what's going on in the wrestling business and who the younger fellas are, and younger ladies, that are interested in this.

Back in the day, when I was getting into the business, you could watch Pro Wrestling Noah. You could watch Ring Of Honor Wrestling, and a lot of people would say, 'the best wrestling in the world is actually at Ring Of Honor.'