Samoa Joe Quotes

The South is where wrestling was birthed.

I'm a really big fan of the history of wrestling.

Memphis is like the heart of wrestling.

There are so many young fans out there who have only seen me wrestle on tape.

Florida was a hotbed of professional wrestling, one of the hottest in the country.

I don't think there's anything else in the world that my dad loves talking about more than wrestling.

Nobody has wrestled everybody in the business like I have, especially not Bret Hart.

I have had the greatest wrestling career in the history of pro wrestling.

I'd love to wrestle a Bruiser Brody or Andre the Giant from the past.

I have a lot of respect for the folks over at WWE, and I have a ton of respect for what they've accomplished within the industry.

Texas was a hotbed for professional wrestling when I was growing up.

I grew up in Tampa, Florida, and St. Pete, Tampa, the Tampa Bay area, and that was the home of Championship Wrestling from Florida with Gordon Solie, Dusty Rhodes, and it was just... I mean, for storylines and angles and promos, it was second to none.

Baltimore is a great wrestling town.

Philadelphia is kind of like a Mecca for professional wrestling, especially the old ECW Arena down in South Philly. That's the place I always wanted to wrestle growing up, and I got that opportunity when I worked with Ring of Honor.

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've always been a big fan of Jim Neidhart.

Hopefully, when people watch 'Lucha Underground' and WWE, Ring of Honor, New Japan, AAA, and any other promotion out there, they fall in love with pro wrestling. Pro wrestling, as it affects pop culture, is bigger than any one promotion.

I'm still a wrestling fan: That's how I started out, that's how I will end the day.

When Terry Funk, Harley Race had world titles, it meant more.

The 'Edge And Christian Show' is evergreen, I guess.

The Hardcore Championship is still probably my favorite title of all time.

When you're in the Ring of Honor locker room, you feel like something special is happening every night.

We got shorted when it comes to recognition for the '80s war. Everybody talks about the 'Monday Night Wars' and the 'Attitude Era,' but it was neck and neck in the '80s.

I became a wrestling fan in college. So, I was more of a wrestling fan as an adult than when I was a little kid.

I listened to the veteran wrestlers that had tons of experience, like Leo Burke.