Randy Orton Quotes

Ever since I was a child I always wanted to be WWE Champion. I've been in love with sports-entertainment for my entire life, and I always wanted to do that.

I could say, you know, if I could work with Seth Rollins at some point in time, that would be a lot of fun.

I worked with Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt. Those guys have come along and are doing very well now.

I really enjoy watching the younger talent like The Shield rise up on the card and make a huge impact.

There were many great moments in WWE, but the most special was to win the 'Royal Rumble' of 40 wrestlers.

I went to WWE to prove something. I had to go through Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Edge; I had to go through all of those guys to prove myself.

I love getting in the ring with Britt Baker. She is one of my favorite people that I got in the ring with.

I would have to say probably some of my favorite highlights in the ring would have to be with The Rock. Because at that time, me and him were number one guys, both of us on the rise, and just the matches we had were good times.

One of the purposes of coming to WWE was to wrestle with Daniel Bryan.

Joining WWE has always been a lifelong dream of mine.

2014 was a really big year for me because I was able to go into a storyline with Stephanie McMahon, and the WWE Divas championship wasn't part of that, but for me, it was the biggest story I've ever been a part of in my whole entire career.

I always knew I wanted to be a pro wrestler for as long as I can remember.

I definitely would like to work with Nia Jax; she's something different that I haven't had yet. I didn't have someone like her to work with in NXT, so I think I would like to work with her next. I think that would be a great feud.

I think all The Shield boys will tell you we hold The Shield very dear to our hearts. That was our vehicle to where we are now, and to get out of developmental and out of that hot Tampa warehouse.

The Big Show and Mark Henry and even John Cena helped me along my journey.

When my career took off like a rocket in '97 - me against the nWo and Randy Savage - I wasn't just a top guy, I was the top guy, and then in '98, I blew my back out.

I think the climate of wrestling has changed. I think the big guy, The Giant, The Big John Studd's of the world are an endangered species because the business has become smaller.

When I first came in, I won a world championship pretty fast. Then I worked with John Morrison and Daniel Bryan, became King of the Ring, went back to 'SmackDown,' became the world champion again, won the Rumble, did a lot of things, went away after an injury.

'SmackDown Live' is a great place with a great roster and many talented superstars.

I would like to wrestle some guys again like Dolph Ziggler, Ken Anderson, and many others in the business.

I always wanted to be a wrestler when I grew up.

I got into wrestling to be a WWE superstar - that was my goal.

Me and Kyle O'Reilly have wrestled all around the world. We've done good work.

I hope Seth Rollins becomes the safest, best wrestler in the world. And I wish him all the luck in the world.

The key to WWE's success and longevity is that they are, as modern and as relevant as the company may be in modern social media and platforms and contemporary distribution, the company is still built around old-school promotion. Who are these two fighters? Why are they wrestling? And why should I pay to see it?