Elias Quotes

In wrestling, sports entertainment, I get to fight in front of people; I get to wrestle in front of people; I get to entertain people sometimes four times a week - all around the country, all around the world.

I felt good in the ring with John Cena.

I've never walked through the curtain with someone I wasn't trying to audition as a WrestleMania main-eventer, and I never want to.

When I first broke in, I wanted to be the best technical wrestler on the planet.

Wrestling is to go out there and perform and make people believe that either of the performers in the ring can win - either the bad guy or the good guy.

When I'm in the ring I've got a million people watching me weekly, looking for me to present something memorable to them.

Every time I step foot through the ropes, I try to entertain and put on the best match possible.

Honestly one woman that I would really love to face would be Taya Valkyrie.

This isn't a competitive sport. Wrestling is not the NFL or the NHL. It's not really sports. It's entertainment. And in order to be entertaining, you have to create emotion. And you can't create emotion by simply having a wrestling match.

At Wrestlemania, I'd love to wrestle John Cena; I've got a lot of issues with that guy.

On the road to WrestleMania, this is where everyone's giving 110 percent.

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.

I had one of the best matches of my career with Matt Cross, and I'd never met him before, until that day. Wrestling will always be in my heart.

I always said when Edge and I were tag team partners that we had great chemistry together. Then we ended up parting our own ways and facing each other, and we found that chemistry again as opponents. It doesn't matter how you put Edge and myself in the ring, we're going to make sure that we give you what you pay for.

I've never really considered myself a wrestler. I always considered myself an entertainer, but I always wanted to be better than the guy next to me.

When the fans were watching my dad, you could never tell if this was real or is this fake, and that's what made him so special. Every ounce of energy went to being The Nature Boy.

With wrestling, I'm working all the time, I'm wrestling all the time, I'm performing all the time, and I'm making money all the time.

Being able to be the guy that took down The Shield, there were a lot of people in the locker room who wish they could have said that.

We're not telling you we're out there fighting each other. We're going out there to entertain you.

I think Ronda's biggest fear was losing to me, so if we were to do it in WWE, she would have to win. I don't have such a big ego, but if we were to put on a show for the fans, something like that, no problem.

Everyone knows some day I'm gonna beat the crap out of Seth Rollins - that would be awesome. I'd love to beat the crap out of him. I'd just love to have a great match with Seth Rollins.

You want to earn that opportunity to be part of WrestleMania, the biggest show of the year.

All of the Divas are given opportunities. It's kind of the way you go after them and what you do with them. I feel like I was able to seize the opportunity I was given, and now I am Divas champion.

Defending the Impact title against Jay Lethal would be phenomenal.

The response Cena elicits from the crowd is unreal. And critically, AJ Styles has been considered one of, if not, the best in the world. Together, it's magic.