Jim Cornette Quotes

I was in TNA for over a dozen years. I had a great run there - I had a great career - but obviously, WWE has always been the be-all, end-all of sports entertainment. Until you get there and experience it on a personal level, you just don't know.

I was in the independent scene for two years before I got the call from the WWE.

I was 21 years old when I first signed with WWE. I finished my university degree and came straight to America.

I think the reason that I've been able to succeed is that I was a fan of sports entertainment when I was a kid - that's what I wanted to do.

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

I was an unknown face before I joined the WWE.

If I play my cards right, I could bring network wrestling back to TV. Unfortunately, to most people, wrestling is a laughingstock. But fortunately, I'm reaching people who otherwise wouldn't watch it.

Probably better than anybody, I realized that I could have easily been one of those guys who was not seen as being a WWE-type guy.

I know him as Terry. Hulk Hogan has probably done more for wrestling than anybody has. He got Hollywood involved in wrestling. Hogan was a big guy, but that big ol' guy could move, and he knew how to get those people going. He had it all. He got pro wrestling to a whole new level.

Being in the Bullet Club is definitely a huge opportunity and guarantees more eyes on my work.

I was on 'SmackDown' TV when I was 24. I was released when I was 27 and came back at 29.

Nobody has a scientific formula to being the most over superstar in all of WWE.

Getting to work with The Undertaker right off the bat was a tremendous opportunity. It was an opportunity to be a career-maker, and fortunately, I was able to take advantage of that.

At 15-years-old, I always wanted to do professional wrestling, and at 15, I started training as a professional wrestler. It was always the plan to become an entertainer, a sports entertainer.

I'm interested to work with Lucha Underground and as champion that would put me in the mix to work with them.

My life did a 180 when I joined Bullet Club. Joining Bullet Club opened the door to New Japan for me. It made me more valuable.

To some people, being in the business only starts when you're in the WWE. So I guess for those people, I'm kind of an overnight sensation.

I remember when I had just left WWE and I was wrestling in England and Germany, I could just tell that this influx of this new wave of wrestling was coming much like it felt when I began wrestling back in '99.

I went to my tryout in WWE, and I think within like six weeks, it was really fast for me, I was like down there, moved to Tampa, and the rest was history.

I was discovered by Tommy Dreamer.

I wasn't trying to be the next Hulk Hogan. I was trying to be the next Vince McMahon.

In a perfect world, I'd end up at NXT.

Joining WWE has always been a lifelong dream of mine.

My dad is to professional wrestling what Babe Ruth was to baseball - he's an icon. Working with him and having him around as I try to get this new character over with the fans has been a major help.

If I do make WWE - because in my head, until it's official, it's not a thing - I think if they brought me in, it would be very short lived at NXT, and I'd be on main roster extremely quick.