Sasha Banks Quotes

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

The fact that I'm still able to wrestle on the indies and yet still do my stuff in NXT, and the fact that I wrestled in front of 15,000 people at the Barclays Center at TakeOver, and then, the following weekend, I was still doing indie shows, is wild.

I look at Samoa Joe, and I've told him a number of times that I see his stuff at 'NXT' and think to myself, 'Man, I could have a great deal of fun with you.' He's a guy I have sort of enjoyed, and one of those sleeper guys that no one talks about.

When I first came to NXT, I was wearing the neon stuff. Then I got away from it and ended up being a Funkadactyl dancer, which was awesome.

Was I a fan of WWE? Yeah, of course, but I knew it was not going to be a thing for me, until NXT came to the foreground and a lot of my friends who I was competing against on the independent scene were getting signed.

I went from two-minute matches when I started with NXT to eight, to 10, to 12.

I spent a lot of time wrestling at NXT. That was not seen because I was also an announcer. When you're an announcer, they try to protect you and make sure you don't get hurt or injured, or anything that would hinder you from your TV work.

When you're in NXT, you're really fighting and trying to dig down deep and chase your dream.

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.

I think NXT has opened up the doors for a lot of guys to come in and create different opportunities.

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

Any type of Royal Rumble or battle royal I always look forward to because I usually get to do some pretty cool things.

I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.

Daniel Bryan is a guy I'd like to mix it up with at some point - Tyson Kidd, Kevin Owens. You know, we have a lot of history in NXT, and he's another guy I've known for a long time, so there's so many different options.

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.

There's a huge fan base behind NXT, which is cool because that opens up the door to younger talent that maybe at one point thought that it was impossible to ever get into WWE, but now, there it is.

I don't think I'd be in WWE, and I wouldn't be in NXT, if it wasn't for my time in EVOLVE and Dragon Gate USA and things like that.

I always go back to my days in NXT and look at my feud with Samoa Joe. That was one of the best periods of growth for me.

Being back with Impact wrestling, I couldn't be happier for those guys, but from a professional and business side, it energises me so much to find the next AJ Styles, the next Bobby Roode, the next Samoa Joe.

I have a lot of options in professional wrestling.

Daniel Bryan is someone who I definitely think I can have good matches with.

I always wanted to be a wrestler; I just didn't know how to do it.

I have an open door with WWE as far as wrestling goes.

I've accomplished so much in the WWE.

There is nothing I love more than pro wrestling, so getting to do that all over the globe with some of the best out there is my personal heaven.