Jim Cornette Quotes

Anything can happen in pro wrestling.

If you follow my MMA career, I've always been the pro wrestler of women's MMA, coming out with a guitar, saying crazy things on interviews, promos and such.

TNA has been great as far as allowing me to have more input creatively on my character and the direction of my character and promos.

We all just want NXT to be the best product we can do. I don't care about what's going on anywhere else, we just get on with what we do, which is competitive pro wrestling and that's what NXT is.

My whole intention at 'WrestleMania XIV' was to drop the belt to Steve, but I was going to make everybody sweat it out and make them think I wasn't. Obviously, I got that accomplished. That's extremely unprofessional, but that's exactly who I was and what I was doing.

A lot of guys, if they're a face and they see their drawing ability start to falter, they'll turn heel and they're right back on top again. Same thing with a heel. All of a sudden they'll turn into a good guy. Ric Flair has done that throughout his career a number of times.

Not to knock TNA, but there's too much hokey talking and segments that don't really involve wrestling.

There are many ways to do something right within the world of pro wrestling.

I think there was an opportunity as Bad News Barrett to turn me in to a babyface. I am not saying that I would have gotten to the level The Rock got to but it was certainly a chance for me to do something different and keep me motivated and stimulated by what I was doing on the show.

I spent so many years in MMA waving the banner for pro wrestling, telling fighters they had to be more entertaining.

Wrestling is truly my life, and I love being part of the professional wrestling world.

The days of just being a generic, punch-and-kick wrestler are pretty much over.

I won the NXT championship as a heel; then the fans grew to respect - not love, respect - me. I was popular because I was seen as the next to get called up.

It's easy to be the Mayor of Slamtown in the wrestling ring.

I like pure pro-wrestling, when it's serious in its orientation and presentation - like it's a legit sport with Jim Ross calling the action.

In the ring, I'm probably the strongest WWE superstar.

The cool thing about WWE is it's like entertainment boot camp. You're performing in front of a live audience, a different audience every night. You're doing promos in the ring. You're doing talking segments in the back. You're wrestling. You're performing. It's everything all rolled into one.

If you are watching television and two guys come out and you are already able to tell what the finish of that match is based on entrances alone, that's a problem.

Especially watching him struggle, cause I was with him when he was struggling - changed his name to The Rock, all of a sudden he has the attitude a little bit, he started getting the mic, started cutting promos. His character just developed.

I'll be honest, when I first started pro wrestling, everybody else did clotheslines better than me. They did everything about pro wrestling better than me. But when it comes to fighting, getting nitty and gritty, I'm the man.

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

WWE style is a much different platform than other wrestling companies. Each wrestler wrestles under strict rules that fans never know.

I loved all the wrestling going on in the ring - I wouldn't be into it as much if I didn't care about that - but I always had an infatuation with the performers and the entertainers.

As everyone knows, things change in pro wrestling all the time. To try and expect what's going to happen in the future is just foolish to me.

I am excited by the opportunity to join such an extraordinary group of athletes and be a part of the 'Lucha Underground' family.