Rikishi Quotes

I've been talking to certain wrestlers on the phone lately, and certain female wrestlers that were huge stars ten years ago, and the first thing I ask them is 'do you still want to work?' Do they want to talk, or do they want to wrestle or do something else in the business?

Vince McMahon became a billionaire based on Attitude, and Attitude was spawned by the ECW experience.

My family has been in the wrestling business for over 70 years. I'm a third-generation wrestling promoter, and years ago, when I fist started, there was a wrestling audience in the United States in 22 regions.

I have nothing but respect for Adam Cole. I've known him for a very long time, and he's one of the best in the world.

One of the fun things about wrestling is that you can do a move and leave your stamp on the business forever.

There is nothing more than the world to me than performing in front of the WWE Universe. So I would like to do it as long as I can. As long as they will have me.

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

Vince McMahon could care less about the ECW legacy.

The truth of the matter is that Dusty Rhodes helped put more money in my pocket than anybody I've ever wrestled. In his time he was the most charismatic and talented performer in the business, and I know he doesn't look like it, but he was a pretty good athlete too.

I've been in WWE for 22 years, and that's a long time, and I still think I perform at a high level.

We knew that AJ Styles might be the best in the world. We didn't realize that until he got to WWE.

If you ever dissect '205,' take a hard look at it, it's always been a fantastic show. Regardless of what's been going on, the wrestling has been the best not only in the company but on the planet. The only critique, if you really dissect it, is that the crowd isn't into it; the crowd doesn't care.

The McMahons are generational promoters, Vince's grandfather was a promoter way back in the day, and obviously, his father was a very, very famous promoter.

In my opinion nobody owns the patent on the art form of professional wrestling and the way it does its business.

There are good wrestlers, great wrestlers, and special wrestlers.

Ric Flair, as great was and a hard worker as he was, he just tends to get lost in the ring.

There is an art to wrestling, and there is a need to do it right. Cody Rhodes exemplifies all the right things.

I trained under Bill DeMott. I did a lot of my promo work with Dusty Rhodes.

Professionally, John Cena has my respect more than anybody I've ever been around in the ring and out of the ring.

A lot of people are successful in this business because of a catchphrase or athletic ability or charisma or wrestling; Ric Flair is the personification of all of those things, much like his daughter Charlotte, as she is already a multiple-time champion after only a few years in the WWE.

When I first started wrestling I knew that I wanted to work as long and as hard as it took to be able to have a great match with anyone.

Matt Hardy may be dysfunctional, but you can't spell dysfunctional without fun. My goal in the professional wrestling industry is to put fun into the dysfunctionality of it.

Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great

I entered this ring Randy Orton, Legend Killer. When all was said and done, I left as Randy Orton, Legend.

Pro wrestling has always been ingrained into American culture. It was one of the first things that was ever on television, so everybody watched it.