William Regal Quotes

A lot of people say, 'What set the Attitude Era up?' or, 'What started the Attitude Era?' To me - and I was allegedly the leader of it - sports entertainment, pro wrestling, whatever you want to call it has always had an attitude. So, why that particular generation got labeled, I don't know.

It's the fans that dictate what wrestling is. That's the one constant from 1917 to 2017.

To many generations of fans, Hulk Hogan really represents the beginning of what became this amazing industry that we have.

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.

When you think about the impact and the legacy that 'Monday Night Raw' has had on the media, entertainment, and sports worlds, it's significant.

I guess my mission statement is now to let the world know on a global scale that WWE certainly is a wonderful form of entertainment, but its superstars are more than just superstars inside the ring. They do so much more outside the ring and have so much more to offer.

All those guys wanna be us. All the fighters wanna be in professional wrestling; I don't care what they say.

I'm a fan of Lucha Underground and hope they are successful.

I have a lot of respect for the folks over at WWE, and I have a ton of respect for what they've accomplished within the industry.

Back in the day, when I was getting into the business, you could watch Pro Wrestling Noah. You could watch Ring Of Honor Wrestling, and a lot of people would say, 'the best wrestling in the world is actually at Ring Of Honor.'

I really don't feel like just going to WWE is the absolute end-all, be-all in wrestling.

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'm coming to AEW because I believe in what they are doing.

Wrestling is cyclical. And if you look at the '80s, it had an unbelievable run, and then it just fell down. '90s had the biggest run ever because of the Monday Night Wars.

I would consider myself a casual fan growing up because obviously wrestling was such a huge part of pop culture, and still is. I was a fan as much as it was a part of pop culture.

Bullet Club has been huge. It's something that's transcended wrestling a little bit.

The Bullet Club has sort of become this pop-culture phenomenon. You don't even have to like wrestling or follow our product, and you can wear a Bullet Club shirt, and it's cool.

I remember the first Wrestlemania; I was four years old. Nobody had any idea what it would become.

I always knew that in the U.S., if you wanted to be a wrestler, Ring of Honor was the place to be.

Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler's match was the one thing people believed most about wrestling in the last 35 years.

If WCW and Eric Bischoff hadn't brought in the cruiserweights, I don't think the company would have ever gotten to where it was.

For sure yeah, Bullet Club is definitely synonymous with pro wrestling as a whole.

In a sense, I think the WWE Universe has become one of the greatest characters of the modern era.

NXT really built some momentum and became something pretty special.

I became a wrestling fan in college. So, I was more of a wrestling fan as an adult than when I was a little kid.