A.J. Styles Quotes

I'm the man that made wrestling famous.

I grew up watching wrestling my whole life, so to get the chance to step in the ring that I've watched on TV so many times is a dream come true.

In wrestling, if there is a legend, Roddy Piper is a legend, no doubt about it. Nobody was ever like he was.

Once I saw Roddy Piper I knew exactly what I was going to be doing when I grew up.

I was just a little three-year-old kid, and I loved Hulk Hogan. And when you're a three-year-old kid, you don't list off the reasons. I was just drawn to him. He was always my favorite, even in the video games and everything like that. He was the one that I always remembered and liked the most.

I think Sting would be denying his fans a great moment if Sting did not step into WWE competition at least once. I have always been a huge admirer of what Sting brings to the table and his relationship with his audience, and I would be dramatically disappointed if Sting does not wrestle a WWE match.

Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, man - brilliant mind.

Goldberg was as close to a cultural icon as WCW ever produced.

I've always dreamt of somewhere down the line getting one match out of Hogan, just because that was always a dream.

Ricky Steamboat was one of the premier talents to ever be in this business and was one of the very best to have ever stepped in the ring.

Curt Hennig was one of best guys I ever wrestled. If I could've come back and wrestled one last match, I wish I could've wrestled Curt. He was my favorite guy to wrestle.

'Bullet' Bob was one of the most important parts of Smoky Mountain from the start. He was a retired wrestling legend and talked better than anyone on the roster.

Damn sure Dusty Rhodes is never gonna be forgotten, ever.

John Cena's name is already universal enough. Kudos to him for that.

Chris Jericho was always someone I looked up to. I was a WWE fan growing up, and I remember his debut.

It all started as a dream. Just watching as a kid, just watching Hogan, just watching WWF - it was amazing.

It would be a huge loss to the wrestling industry and for those of us that have made our living in this industry to lose someone like Ric Flair.

One of my favorite characters to watch growing up was Sensational Sherri.

I'm a huge fan of Don Leo Jonathan. I love that era of wrestling.

I owe a lot to Roddy Piper.

Kurt Angle is an Olympic gold medalist, one of the greatest in-ring performers of all-time.

One of my guilty pleasures is George 'The Animal' Steele. I didn't like him, but I couldn't stop watching him when he did the corner post thing. It was the most awkward thing I ever saw.

Obviously, I have a lot of respect for Curt Hennig, and I say 'obviously' because I just assumed that anybody would know that 'Mr. Perfect' Curt Hennig was a legend, and someone of that stature is someone that everybody looks up to.

Bill Goldberg can't wrestle.

The Ultimate Warrior character relative to professional wrestling or WWE, he's definitely a Hall of Famer. He's a Hall of Famer whether he gets into the Hall of Fame or not.