In-Ring Action Quotes

Something happened in 1997 that changed the whole industry, at least for the next five, six, or seven years. It wasn't about the 24-inch arms and the cartoon characters anymore. It was about the wrestling and what we were doing in the ring physically.

When I was first in the locker room with The Undertaker and John Cena it was very strange. But it gets to a point that these are going to be guys you are working with you get over that pretty quickly. You can't be star struck.

In my singles run, I would have to say my ladder match with Dolph Ziggler in Cleveland for the Intercontinental Title was probably a career highlight for me. If throwing that pretty boy through a ladder isn't fun, I don't know what is.

For the past 9 years, the WWE has been my home!

So this is what SmackDown looks like.

However, the positive, and I mean this, Jay Lethal and Kyle O'Reilly are two of my favorite opponents. I couldn't ask for two guys I'd rather be in a triple threat match with. On top of that, creatively, if we are able to make something that's really exciting for the fans, any time there are more bodies in the ring, you can always create something that's different because there's more than two people in the ring.

Tagging with Cesaro, I've just had fun. I don't think about promos; I don't think about backstage scenes. I just go out there and be me.

I had worked with The Shield quite a bit, live events and things like that so we had good chemistry in the ring.

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

AEW is all about the bell to bell action. You're going to get more wrestling and less soapy backstage drama.

I definitely miss parts of wrestling like having matches, especially when I watch the product.

I'm the living proof that the WWE Universe wants to see wrestling. They want to see in-ring action.

Anything can happen in the WWF.

Sometimes - and I don't mean it disrespectfully - the easiest people to work in the wrestling business are the people in the locker room.

Every time I step foot through the ropes, I try to entertain and put on the best match possible.

I would say that the one thing I miss obviously is the in-ring action. The closest I get to that is being able to teach big groups of women and leading them down the path towards empowerment towards jiu-jitsu.