I've wrestled Rich Swann countless times. I've faced Akira Tozawa in Japan and America. Zack Sabre Jr. is another guy I've faced many times.
When I see wrestlers fight, they train a lot of boxing because they don't want to end up on bottom.
Wrestling goes through seasons. Some things become trends for a while or other things become a trend or the style.
That wrestling ring is home for me; it's my passion. I love what I do.
Wrestling is a small, intimate sport.
When I was a wrestler, my job was mostly looking mean and throwing punches and kicks.
Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle.
I would love to get in the ring with Bull Nakano. I would be so excited.
Wrestling has taken me on a ride and a love affair. I absolutely enjoy wrestling.
So I don't think one type of wrestling is right and one type of wrestling is wrong, and I've used that ability to unlearn what I've done and really go back and get back in touch with that Dragon Gate style since now there's a lot of guys that can work with that.
But wrestling used to be the same as boxing or mixed martial arts. It used to be about conflict, having a fight, who's going to win.
Wrestling is ballet with violence.
It's a dream of mine to be a mixed martial arts world champion.
Wrestlers from Japan and Canada are very tough.
To me, wrestling always comes first.
I'm not the strongest, I'm not this amazing wrestler, but I believe the skills I've honed over a period of time - my stand up, my takedown defence, the way I position myself on the ground - I just believe I can be the full package.
Wrestling is quite cyclical in its nature.
Wrestling went from being sometimes comical to very serious, and there was a lot of depth regarding the vastness in which people performed.
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.
There were a lot of tough guys who were tremendous wrestlers.
I was landscaping not too long ago, so I'm extremely grateful for the people supporting me in wrestling. Not that landscaping is terrible, but I'd rather be suplexing and punching people.
Wrestling-wise, I've wrestled a lot of the girls that I've really wanted to, like Natalya and Emma.
I am new school, but Ultimo Dragon taught me that wrestling is a fight. He taught me the importance of the fighting spirit in the ring.
In wrestling, I was always competing against bigger guys.
I understand everything Ronda Rousey is gonna bring that day. I don't think she's gonna be able to deal with my striking. She's gonna be really surprised when I touch her, when I connect on my punches.
