Wrestling Nostalgia Quotes

I'm a professional wrestler at heart, and I miss it.

I'm still a wrestling fan: That's how I started out, that's how I will end the day.

When I was a little kid, I'd always go to WWE shows and I was a huge fan of Razor Ramon.

I've got 8 and 10 year old kids telling me about the match I had with Savage at WrestleMania III and that was 30 years before they were even born. But with the magic of the Internet, their dad tells them to watch a little bit of what they used to watch... It amazes me that we're passing it on from generation to generation.

I used to be fond of Indian arm wrestling.

I've got some great stuff in my sports memorabilia collection. But my favorite thing by far is the robe. I actually have a Ric Flair robe with 'the Nature Boy' on the back. That's awesome. When I look at it, it brings back so many memories of my childhood and my teen years.

I'm good friends with The Rock, and I talk to him all the time. And he says that, even though his movie career has taken off, he misses the instant gratification of wrestling, and the live crowds, and I could see being that way myself.

I have always loved wrestling and grew up watching it - my earliest memories include watching Hulk Hogan.

To me, the best part of coming up in that, kind of the last era before it went that way with the FCWs or NXTs, kind of the farm system, is that, you know, wrestling Jimmy Valiant in front of 10 people in Cleveland. We didn't touch. I think we did two things, but we were out there for 20 minutes.

Lifelong wrestling fans who are discovering NXT and being like, 'Wait, this is the kind of wrestling I used to like,' or, 'I like this' - it's succinct. It's an hour long. You've got some great wrestlers, and you've got great storytelling, and it's simple, and it's gritty.

I'm not a huge video game person. I used to always play wrestling video games growing up. My brother used to have all the games, so we would play together.

I've got a bad back from being in the business for more than 20 years, but if I did have that opportunity, I'd love to have one more go-around with Flair.

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

Back in my day in the WWF oh.. the WW EEEEE, we had it all. We had Garbage men, we had clowns, we had them all. But we had one thing that was real, and that was me

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

I would like to see another Johnny Valentine.

I was a big fan of The Revival when they were in NXT. I thought they were as good as Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson.

I was a big Hart Foundation guy as a kid. Bret was my favorite wrestler. I loved their dynamic.

I loved wrestling when you had to get a VHS tape from a strange.

I'm telling you, there have been some great finishers in the world of pro wrestling or sports entertainment. Whatever you want to call it. Man, I enjoyed the Iron Claw back in the day. I believed it was real.

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

I never imagined as a kid that anybody could beat up 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff because Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan convinced me he was the toughest guy, that Andre The Giant was bigger than life, that Hulk Hogan was amazing and dug down deep.

I wish I could have wrestled back in that era of the NWA with my dad. Real old-school style.

The Rhodes in WWE have a wonderful history. I'm glad they let me go. They are the house that built me, and you never know - I might be there again one day.

My favorite wrestler growing up was The Ultimate Warrior.