Wrestling Recognition Quotes

To be honored with the WWE Hall of Fame, I cannot put into words how big it is for me.

The Heisman Trophy equivalent in collegiate wrestling is named the Dan Hodge Award, which illustrates just how Dan is perceived within that culture.

I think in my time in AEW, I haven't been put in a very prominent position.

AJ Styles, he is very well established, very well known. He had a name that was very well known. I would think, outside of WWE, his might be the most outside-recognized wrestling name in the world. Samoa Joe as well. He could have debuted straight to Raw or SmackDown, absolutely.

I always wanted to be mentioned in the same breath as all of the great wrestlers.

Promoters saw the potential in me and the value in me. It was because of companies like Evolve, PWG, Progress, and Beyond Wrestling. Those are the big ones that gave me a push and made my name worth something on the indies.

If you're going to have a Hall of Fame, you've got to have Owen Hart in the Hall of Fame.

I didn't have any pedigree or any last name that would get me an opportunity to get looked at by WWE.

The one Hall of Fame that I refuse to go in is the WWE Hall of Fame because do you know where it's at? Where is it?

I've done so much for the WWE. Everything I've done, any movie I've done, any notoriety I have, it's because of them.