I'm from a wrestling family, a wrestling dynasty. And as biased as that may be, I firmly believe I am from the greatest wrestling family of all time.
In our family, we don't know why there are so many of us in wrestling. We think about it at the dinner table when we have big family reunions, and it just comes from a passion and love we have for the industry.
I came from my father being one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. It's really hard to fill those shoes.
I would hope to end my career here if it came down to it and take other roles with 'Lucha Underground.' I see a lot of the style I was raised on here, and I think I can help out with the young upcoming talent and hope to be around here as long as it lasts.
I'm a second-generation professional wrestler. My family, the Rhodes family, has been wrestling for 50-odd years.
Baseball is called 'America's Pastime,' but you could argue WWE and wrestling is very similar. We've been around since the carnival days. People want to be entertained. It's obviously two different sports, but everyone appreciates the athleticism of another sport.
In Mexico, wrestling is part of the cultural fabric. The guys wear masks and they are real-life superheroes.
This IWGP title means more with me than any WWE championship.
My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws.
If you go back in time to the '60s, the '70s, probably the early '80s, British professional wrestling was the most respected region of professional wrestling on the planet, and somewhere along the way that got lost and wrestlers were forced to America or Japan or even Mexico to make a living.
Some people, they're seeking elsewhere, looking elsewhere. I love WWE, but this is the type of wrestling that I grew up on. And every week, it's bigger and bigger. And these shows are just getting more and more special.
I'm very proud to be part of the biggest family in wrestling, the Samoan Dynasty.
My grandmother got into this business in the 1940s, so it's all I've ever known. So I've seen a lot of wrestling.
I always had a love for the business. I remember hearing the stories about the patriarch of our family, 'High Chief' Peter Maivia, starting out wrestling in a rundown gym back in Auckland, New Zealand, then traveling the world, wrestling all over.
No one goes to WrestleMania wanting to walk away going,'Yeah, it was okay, but I thought last year's was better.'
My trainer, Marty Jones, was trained by Billy Robinson, so was Johnny Saint and a lot of great British wrestlers.
You can either go down the stage like everybody else, or you can go through the crowd like Roman Reigns. I'd take going through the crowd, the WWE Universe, every day of the week.
I want to be one of the wrestlers that actually gave back, that actually cared about the industry. That's very important to me.
Here's the thing: Tanahashi has this idea that wrestling has to be a certain way. There are borders that you shouldn't cross. Wrestling should be wrestling; there's a 'classic' way. But the thing is, when I watch a Tanahashi match, I feel nothing.
My father left a bit of his life with me. He gave me a gift, as did so many other wrestlers, like Mike DiBiase, Bob Geigel, Verne Gagne and Gene Kiniski. They all left me with something.
There is this energy, a lifeblood energy that runs through Ring of Honor.
I really want to thank the whole Phoenix-Scottsdale-Glendale area. It's been a wonderful home for WWE for years.
The wrestling community loves the Rhodes Family - not only loves them, but we know what we're doing.
My whole family are wrestlers; I was brought up in the business.
Summerslam was a huge part of my childhood.
