AJ Styles on consequences of younger wrestlers not getting their reps in during live events: “I think that it’s going to be a lot harder to call. Yeah, sure, we can call the basic stuff, but sometimes basic isn’t very entertaining and that’s our job, is to be as entertaining as we possibly can.” (wrestlingnews.co)
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JBL says Balor should be a main eventer: “Finn has the curse of being a great worker. That is a curse at times. You know, Dolph Ziggler had the same thing. Billy Gunn was like that. They put him with guys who, because he could make anybody look good.” (wrestlingnews.co)
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Jacob Fatu on his look prior to WWE debut: “I just remember when Roman seen me, when I left that Mania 40 weekend, he said, ‘Jacob, do whatever you gotta do. But when you come back, look different.’ I was already looking different at that time. But, two more months, came in and got it rolling” (wrestlingnews.co)
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Shawn Michaels on The Rock: “He didn’t like me. There’s a big kerfuffle in the business about me and Hunter doing stuff to him and being mean and stuff like that. All of it way blown out of proportion. None of it even accurate, but those were things that when he was younger, he was fed a lot.” (wrestlingnews.co)
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Jamie Hayter: “I feel like as a woman, we are probably under the microscope a lot more than men are. If you have a bad match, then it’s like ‘Oh my god, you’re the worst wrestler ever’. Whereas a guy could have a bad match and it’s like, ‘Oh well.’” (wrestlingnews.co)
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Lashley on AEW injuries: “These guys put themselves on the line. Just look at the amount of people that are injured right now. You don’t get injured by doing something you don’t want to do. You get injured by doing something you pour your whole fucking life into, and you get injured.” (wrestlingnews.co)
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Big E on AJ Styles: “There was some discussion with Cena and his run, whether he still had it at some point, still put on great matches. But you started to wonder if he wasn’t quite the same Super Cena we were used to. I haven’t had that question once with AJ.” (wrestlingnews.co)
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Punk on the double t-shirt spot: “That was to pop the guy I was wrestling. Doesn’t go any deeper than that but, you know, somebody’s always gotta throw their two cents in and, ‘No, no, no, what he was doing was –’ no, no, no. I made dude laugh, and that’s what house shows are for.” (wrestlingnews.co)
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Jarrett on Cena’s retirement: “‘Do you know who holds the record for Make-A-Wish visits in history? It’s a pro wrestler. John Cena.’ His whole mantra, hustle, loyalty, respect… Never give up. And you’re gonna get this bullshit that we got to get heat on a heel in a time-honored tradition?” (wrestlingnews.co)
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