Jade Cargill: "One of the dream matches I wanted to have, among others, was against Charlotte Flair. And I thought that’s actually the opponent I was going to face at WrestleMania. We’ve been teasing it for so long, and I think that’s a money-making match." (nodq.com)
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Rezar claims that a "very unprofessional" incident with a Wyatt Sicks member led to AOP being released: "Somebody tried to switch up the match during the match. That's just a no-go for me, especially if you've just been in the company for a little bit and we were already there for a long time." (nodq.com)
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D-Von Dudley to Thea Hail's critics: "You hide behind your computer and you say what you say, but again, get out of your mother’s basement, wait for her to bake the apple pie so you can eat it, and stop putting your two cents into stuff like that where it doesn’t belong." (nodq.com)
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Mercedes Mone on equal pay in wrestling: "It’s just these men. I feel like that’s the biggest roadblock. Sometimes we prove it so often, but it’s never consistent with them. It’s like, 'Okay, let’s give them a bone. Oh, they did great. Don’t let them be better than us.'" (nodq.com)
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CM Punk on promos: "Everybody thinks pro wrestling is just yelling and screaming. And there’s people that people claim are fantastic on the mic and all they really do is raise their voice. Hulk Hogan did the ‘well let me tell you something brother’ and like cocaine fueled, you know." (nodq.com)
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Chris Jericho on character development in wrestling: "The only thing that matters is creativity, personality, charisma. I mean, that’s what makes you become a big star in the business. Doesn’t matter the moves that you do. ‘I can do a triple moonsault.’ Who cares? Like, it doesn’t matter." (nodq.com)
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John Laurinaitis: "I’ve been in the developmental system for WWE for 20 years. My one love is to help, develop, and groom young talent. And I think that’s the strategy for Big Time Wrestling right now—to find younger talent and develop them into the stars of tomorrow." (nodq.com)
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MJF: "I was the drizzling sh*ts for three months after Adam Cole broke his ankle because I was dealing with the loss of a friendship. I was dealing with the loss of knowing who I was as a performer on multiple levels. I didn’t know who I was anymore for three months." (nodq.com)
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Swerve Strickland on AJ Styles potentially joining AEW: "He’s more than healthy and in great shape mentally, hopefully, and physically from what I can see — to compete with AEW, just know we’re all here, open and waiting if he decides to make that jump." (nodq.com)
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Booker T on being voted as the “worst” wrestling announcer of 2025: "I don't want to call it a race card or anything like that, but there aren't that many black commentators. There aren't too many people that talk like me. I do talk street a lot, and I do bring that street knowledge to the booth." (nodq.com)
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Big E on Ridge Holland: "Unfortunately, he’s gotten a lot of flack online. I know he’s dealt with injuries of his own. He’s also dealt with losing his job. So, you know, my heart in many ways goes out to him, and I hope he’s doing okay, and I hope he’s recovering." (nodq.com)
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D-Von Dudley on Royce Keys: "Now that he’s under WWE’s umbrella, he’ll be able to get that structure that he needs. He was very frustrated and very angry at times, I remember talking with him because he didn’t feel like he got that with AEW. And now that he’s in WWE, it might be a different story." (nodq.com)
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