It was always important for me not to be pigeonholed as a cruiserweight-style wrestler. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
What the general public doesn't always understand is that wrestlers often only have hours to put things together, not days or weeks,… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
In my opinion nobody owns the patent on the art form of professional wrestling and the way it does its business. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
When I was contacted about coming back to Impact they were obviously at a stage when they were really rebooting as a… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I think that weight divisions in wrestling is a little silly as we never adhere to them. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
There was a time that I really loved pro wrestling, but I'm not a pro wrestling junkie, per se. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I was thankful that TNA saw the potential in me and put me in a position to fulfill something like winning the… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I have friends in other industries but if I am training for a wrestling match, I would turn to the best wrestler… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
From the moment I became a free agent, the WWE opportunity was the one I wanted. Obviously, there were strong plays made… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I think that there is a lot of people that miss what pro wrestling can give them too. I don't watch a… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
Pay-per-views bring conclusion to storylines and what has been going on from television. It is important to give viewers satisfactory pay off… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
As for regret, more than anything else, my regret lies in that the WWE Universe never really got the real Austin Aries.… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
Is it supposed to be a championship for a certain style of wrestlers? For wrestlers under a certain weight limit? I think… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
As long as I can get Bobby Heenan in my corner, then I'm a happy man because, to me, Bobby Heenan is… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I think the reality of the situation is if you're WWE and you're looking for talent, you're going to want the best… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
WWE is the biggest entity in professional wrestling and if you want to prove yourself to be one of the greatest or… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I think it's funny, if you look at Brian Cage, the guy calls himself 'The Machine.' 265 lbs and spends a lot… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
No matter who I am wrestling, as long as Bobby Heenan is my manager, I'll be happy. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
The perception is if you are not 206lbs then you can't be considered main event talent, which is foolish. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I have put a lot of energy and focus into capturing the Cruiserweight Championship, but obviously I didn't get the job done. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
Just like music, I consider wrestling to be an art form, and I have a vision of what that art should look… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I was the X-Division champion and competing against guys mostly my size, and I dominated them. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
A guy like AJ Styles is obviously a great talent and he's going to go out there and put on a performance… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
Chris Jericho is a guy who I grew up really appreciating what he did in the ring. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
Really, since I left Impact Wrestling - some people say controversially - I've been really laying low. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I'm interested to work with Lucha Underground and as champion that would put me in the mix to work with them. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I competed at 'WrestleMania 33,' and I'm telling you, leading up to what should have been the biggest moment of my life,… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
Every time Samoa Joe and myself have stepped in the ring, we've always created a little bit of magic. — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
Guys like Samoa Joe, no matter what it's been, what promotion, every time we are in the ring there is such an… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I'm not going to lie. I'd love to have the mic in my hand opposite of Dixie Carter in the ring and… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I think there's a balance of fan interaction. I think sometimes there can be a little too much interaction. I know when… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
Obviously, you'd like your titles to be defended at major pay-per-views. I think most fans would agree with that although it doesn't… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of free time with the amount of traveling that I do, but most of pro wrestling isn't… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
As I go around the country and I'm seeing all the fans in the WWE Universe, there's a lot of young kids… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I always mention Bobby Roode. We just click on a lot of different levels. We grew up appreciating the same type of… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
Right before I came back to TNA, I had made the decision to just sort of step away from wrestling. Therefore I… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
I have friends in other industries but if I am training for a wrestling match, I would turn to the best wrestler to train,… — Austin Aries Copy Share
In my opinion nobody owns the patent on the art form of professional wrestling and the way it does its business. — Austin Aries Copy Share
I think that once I started connecting dots of where my food was coming from and the reality of that, as opposed to maybe… — Austin Aries Copy Share
Just like music, I consider wrestling to be an art form, and I have a vision of what that art should look like. — Austin Aries Copy Share
When I first started training, I guess the fact that I was undersized, it just didn't register initially. Obviously, I knew I wasn't huge… — Austin Aries Copy Share
Guys like Samoa Joe, no matter what it's been, what promotion, every time we are in the ring there is such an easy storytelling… — Austin Aries Copy Share
No matter who I am wrestling, as long as Bobby Heenan is my manager, I'll be happy. — Austin Aries Copy Share
The more you control where your food comes from instead of relying on restaurants, fast food joints, convenience stores and other processed sources, the… — Austin Aries Copy Share
I think that weight divisions in wrestling is a little silly as we never adhere to them. — Austin Aries Copy Share
I think that there is a lot of people that miss what pro wrestling can give them too. I don't watch a ton of… — Austin Aries Copy Share
What the general public doesn't always understand is that wrestlers often only have hours to put things together, not days or weeks, except in… — Austin Aries Copy Share
I'm someone who likes to question things that are put in front of me, I like to think I'm someone who asks 'why sir?'… — Austin Aries Copy Share
