All Elite Wrestling completely changes the entire landscape of pro wrestling. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
WWE really likes to keep its fans on the edge of their seats and on their toes. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Toward the end of my career with WWE, I found myself in a comfort zone. Looking back at it now with a… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
MMA is very difficult; you can't just be good at wrestling. You need striking, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu and countless other things. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
People want to see fighters who can put on a little show and then back it up. Hopefully I can do both… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I think it's surprising for a lot of people to see Jack Swagger crossover to MMA because they know Jack Swagger more… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
AEW loves what I'm doing with Bellator and Bellator loves what I'm doing with AEW. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I've been wrestling since I was 4 years old, so I have over 30 years in some form of wrestling, non-stop in… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Coming to WWE, where they treat the talent a certain way, I really gravitated toward Bellator because you saw the trend in… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Whether you speak English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, everybody can speak wrestling and it's really cool to go to different cultures and societies… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
When I was leaving college, getting ready to graduate with a degree in finance, I had job interviews for months and months… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
In my first fight, I acknowledged it. I'm a professional wrestler, this is who I am, who you know me as. But… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
It is cool to be a pro wrestler and that makes it so much better for us as pro wrestlers - who… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
The nerves with WWE performance is more the live television angles because we have time limits and have storylines we want to… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Anyone that holds a championship you are on a list of a very few people that have had that special honor, and… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Kofi Kingston has always been one of my favorite opponents to wrestle. He and I started back in McDonough, Georgia in 2006… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
As far as the work in the ring, it's so much technique and spacing and timing, and that's what amateur wrestling is,… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Your character has to be an extension of yourself, and you got to be comfortable in it. Otherwise, people are going to… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
If you go back and look at WWE Magazine, they asked me when I was going to win my first world championship… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
MMA fans and pro wrestling fans are similar in that they care about their sports very much. They want to see that… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
You don't see a lot of fighters with no or little experience getting to be on the main card. I know that's… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
My junior and senior year in college is when I first realized what MMA is and really started liking it. I went… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got in professional wrestling was use the exposure from cable's number one rated… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I grew up in one of the most prolific high-school-wrestling programs in the country, and MMA fighters are more successful when they… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I relate everything to amateur wrestling, including the way I watch basketball and the way I watch football. My brain thinks as… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
The level of difficulty in most areas of MMA is very high. It's a high learning curve. The footwork in boxing alone… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Your natural instinct when people are throwing punches at you is to back up. That just makes it more dangerous for you.… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
A long time ago I learned how to shut my mouth, listen to my coaches and put trust in my coaches. — Jake Hager Copy Share
When I was leaving college, getting ready to graduate with a degree in finance, I had job interviews for months and months - and… — Jake Hager Copy Share
A lot of people want me to say negative things about WWE, but I'm very grateful for my career there. — Jake Hager Copy Share
Going through life is always scary doing something new, at the same time it is very exciting. — Jake Hager Copy Share
I was never the best athlete, but I knew how to be coached and I knew how to work hard at it. — Jake Hager Copy Share
If you go back and look at WWE Magazine, they asked me when I was going to win my first world championship and I… — Jake Hager Copy Share
I'm a conservative. I voted for Donald Trump and back in 2016 everybody was talking about, 'Oh my God, here's another TV character trying… — Jake Hager Copy Share
A lot of great fighters were amateur wrestlers first and you can study them on film to see how they adapted the techniques. — Jake Hager Copy Share
MMA fans and pro wrestling fans are similar in that they care about their sports very much. They want to see that you're serious… — Jake Hager Copy Share
For me, the wins and losses in pro wrestling never mattered. The thing that matters is the time on television to tell that story.… — Jake Hager Copy Share
