Dad Quote by Bret Hart

I trained at All Pro Wrestling in the U.S. Later, I signed up with the New Japan Pro Wrestling. Then WWE noticed me.

— The Great Khali

I first started pro wrestling right after I got out of college at the University of Michigan, so I was in that frame of…

— Scott Steiner

I've trained with real, world-class wrestlers.

— Rashad Evans

I didn't come from wrestling, and I never wrestled outside of WWE. So I'm kind of a homegrown talent. I learned everything from the…

— Carmella

If you do your history, pro wrestling is just the worked version of what MMA is.

— Shayna Baszler

I've done everything in professional wrestling.

— Rikishi

Pro wrestling has always been my passion. I always wanted to be a pro wrestler.

— Alberto Del Rio

I've been a pro wrestler for longer than anything else in my life.

— Shelton Benjamin

Professional wrestling was almost like a secret society when I started, like a Mafia, and it would destroy the Sheik to see how much…

— Rob Van Dam

When I was a teenager, a friend of mine got a job on a wrestling radio show in Montreal, and he found a local…

— Sami Zayn

Pro wrestling is what provided for my family.

— Cody Rhodes

I started training at the Monster Factory, the ROH dojo, CZW, and I trained there. And eventually, I had a tryout with WWE.

— Matt Riddle