Day Quote by Ivory

One of my friend's dad owned a grocery store, and one of the kids who worked at the grocery store was a wrestler. We…

— Ricochet

I kicked out of my first wrestling school. Me and my old partner and a bunch of other friends, we were so desperate to…

— Eddie Kingston

My business was wrestling and I wanted to be ready to go in the ring and do my best and I didn't have time…

— Bob Backlund

I was in the independent scene for two years before I got the call from the WWE.

— Sasha Banks

Then I got a gig with an older friend who had the equipment and he played in this bar. They would bring me in…

— Jam Master Jay

Back in 2004 I trained at an independent wrestling school and performed in front of crowds of around 200, then I got signed to…

— Wade Barrett

I moved from home in Scotland to home in WWE, and that was the first time being out on my own in my life.

— Drew McIntyre

I remember the first day I got there, they started the take and after four takes I was on the ground, on my back,…

— Steven Yeun

All the time I was in college, I was going to wrestling school on the weekends.

— Beth Phoenix

The same day I was supposed to go to college, I ended up hitting the studio and then poppin' out on the block after…

— Polo G

I packed my bags and went back to California and actually put wrestling behind me. I actually thought, well you know what, I thought…

— Tyrus

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