Contract Quote by Jeff Hardy

You know that if you come to WWE and want to maintain a certain level of success, you're going to be busy and gone…

— Matt Hardy

That's actually the main reason I decided to leave WWE: the brutal schedule that you have when you work for a company like WWE.

— Alberto Del Rio

When you're in WWE, it's a part of that contract signing, that grind. You're on-call 24-7. That's why you become the star that you…

— Rey Mysterio

After 10 years of WWE, in a somewhat dramatic fashion, it just didn't feel right, so I stepped out of my contract, and after…

— Cody Rhodes

You see people come in and out of WWE and the business all the time in different situations.

— Lance Archer

It's real easy to be in the WWE and let your passion or your pain or the schedule put you in a bad place.

— Matt Hardy

When you're with WWE, you are operating within very fine boundaries that you cannot step outside of.

— Wade Barrett

I think I'll always have a home in WWE.

— Big Show

WWE prepares you for so much other stuff in entertainment.

— Dean Ambrose

Now I think a lot of wrestlers want to get signed so that way they can be with a company where they can learn,…

— Matt Sydal

When I left WWE, TNA offered me a deal. It was a sweet deal: ya sit at home the majority of the year. Just…

— Booker T

In WWE, they're real big on letting you sink or swim, and they let you go out there, and they're going to give you…

— Samoa Joe