Cowboy boot Quote by Shawn Michaels

That was probably the biggest thing going in my favor when I got into fighting - my wrestling background.

— Dan Henderson

Back when the UFC first started, I wanted to see what MMA was all about; at the time, I was training with Tank Abbott,…

— Tito Ortiz

In 'Fighting With My Family,' there's a scene where I have to wrestle; I have to do the famous fight between Paige and AJ…

— Florence Pugh

I never really got into many street fights. I had maybe two or three in my life, and they mostly turned into wrestling matches.

— Dan Henderson

I watch a lot of old-school wrestling, and one of my favourite matches is my dad vs my step-dad at Starrcade '85, Magnum TA…

— Tessa Blanchard

I wish I could have wrestled back in that era of the NWA with my dad. Real old-school style.

— Goldust

I already knew a lot about the ground aspects of MMA, being a wrestler, but there was so much more. There was kicking, punching,…

— Cat Zingano

In college, I tried to start wrestling as soon as I could and when it was available to me, as I loved competing, and…

— Robbie Lawler

My whole career, I've been fighting wrestlers. If you look back, all of my fights have been against wrestlers.

— Anthony Pettis

The 'Rampage' fight was my first back from fighting in the Pride ring. I remember kind of tripping on the cage a couple times…

— Dan Henderson

There were tons of moments where I was maybe starting to bring up the idea of accepting that my wrestling career wouldn't pan out…

— Liv Morgan

The match with Taka Michinoku for the Light Heavyweight title was in fact my first match with the WWE, but I didn't know about…

— Christopher Daniels