Athleticism Quote by Tommaso Ciampa

My original perception of wrestling was not a very positive one. I didn't understand it at all, and I thought it was kind of…

— Betty Gilpin

For me, it was the early independent era of AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Daniel Bryan that inspired me and they were in sports halls…

— Pete Dunne

What attracted me to wrestling was the entertainment factor. I loved watching how into the show the fans get, and also how physical it…

— Sonya Deville

I was the first WWE developmental talent. When I moved to Connecticut to start training, I had no idea what wrestling was other than…

— Mark Henry

We fell in love with wrestling, and then we really wanted to break barriers, and we now get to do that because that's evolved…

— Nikki Bella

To me, professional wrestling is made up of that: Olympians, world-class power-lifters, fighters, boxers, and you name it.

— Josh Barnett

I never was in a wrestling ring before I stepped foot into a WWE ring, so I am a product of NXT.

— Enzo Amore

Wrestling goes through seasons. Some things become trends for a while or other things become a trend or the style.

— Beth Phoenix

I was really into more over-the-top, entertaining kind of characters, larger-than-life types of things. That's the part of wrestling that I really enjoyed.

— Xavier Woods

Wrestling went from being sometimes comical to very serious, and there was a lot of depth regarding the vastness in which people performed.

— Mark Henry

There's a huge fan base behind NXT, which is cool because that opens up the door to younger talent that maybe at one point…

— Rey Mysterio

Wrestling has grown so big... it's almost a culture. And it's a culture of all types of vibes, just like hip-hop has all kinds…

— Jam Master Jay