Back Quote by Wade Barrett

After college I started training to be a wrestler which led me to the WWE.

— Mandy Rose

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

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

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 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

About a year into my training, I got a call from WWE, and they signed me. I got signed right away to FCW, so…

— Big Cass

Being born into the business, I had the connections. A lot of guys aspire to be professional wrestlers, but you need to get trained…

— Randy Orton

I didn’t have any plans to become a wrestler until about a year before I started.

— Ric Flair

I've done everything in professional wrestling.

— Rikishi

When I first started training for wrestling I kind of abandoned everything else.

— Kevin Owens

Training is my life. It's all I've known since I was in second grade, when I started wrestling.

— Chris Weidman

When I was 17 years old, I was given the opportunity to be trained as a wrestler. At the time, I never really thought…

— Sami Zayn