America Quote by Wade Barrett

I think as time goes on, people may realize the golden age of wrestling may have been in the 1970s and early 1980s.

— Gene Okerlund

I think the way British wrestling lost its way in the mid '80s was that the athleticism and the sporting side to the drama…

— Wade Barrett

Pro wrestling has always been ingrained into American culture. It was one of the first things that was ever on television, so everybody watched…

— CM Punk

Wrestling used to be interesting. There was a bit of sham involved, of course, but there was some real wrestling involved. They're just characters…

— Shane MacGowan

I remember when I had just left WWE and I was wrestling in England and Germany, I could just tell that this influx of…

— Matt Sydal

Wrestling is cyclical. And if you look at the '80s, it had an unbelievable run, and then it just fell down. '90s had the…

— Diamond Dallas Page

When I started wrestling, WWE was a light at the end of the tunnel that no-one thought they could ever get to. Especially being…

— Pete Dunne

When I was coming through as a professional wrestler, as a young man in 2003 and 2004, there really wasn't much of a wrestling…

— Wade Barrett

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

When I was growing up, I thought there was only WWE. That's it. One promotion in the world. And then, as I grew up,…

— Kenny Omega

Pro wrestling has always been ingrained into American culture. It was one of the first things that was ever on television, so everybody watched…

— CM Punk

It's always been the way in Britain. I'm not sure what it is, but it's always been a cliche over here that we start…

— Pete Dunne