I kind of thought eventually, someday, somehow, I would be Hall of Fame, whether it was nWo, DX, or whatever, and honestly, I thought it would probably happen when I was no longer around.
— Sean Waltman
I'm all about people being able to redeem themselves.
I don't know if I can call myself underrated. Maybe some people may overrate me. Who knows?
There would be no DX if it wasn't for the nWo, in my opinion.
I was in Mexico for three years.
Wrestling is my life.
Once I got my groove in WCW in '97, I'm pretty proud of the things I did there. By the time I got to WWE for DX, I may not have been as quick, but I was so far more well-rounded and a much more of a ring general.
You hear the word 'fake' thrown around wrestling, but it doesn't get more real when you hear the sound of 20,000 people coming unglued.
I'm a big Bullet Club fan.
I don't want to discount the nWo stuff because that was huge, and I'm so grateful to be a part of it. And I'm grateful that Eric Bischoff gave me that opportunity. And I had a ton of fun there. But it was nothing compared to the fun and creative satisfaction and just to be part of something amazing that I got from that whole DX experience.
I think I had a lot to do with why there's even a thing such as 205 Live. In the past, when they started that, they didn't even acknowledge me. I've gotta lie to tell you that that didn't bother me.
I can sing every single word of Honky Tonk's theme song. He was great. He might not be that cruiserweight-style wrestler or a Bret Hart-type of wrestler, but I thought he was great. He was such an over-the-top character, and it was a character on the peripheral of wrestling.
That first run in WWE, that 1-2-3 Kid run, definitely, that was my underdog cruiserweight thing, and Vince was behind it.
I was always a contrarian.
My mindset, when it came to wrestling, was more the reasons why I could, not the reasons why I couldn't, which is how you should look at, like, everything in life.
I've done things in my career, you know, accomplishments, and being in DX, NWO, the Kliq, all of that.
It's hard to put yourself in someone else's head.
No one in John Cena's shoes has ever done as good of job as he does putting guys over.
There's a lot of things I wouldn't have today if it wasn't for Curt Hennig. And he taught so many people.
Damn sure Dusty Rhodes is never gonna be forgotten, ever.
I like Vince Russo the person. I love him as a human being.
Rest in peace, King Kong Bundy.
You can get wider. You can't get taller unless Herman Munster's in your shoes.
My greatest chemistry is with the fans. There is a deep, deep connection.
I'm very grateful for Scott Hall's willingness to take me under his wing and help me.
Trust me - he will be back. I promise you, at some point CM Punk will be back involved in wrestling.
When Vince McMahon did ICOPRO, that was ahead of its time. If it had came along five years later, it might have taken off because the products were good, but at the time, nutritional supplements weren't a thing back then.
I wouldn't mind being a part of that 205 Live brand.
I think around the time that he signed with WWE, no one had more of a buzz in wrestling than Kenta, as far as this guy is, pound for pound, the best in the world. That's the kind of talk you heard about.
If I thought anybody was messing with me, I was difficult.
I did a lot of tae kwon do and branched off into other stuff later on, but tae kwon do is great. It was my equalizer. That was how I was able to survive in the land of the giants. Thank God for that.
You have to know your crowd. And adjust accordingly.
A win doesn't always come exactly how you want it to, but it's a win nonetheless. And anyone who doesn't think so, I don't even know what to tell them.
I don't drink. I don't do any drugs.
My name was Lightning Kid; it was pretty much a copy off of Dynamite Kid.
I felt like I always knew my role.
Creative satisfaction is highly underrated. When you don't have it, the money doesn't spend nearly as well.
I like Wade Barrett a lot. I think he has tons of potential.
My first memory of King Kong Bundy was on TBS, and he was a member of Legion of Doom.
Nobody is exempt from being respectful to the business and paying homage to the guys drawing money. We all have done it. Steve Austin did it; The Rock did it.
People come up to me and pay their respects by telling me how I was a big part of their childhood. I do not take that for granted, not for one second.
Marty Scurll is fantastic, and I am a big fan of his work.
The natural instinct when you get concussed, when you get knocked out, as soon as you come up is to get up and fight and keep going.
Lars Sullivan and EC3 are made for the main roster, more so than NXT. Obviously, Lars because he's just freakish in so many ways. But EC3, I look at him, and I look at his mannerisms, his mic skills: he's tailor-made for a good push on the main roster.
Eric Bischoff wanted to destroy Vince in the ratings, but we wanted them to stay in the game. We wanted it to be neck-and-neck. We didn't want to skunk the other team and spike the football every single time.
I had a lot of people that were real big fans of mine behind the scenes.
I think, for me, I should have worked harder on my mic skills, and I should have been a lot easier to deal with, and I would have been pushed a lot better.
I grew up in Tampa, Florida, and St. Pete, Tampa, the Tampa Bay area, and that was the home of Championship Wrestling from Florida with Gordon Solie, Dusty Rhodes, and it was just... I mean, for storylines and angles and promos, it was second to none.
The fans like a certain thing in certain areas. In Florida, they like the gaga.
One thing I gotta say about this, about All Elite Wrestling, is so many people in the industry that are sure they know how it's done are all jumping in. I see so-and-so's advice, this person has advice... As nice of you and your advice, but these guys have come along because they kinda went their own way.
