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I'll always be a wrestling fan.
Me, personally, I thrive under pressure.
The 'Edge And Christian Show' is evergreen, I guess.
I am in my own hall of fame, that's all that matters.
Growing up, 'Mean' Gene was the voice of my generation.
I lived my dream and I was able to accomplish my goals.
I never wanted to be one of those guys who hung on too long.
I always had aspirations to be the champion. I never gave up.
The goal was to have matches that would stand the test of time.
The wrestling equivalent to Wayne Gretzky? That's Shawn Michaels.
The cool thing about wrestling fans is that they're so passionate.
Growing up, we were pretty much focused on becoming WWE superstars.
Having a long career with real lasting power has always been a goal.
I never doubted that my talent would shine through in the end, no matter what.
I think I have a little bit of a chip on my shoulder, but I think that's good.
I have talked about this before, I have always been bad at saving memorabilia.
I believe I am one of the best and I work to prove that every night I go out there.
If you're a Maple Leafs fan, you hate the Canadiens. I'm not a Canadiens fan at all.
There's very few people that ever have a chance to become World Heavyweight Champion.
You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre, right? He was released and it actually helped him.
Obviously, it's unheard of for anybody to come back from this type of injury that Edge had.
Guys like The Revival have this chip on their shoulder and I think that's what you have to do.
Every time I step foot through the ropes, I try to entertain and put on the best match possible.
Wrestlers are very protective and care about what we do and we're always fighting for credibility.
It's hard to shock people, especially when people want to know, like, spoilers and stuff like that.
For sure, competition is healthy. It is! It keeps everybody on their toes. It keeps everybody sharp.
First time I met Hulk Hogan, I had a life-sized poster of him in my room and I idolized him as a kid.
I'm completely fine with my career. I feel like I accomplished everything I ever set out to accomplish.
No matter how tired you get, when you get in that ring and hear that crowd road, everything will go away.
To be recognized as one of the best, you need to win that WWE title or the World Heavyweight Championship.
I had worked with The Shield quite a bit, live events and things like that so we had good chemistry in the ring.
I think the knock TNA had is they seemed to worry too much about what WWE was doing instead of focusing on their own.
If I had a nickel every time someone asked me if I was going into the Hall of Fame, then... I could buy a lot of stuff.
For me, tag team wrestling will always hold a special place in my heart and I do wish it could have been highlighted more.
I don't want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have... that's the way I've done everything in my life.
You have to look at your situation, and 'how do I make the best of my situation every single night?' That's what I looked to do.
For many many years, the MMA world shunned on the pro wrestling world. They shunned on us for getting action figures and whatnot.
TNA has been great as far as allowing me to have more input creatively on my character and the direction of my character and promos.
When I was a kid, the guy who was Intercontinental champion was the guy who was next in line for the World Heavyweight championship.
WWE was great to me. I felt like I gave the company everything I had. And they allowed me to live my dream, which was wrestle in WWE.
With WWE, you're live every single week. You're in an arena, and there can be anywhere from 12,000 to 20,000 people watching you perform.
With ECW, I had a lot of time for matches. I could go out there and do a 20-25 minute match, where normally I'd get to do a 7-8 minute match.
It's cool to talk to the fans and get some one-on-one time and shake hands, sign autographs, take some pictures and have conversations with people.
My biggest fear, the only fear that I have is failing. I hate to fail at anything that I do and that's really my only fear in life, to be a failure.
I mean, you can't just stop WWE. It is an entertainment company. It puts on a live show every week and prides itself for being out there and working.
When you're working with somebody, you work to their strengths. Do you know what I mean? It doesn't matter who it is, whoever you're in the ring with.
I never looked at being second banana to anybody, I never felt that way, ever. If other people did, that's the way they looked at it, but I never did.
Without sounding too full of myself, with wrestling I felt like I was one of the best in the world and I competed at a very high level for a long time.
When you wrestle on television, you're always fighting for time and the enemy is you're never getting enough of it, you're looking, trying to get more.
It's funny, I do think I've been somewhat overlooked, but I've always viewed that as a challenge. Everyone else seems to get more upset about it than I do.