To be someplace for ten years or to work anywhere for ten years is a tough deal. But to work in the WWE for that long, knowing how their dressing room is run with this top heavy, condescending ‘do this and nothing else’ attitude, it gets tiresome.
I used to live in Philly, so I was in Baltimore a lot wrestling before I got to WWE, wrestling for different promotions.
I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn’t going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn’t even crossed my mind. I couldn’t stop wondering, ‘Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?’
Joining WWE has always been a lifelong dream of mine.
The thing about WWE that is so awesome is the global reach.
I let the WWE control my destiny, and it didn’t work out so well.
For a long time, the women of WWE have been waiting for moments to break down barriers.
I’m already the face of the UFC, plus the face of boxing, WWE, and Hollywood.
I’ve been in WWE for 22 years, and that’s a long time, and I still think I perform at a high level.
The best time in wrestling was with the nWo and the Monday Night War between WCW and WWE.
A lot of people want me to say negative things about WWE, but I’m very grateful for my career there.
Once you learn how to work inside the ring – once you learn how to tell a story – then you can come to a big company like the WWE and learn the extra stuff, like the video, the pyro, the music, and that adds to everything you can do.
I’m here to leave my mark in WWE history.
I love fashion. Actually, funny story, I used to give the ‘Esquire Big Black Book’ to young wrestlers when they would join the WWE, because they needed to know how to dress.
As I go around the country and I’m seeing all the fans in the WWE Universe, there’s a lot of young kids and they’re off to the wrong start, because they’re being fed the wrong food.
My years in the WWE, a lot of stuff came out that you’re not even aware of because they come out with it so fast, and there’s so much of it. It’s tough, certainly, to have any hands-on association with it, so I was happy to be able to have some input into the ‘Deuce Brand’ watch.
To me, I think I’ve always carried that type of WWE style with me throughout my career, even before I got here, so the transition hasn’t been that difficult. I’ve been enjoying the transition, to be honest with you, because in my opinion, this business evolves all the time, and it changes all the time.
My father, my grandfather, the wrestling business, the WWE in particular, has really given me everything. A lot of happiness, my kids are taken care of, my wife is happy, they get to travel. A lot of pluses come with it; the Hall Of Fame would just be the cherry on top.
All my life I wanted to be WWE champion, so when I won that, that was great.
Vince and WWE, they’re not fresh. Yes, Vince does big business. They have the best talent in the world, but they have no fresh ideas. They should be selling out every arena.
As far as my overall grade or performance in WWE, I’d say I did the best I could at the time.
Samoa Joe is an opponent that I really wanted to face in the ring. There was a time when you never thought that you will able to see Samoa Joe in a WWE setting but that has changed and this can be considered to be one of my fantasy bookings.
The one Hall of Fame that I refuse to go in is the WWE Hall of Fame because do you know where it’s at? Where is it?
I spent the whole time I’ve been in WWE trying to build this character who is unbreakable, who is not vulnerable, and who is not relatable. For me to let down my guard and let people in, I had to make that decision, and once I did, I had to own it.
The transition to WWE has been an incredible road. It’s been great, it’s been difficult, it’s been motivating, and it has allowed me as a person to just completely see myself differently and allowed me to grow in a different perspective with their input.
Lita was, quite frankly, a trailblazer. She was the first woman to break down barriers by being different from other women in WWE. She didn’t just break them down: she flew over them, put them through tables, and downright destroyed them.
There were many great moments in WWE, but the most special was to win the ‘Royal Rumble’ of 40 wrestlers.
I think ECW itself was a gimmick. I think getting the audience to chant ECW was really something. I don’t care if you draw 70,000 people in a dome for Wrestlemania – nobody chants WWE.
ECW was the most fun for me artistically. And then, WWE, it was also very fun, but that was part of it. It was also a very stressful, monotonous schedule. There was a lot of politics, adjusting to that, and I am not a politician, and I don’t play those games. So that was very frustrating for me as well.
WWE really likes to keep its fans on the edge of their seats and on their toes.
I feel like everything in WWE I earn the hard way.
I just couldn’t believe I’d made my debut in WWE. It’s what I’d always wanted to do.
There’s probably a hundred more submission holds in the WWE because of me training to bring in those submissions so people could look at them a legitimize them for pro wrestling. You look at it before I was there and after I was there: it’s different matches.
As WWE Superstars, we want to have confidence and stand strong in the ring.
Most fans don’t realize how challenging it is to broadcast live TV, especially in a hybrid genre such as WWE.
Bayley is a dream chaser. She’s grown up watching the product, wrestling, WWE, everything. She knows everyone, from top to bottom, all the history. She’s been motivated since she was 10-years-old and is finally here, trying to pursue the dream, live the dream to the fullest.
If you come from WWE, you have a thick skin because you’re hated on all day, every day.
I think the thing that stands out for me is that in the WWE, we were in a new city every night.
If you’re a fan of Indie wrestling at all, you can go back to, I think, 2007-2008, and you can see me wrestle CHIKARA. And you can see me wrestle in a tank top, and you can see me wrestle in a tank top that doesn’t look like the one I have in WWE. But it’s the same one.
My experience here at the WWE Performance Center has been amazing. I’m just looking forward to being here and learning as much as I can the time that I’m here. I’ve been a fan of the sport since I was a little kid, and now I get to participate in it.
No one has more charisma than me in WWE.
In no way are King Booker and Queen Sharmell the power couple in WWE.
When I started wrestling, I never wanted to go to WWE. It was the Japanese life for me.
You just never know what is going to happen in WWE. That is why it is so magical.
There’s a lot of goals I’ve set in the WWE that I want to accomplish. I’m always setting goals for myself, and someday I want to be in the Hall of Fame.
A couple jobs that I would love to do are hosting a television show, sideline reporting for the NBA or NFL, on-camera hosting for an entertainment network, event planning for a PR company or resort and, of course, WWE Diva!
I’m chomping at the bit for more movie roles as long as it doesn’t interfere with my WWE schedule.
Even before I got to WWE, I studied Triple H. He was one of my favorite superstars; his wrestling was ruthless, and I think a lot of his style you can see in me a little bit.
I love wrestling, and of course WWE is the main stage, but I’m happy to be with TNA.
When I signed with WWE, a lot of people, even close friends, told me that this place was going to chew me up and spit me out, just because of the way my personality is. It’s been an adjustment for me as a human being.
The WWE universe finally demanded that the girls get the attention that they deserve. I think women past, present, future, should forever be grateful for our super fans.
I was into ‘Crash Bandicoot.’ ‘Croc.’ I loved ‘Twisted Metal.’ And as far as the WWE and wrestling games? All of them. I played ‘SmackDown! Just Bring It’ and ‘Smackdown vs. Raw.’
WWE dropped the ball with ‘Tough Enough.’
When I first came into the WWE I enjoyed working with Candice Michelle, a girl who was a model and seemed to live a carefree life and worked really hard to become a WWE Diva.
Cancer doesn’t discriminate, and in WWE, we have made it our mantra that cancer is ‘unacceptable.’
When I came into WWE, what I said to myself was, I wanted to change the term from ‘divas’ to ‘women.’
To portray something that you’re really not, it’s like a little escape, and I love to act and to be dramatic. I feel like the wrestling ring in WWE is the perfect platform to do that. It’s totally acceptable.
In the NFL, you’re part of a team. You work together to win. Being a WWE Superstar is all about me. No team. I’m special.
At 13, I knew where I wanted to be. I wanted to be in WWE.
I believe that the Kane/Undertaker story, if you look at epic storytelling like Greek mythology, that is what it is. It is the best piece of epic storytelling that the WWE has ever done.
To me that’s what’s amazing about being a WWE Diva in that you get to be whatever character you want to be and for me being a bad girl is the easiest.
I’m really encouraged by the progress I’ve seen with what they’re doing with the women in WWE, but I feel like there’s a lot more than can be done.
To be allowed to come back to WWE is the greatest gift that’s ever been given to me. Back in the day, I never appreciated what WWE had given me, because I was in too much disarray and too confused about my own life. I let opportunities foolishly slip through my hands.
