Austin Aries

We live in a world with fake news being put out there. You don't really know what to trust, and it's a real danger to society. ”

I think I'm a very passionate person who's always strong in my convictions. ”

At the end of the day, you can change coaches and managers and players, but if there's something intrinsic, something wrong, then you have to look at what the common denominator is, and, usually, you've got to look at the ownership because everything runs from there. ”

I have friends in other industries but if I am training for a wrestling match, I would turn to the best wrestler to train, not a football player. ”

Every time Samoa Joe and myself have stepped in the ring, we've always created a little bit of magic. ”

From the moment I became a free agent, the WWE opportunity was the one I wanted. Obviously, there were strong plays made by some other companies, but in the end, when WWE offered me an opportunity, I could not turn it down. ”

As long as I can get Bobby Heenan in my corner, then I'm a happy man because, to me, Bobby Heenan is one of the most underrated performers of all time. He's in my top five of all time performers because I don't think people realize just how good he was. ”

There was a time that I really loved pro wrestling, but I'm not a pro wrestling junkie, per se. ”

I like to think every time I was put in a high pressure position, I've always delivered. ”

When I first started training, I guess the fact that I was undersized, it just didn't register initially. Obviously, I knew I wasn't huge and there were some bigger guys in the territories at the time, but I guess I never looked at it as a hinderance. ”