Wrestling is such a competitive sport worldwide.
It took me a few years to explain to my colleagues and my mentors and the people that I looked up to and I wrestled that I'm not in wrestling anymore. I'm in sports entertainment. Pro' wrestling doesn't mean that we're saying we're a step up above amateur wrestling, because there's nothing above Olympic wrestling.
Wrestlers in the U.S.A. are very aggressive. All they want to do is attack, but they'll make mistakes.
I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the Kurt Angle character. He ran with it, and then I was able to run with it. I thank him for the opportunity he gave me. Vince McMahon was one of my best friends, period.
My true love is with amateur wrestlin;, that's where I was born. I've always wanted to wrestle.
I'm in professional wrestling, which is what I do for a living. I coordinate stunts. I memorize them.
The cool thing about pro wrestling is we do a lot more acting as far as characters in general than MMA. I know a lot of people like the MMA fighters because they like the rugged look.
We take pride in making our Knockouts Division about wrestling, not about looking pretty.
