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"The only thing that I've loved more than anything in my life is pro wrestling."
"Professional wrestlers are one part athlete, one part stuntmen, one part actors, and they tell stories through their bodies."
"I feel like the seven years I was out of the ring, I didn't feel was wasted. I feel almost that the 10 years that I spent in WWE was wasted because I feel it is management, owner, booker, whoever's job is to get the most out of all the talent."
"I think we top it by telling great stories and making the focus wrestling."
"WWE's most elite crop of homegrown talent came from Ohio Valley Wrestling: John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton, and Brock Lesnar."
"It's obviously not all about arm drags and knife edge chops; it's about the story they tell and the feeling they create."
"She's one of the best wrestlers in the entire company."
"I'm here to show why Tiger Style is the style, and Lee Moriarty is the future of All Elite Wrestling."
"When it comes to the actual in-ring work, let's just focus on that."
"This match came in the main event of WrestleMania 33."
"That's the fun thing about pro wrestling, not everything needs to look perfect."
"I am everything that All Elite Wrestling represents."
"I can't allow CM Punk to have a world championship because you can't have something that you don't respect."
"At Double or Nothing, I will defend the AEW championship not against CM, but from it."
"I think it's awesome and it's a testament to Max Caster Anthony Bowens to Daddy ass and also to all the great wrestling fans."
"The wrestling business follows the money to make the money. They don't care about your tweets, your ethics, or morals. We ain't your friends. It's about the almighty dollar always has been and always will be."
"Braun’s 90 day non-compete clause expires on the 31st August."
"Is it a thing to say ow in pro wrestling? Um, you will be judged."
"He's got the calm, the composure, and the character of a really seasoned veteran in AEW."
"He's impressive as heck, the athleticism and intensity of Jungle Boy."
"1997 was just complete domination as WCW Monday Nitro absolutely destroyed the WWF's RAW program in the television ratings week after week."
"The creation of Thunder was what destroyed WCW."
"Roman Reigns does a great job. Roman Reigns is the best thing on [ __ ] television right now."
"The possibilities are kind of like you can make some dope [expletive], especially because I'm with WWE."
"I firmly believe that we just witnessed the greatest professional wrestling show ever."
"This was the greatest weekend of professional wrestling ever."
"What a brilliant way to start Wrestlemania 40."
"This is the greatest thing that I've ever seen in professional wrestling ever."
"AJ Styles was the high spot guy, the move guy, but never really understood psychology until he got to the WWE."
"I think overall my time with the midnight express and in mid-atlantic wrestling working for jim crockett promotions was probably my favorite time in wrestling."
"It's awesome, I think, and it's great for the fans, and especially for the men and women of the company, AEW and now Ring of Honor as well."
"I would be interested in talking to Maria. She's a great wrestler and I've heard great things about what she did here."
"I never wanted AEW to piggyback on anyone's shows, but this is right. That's a Ring of Honor tradition that goes way back."
"Focus on how great of a pro wrestler he is because he really is that good."
"You will not find a harder hitting affair in women's professional wrestling than you are right now."
"I don't need friends, I don't need allies, I don't need the WWE Universe having my back. The only person I need is me."
"He inspired many of the top performers of today, including John Cena, Jeff Hardy, and Cody Rhodes."
"A moment in professional wrestling that's unplanned, unscripted, or just an actual real-life occurrence."
"Thankfully then in 2013 he received a Lifeline when his old friend Diamond Dallas Page reached out to him..."
"WWE have definitely lost their way when it comes to storytelling... a lot less continuity, stories seem to end or fizzle out..."
"I'll tell you one thing, Hickson did what he had to do. Nothing in his mind. He wanted to fight Chicana being a pro wrestler because of the implications. But nonetheless, he fought him, took him down, mounted him, grounded and pounded."
"He showed me how to do that spot safely where it would look devastating but it didn't really hurt that much at all."
"Spectacular work by the Lucha Brothers. They're so exciting to watch, one of the most dominant tag teams in AEW."
"How could you not come alive? These are two of the most exciting tag team competitors in all of professional wrestling."
"Zayn looks to be positioned as one of the top stars."
"Politics is a great professional wrestling show."
"RVD proved to be one of the preeminent talents on the red brand and still showcases his cultured athletics today."
"Anybody can be a pro wrestler. There's a guy in front of five people someplace right now."
"I interviewed Triple H, the wrestler, good [__], just brought him up too."
"If you had your fucking big-time stars in your opening interview segment then you in a second segment you've gone to a match at a decent match catch people's attention with some good action."
"One day you're helping somebody, the next day you're enemies. That's pro wrestling, that's business."
"Had he been around today instead of the mid-90s, Hakushi would have excelled."
"There has never been a better time to be a fan of professional wrestling."
"This is the story of two brothers that became two loving fathers that went on to become the best tag team in professional wrestling today."
"Damien Priest called out Finn Bálor for NXT takeover in your house Sunday June 7th."
"Success in creating effective AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization or the worst."
"Reigns had finally arrived, Reigns was now the bonafide superstar the company always wanted him to be."
"Tessa Blanchard just voted one of the top three professional wrestlers by Sports Illustrated."
"Cody, in my opinion, is the best wrestler in the world today."
"This is wrestling. This is what our industry is built on."
"Ignite your passion for professional wrestling again."
"Where would the wrestling business be without you fans? Probably in the state it was in in 2020 and 2021."
"Shows the power of pro wrestling and all fan base in AEW."
"QT Marshall doesn't get enough respect—he's a genius in this business, damn it!"
"Marshall does have an incredible mind for pro wrestling and he is a huge part of AEW."
"I've got two words for you: fight us!" - CM Punk
"Dr. Britt Baker with a statement victory here tonight."
"The elite era of professional wrestling has arrived."
"The pre-show match saw Gangs of New Sheamus actually put his United States title on the line in an open challenge - somewhat undoing all his heel work on Raw where he ensures his matches aren’t for the belt."
"Anything can happen in the World Wrestling Federation folks."
"It benefits AEW because they can get some of these guys that they can't get at the moment like Joe Hendry, Shane Taylor, like Dalton Castle."
"Ultimately, all the character stuff, all the promo stuff is another extra. If you are good in the ring, people will care."
"One person who should appear on the Mount Rushmore of wrestling's very own David Bowie, the man who has reinvented himself more times than the Big Show has turned heel: Chris Jericho."
"That was some dream work, Cody. Disaster kick, that chair collided with the skull of Spears, and now Crossroads! What an explosive Crossroads!"
"It was truly one of the best matches not only in WrestleMania history but in the complete history of professional wrestling."
"His hit just so happened to be so big that it made WCW the top wrestling promotion in the world for a while."
"Tony Khan clearly trusts him, and it's showing more and more."
"Given the level of success he has achieved, it can be safe to say that Theory is making it big in wrestling."
"It's like watching a macho man randy savage interview like you know what you're going to get but damn entertaining it doesn't matter."
"Jeff Hardy is one of the best superstars and daredevils that we've ever been witness to in this generation."
"With Sheamus in there, you could have subtle little teasers of The Bar getting back together."
"Batista's story fortunately doesn't end here though he wanted to leave the company on a high note and he'd get the opportunity to do so at WrestleMania 35 and a match against Triple H and that return eifeld was handled a lot better."
"I decided that I would change the face of professional wrestling forever not just TNA but professional wrestling forever."
"I should not get any less than Taker, Brock, Triple H, Rock, or Cena."
"Bailey topped the list of the PWI top 100 women in the entire world for 2020, and I am here to tell you that they got it absolutely right."
"Bailey had a wonderful 2020, with all things considered this year being a complete disaster."
"Bailey had a pretty damn good year for her career, career-wise, the environment of the pandemic around her didn't stop her at all."
"Bailey's feud with Banks is just one of the most recent cases of great in-ring storytelling and work."
"Bailey was given a lot of responsibility over the past year, and this list shows that."
"All we want is to be creatively satisfied... aew is gonna pick up that ball."
"It's a great day for the world of professional wrestling because it signifies change, hope, and WWE may be getting their heads out of their asses."
"It's just a great time to be a pro wrestling fan."
"Tag team wrestling is not dead, it may be dead in WWE, but when LAX is on a show, tag team wrestling is at the forefront."
"This is an exciting time for the world of professional wrestling."
"If it happened to Benoit, it might happen to anyone caught up in the WWE self-defeating work schedule and health policies."
"The winners of this match and two-time AEW World Tag Team Champions, Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler, FTR."
"CM Punk can be a good person... AEW is better with Punk."
"Matches with Triple H, Kurt Angle, and Chris Benoit showed that Rock had leveled up his in-ring game."
"Flair excelled at making everyone he went up against... look like a million dollars."
"After cashing in his Money in the Bank contract in the main event of WrestleMania, Rollins was on a tear as the top heel in the company."
"It's just perfect pro wrestling with incredibly talented workers and high stakes."
"New Japan hit form pretty much throughout the decade, creating a perfect storm."
"Okada Omega 4 currently stands as the highest rated match by Meltzer ever."
"Never has one man's opinion carried such weight in the world of professional wrestling never have one man's views resulted in so much debate agreement, disagreement and even anger."
"But the again just like the WrestleMania 23 match against Batista, this one for me is all about the final stretches where Michaels is sort of like defiantly when he's clawing his way."
"It's just fantastic professional wrestling, isn't it? Flawless, absolutely."
"Sooner or later, ec3 is gonna be the next in line to go."
"Be good little brothers, be good, play the system, keep your mouth shut, don't say anything. WWE doesn't value you."
"Lot of butts in seats and when we make it to WWE so will we. I see what you did there. That was clever. I like it. Respect."
"I wake up every day out of my bed my brain wants to believe it's her because I've spent so much time in my last couple years and WWE being in so much pain every day and I wake up now I slip right out of bed no pain."
"Kazuchika Okada... the most elite wrestler in the world today."
"Kenny Omega... the best wrestler in the world... I think he's wonderful."
"Roman Reigns is actually really good and acts serious and is a believable hard-working tough guy."
"I'm calling it the reveal. You'll want to know the real guy in this ring, you're about to find out." - Teasing a forthcoming revelation and authenticity.
"AEW did create an environment on television and pay-per-view to have far more great matches."
"NXT was the biggest [ __ ] promotion, the most exciting brand in the entire world."
"Putting the TNT title on Bryan Danielson guarantees 20 minutes of great TV every week."
"This is legitimately the start of Roman Reigns' Hall of Fame career."
"I do my talking in the ring, and time to talk is over."
"The ultimate Pro Wrestling promotion setting the standard for greatness."
"What the new world order did when it was at its best was make wrestling cool and exciting again."
"Stephanie McMahon will forever be one of the very best."
"Their breakup and subsequent choice to go it alone as solo acts has to rank as one of the best decisions ever made in pro wrestling."
"That's what happens whenever a tag team has a successful split; they go on to even greater things than they ever could have if they were still together."
"The tsar of pro wrestling Vince McMahon perhaps put it best when he remarked that no wrestler ever personified the essence of charisma quite like Dusty Rhodes."
"A win over Cena Mania would have likely shot him into the main event instead it left fans wondering whether Bray was worth getting behind."
"The bloodline, the best thing in pro wrestling right now."
"This is a biopic that needs to be done. There is legitimate drama that goes into this guy's life. He is the Don Corleone II of professional wrestling." - John Campea
"The most electrifying man in all of entertainment is here on Monday Night Raw."
"Shyamalan actually pulled something interesting off again."
"Finally something that made sense. Finally something that made sense. It made all the sense in the world for Ambrose and Rollins to win the Tag Team Championships."
"I just want wrestlers to be okay I want them to be okay they're all mostly so sweet just be okay."
"I have to say three phases obviously the one with the four horsemen really stands out as a highlight that whole period and was it was all new then so that's very special."
"Will Osprey had turned heel on former mentor Kazuchiko Okada at the G1 Climax A Block Final in 2020, and their major clash came at Wrestle Kingdom 15 Day 1."
"No longer a friendly big brother versus little brother match, Osprey was out to prove that he was better than Okada in every way."
"There were not two better back-to-back matches in 2021 than the first two matches on this list."
"Kazushi Sakuraba would be the easiest number one pick for any list we've ever created. He is an icon in his home country, he is a legendary presence in both the Pro Wrestling and MMA world."
"Triple H was consistently in the main event spots during this time period."
"If there was anyone to take out taker, it could probably be Randy Orton."
"Batista Bomb oh no this is it Nelson Batista crazy cover one two three Circle Batista he won the first."
"Chris Harris, upon signing for WWE, was turned into an utter joke."
"It's only natural at some point you will start to see some AEW names jump to WWE."
"Kennedy had been on a roll thanks in large part to a major feud with The Undertaker."
"This was Cinema played out between two juggernauts in the world of pro wrestling."
"Ronda Rousey looked fantastic... she was great... some of the best parts of Wrestlemania."
"I think Kenny's the best wrestler bell-to-bell in the world."
"How incredibly valuable and important Paul Heyman is to wrestling."
"It's definitely more attractive than some girl who's a bum...someone who has their life together, they're making a name for themselves."
"After signing a contract extension with WWE in 2019, it looks like AJ Styles is in his final stop, looking to string a few more priceless memories and matches onto a career already overflowing with them."
"By April of that same year, he was ready to hit TV with a slightly altered version of the French aristocrat gimmick."
"The keto diet actually built more muscle and lost more fat."
"In the world of professional wrestling, the line between fiction and reality is intentionally blurred."
"Bruiser Brody's larger than life presence and in-ring brutality delivered an undeniable authenticity to professional wrestling."
"What books have influenced your creativity and driven you to do better as an artist and try new things and step up your game or just find more joy in your creativity?"
"Pound for pound, one of the greatest professional wrestlers walking the earth today."
"Nobody quite like Pack, nobody quite as impressive."
"I think the only thing stopping CM Punk from becoming a world champion in the WWE is CM Punk."
"Both members of FTR are the best tag team in the world."
"The main event between Kenny Omega and Okada just takes everything that pro wrestling is meant to be and presents it to you."
"AJ Styles is a very good professional wrestler, one of the best."
"Daniel Bryan is incredible professional wrestler Cesaro I mean WWE must know what they have with Cesaro now you can put him in any environment and he will deliver exactly what you want."
"Everyone was like my flipping word did you hear what CM Punk said he was on fire."
"CM Punk, I think, is the first one to ever publicly verbalize any of it."
"It's all about what WWE allows Finn Balor to do in the last few weeks have been great, the kind of Finn that we enjoy seeing."
"We are grateful and appreciative of all that Dean has given to WWE and our fans. We wish him well and hope that one day Dean will return to WWE."
"Tony Khan is giving us the fans what we want, and that is professional wrestling."
"AEW is the number one destination for professional wrestling."
"April 1st: The consensus peak of American pro wrestling is achieved at Houston's Astrodome as WrestleMania X7 sets new standards in show quality and in wrestling box office."
"Xavier Woods isn't just a multi-time tag team champion with the New Day and the 2021 King of the Ring winner. He's also the creator of arguably the most genuine fan-servicing content WWE still has under their umbrella."
"Wrestling is a collab, it is a dance, it is an art form."
"The Miz has taken the super scenic route to turning."
"Rio Mizunami gets it done again, yeah, the power of Mizunami."
"If those guys are the future, then we're the now of professional wrestling."
"You're looking at Bobby Fish though he's such a prolific wrestler as well as a great striker."
"Kofi having just become the first ever african-born WWE Champion in history."
"He'd place him in the corporation alongside the likes of the rock and the big boss man."
"It's believable when you could have a 7-foot guy like the Undertaker Kane where in these [ __ ] outfits conducting themselves as they do hitting each other hard and being cool."
"AW's MO is the best wrestling professional wrestling on the planet."
"The winner of the match and new World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle."
"You know, it's always an honor for me. I know there are a lot of new fans but please understand when I tell you that guy I mean the stuff that guys like Randy did the stuff that he went through the battles that he fought putting himself out there."
"I appreciate every man woman child that steps into that [__] ring I really do I appreciate all the effort I respect you immensely for even wanting to be a pro wrestler in general."
"AEW has made tag team wrestling matter again."
"The actual in-ring product feels far different from anything WWE's produced in years."
"All it is doing is WWE changing the rules because they're creatively bankrupt and they have no [ __ ] plan for anybody on this show or with the Money in the Bank briefcase."
"Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade 'Cien' Almas at TakeOver Brooklyn 3 was the best opening match to any show all year."
"Charlotte Flair is a fantastic pro wrestler and a major star in that division."
"There's a lot of exciting things happening in pro wrestling."
"Riddle should be chasing... I honestly think that we drag this out."
"Samoa Joe has been spotted for the first time since vacating the NXT Championship."
"CM Punk is no longer an employee of the WWE."
"Seth Rollins' theme may have the words 'burn it down' in it, but I guarantee that Seth is almost completely burned out."
"Chris Benoit was undoubtedly the hardest working man in professional wrestling, the most dedicated and totally absorbed in the business of professional wrestling about anybody I've ever met."
"He was a person who was trusted by each and every wrestler who stepped into the ring."
"It takes a great deal of skill and restraint to make moves look violent and simultaneously protect your opponent from injury."
"The gimmick change to the Doctor of Thuganomics literally saved his career."
"Finn Balor is able to cut... he has absolutely flourished as one of the best mic workers."
"Seth Rollins has been cutting fantastic promos for years... he's just a natural at this."
"The fact that perfect been lost is that this match takes place 10 years to the day when I was forced to retire. It's not mentioned, no video packages, no social media platforms, no touching videos with piano music as the bed. No nothing."
"Nemeth developed the new nickname 'The Natural' as he set out to prove that he was the best pure athlete on the roster."
"Even if he never gets another shot at being the world champion, Dolph Ziggler can rest easy knowing that he's one of the best performers WWE has produced in the last 20 years and certainly one of the most underrated."