Matt Riddle Quotes

Matt Riddle

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : January 14, 1986

Promoters saw the potential in me and the value in me. It was because of companies like Evolve, PWG, Progress, and Beyond Wrestling. Those are the big ones that gave me a push and made my name worth something on the indies.

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I want more unpredictability. I want more realism. I think the fans would appreciate that, and that's what I've brought since day one.

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My goal isn't to be one of the best; it's to change the game, to change the way things work.

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If you get Fight of the Night, there's a reason you got Fight of the Night: it's usually because you had that crowd on its feet, going crazy during the fight, almost like a professional wrestling match.

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Everybody in wrestling is usually a pretty nice guy, they're all just hard workers trying to get their opportunities.

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I have a lot of options in professional wrestling.

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I like to set goals that seem impossible.

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Only one person can retire Brock Lesnar - only one person can end his career - and that person's going to be me.

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My goal is to change NXT. It is to change every company I've ever been to, and I've changed every company.

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Bill Goldberg can't wrestle.

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It's almost like my life is a fairytale.

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A lot of people don't know who they are as a wrestler. Even people that walk into the doors of the Performance Center. They might be world-class athletes or models, but they don't know who they are in the ring.

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I am me. I've always been a character, and my character's story lives into pro wrestling.

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The thing for me is - and one of the reasons I was never a fan of Goldberg in the beginning when everybody was like 'Oh, he's so good! - I was like, 'No, he's terrible, he's hurting people,' and there's nothing else. He just has three-minute matches.

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You don't pick up things, get to the top of multiple industries and sports without working hard.

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I'm happy wrestling.

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I have a huge amount of respect for Lesnar. You know, he's done everything since he came into it. He works hard. You don't look like Lesnar without working hard.

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I'm a pretty nice guy.

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My striking isn't the prettiest, and I hit really hard.

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I'm a very aggressive person. I'm really intense.

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