Rich Swann Quotes

Rich Swann

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : February 15, 1991

Wrestlers were my role models. And now to think that I am that person to somebody, that brings me joy.

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Bobby Lashley was the first and to have the opportunity to challenge for the championship when it is even rare to see an African American even headline a pay-per-view; it makes my heart soar. I'm able to be in this position to make everyone who supported me proud.

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My mother was a huge inspiration to me. We loved wrestling and watched together.

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One thing my mother told was to go for what you believe and do something that will allow you to inspire others.

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I think the WWE has really rounded my skills as a sports-entertainer. It's been a great experience.

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As far as working against Finn Balor, I always idolized him. I looked up to him. When I was in Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, he came to Dragon Gate, and was the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

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Guys like Rey Mysterio Jr., Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, guys like that, they've inspired me. They made me want to do this. Those guys were three of the top cruiserweights that you can name.

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I've never had to make weight for any sport before. Because, get this, I was not allowed to do any sports in school because I was a professional athlete. I was doing wrestling at the age of 15, so the school districts and the board of directors said that because I was a professional athlete that I couldn't do anything.

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When you set a goal in your mind of what you want to be and you actually achieve that, it's a feeling that's very hard to describe.

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To actually be able to live out my dream and be in the WWE, be in the cruiserweight division, have the opportunity bring it to the forefront and show the WWE universe what we're about, there's no better feeling in the world.

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But I love Baltimore to death. That's my city. It's diverse and growing up there, it was just fun. Personally, I had trials and tribulations with my parents and everything like that, but that's nothing on the city.

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My father was murdered when I was 12 years old. It was just me and my mother and my brother at the time. My brother was a little bit older than me and he left, so it was just me and my mom for a bit in Baltimore.

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I was always myself and was respectful to anybody I was around in this business.

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In my case, I never really thought about what it would be like in the WWE. I never thought I could make it to the WWE? especially being a Black man who is 5-foot-6 and 160 pounds.

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You can think one thing about what your dream could be and it could end up being a disaster or a masterpiece.

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Impact has some of the most exciting wrestlers and performers and some of the greatest people in our industry.

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Being in WWE at the time, there wasn't really another place to go to. I'd probably say I was content and anything that was given to me, I'd work with and I didn't have a problem.

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But everybody has their own way and own path. So, I'm not a man that's gonna get into anybody's business.

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Anything that I would ask in WWE or if I had an idea, they would be all ears. They would listen and it's been the same experience with Impact Wrestling.

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I know people don't want to compare UFC to professional wrestling, but there are people who are featherweights that are selling pay-per-views. I don't think there's anything wrong with a branded division like that.

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