Notable Quotes [Archive]

Providence Peep

06-21-2010, 11:44 PM

“I'm coming up on my 20th year, and I've definitely had some injuries that have shortened my career. That's part of the reason I bought up here — we want to retire and listen to the wind in the trees, and we want to do it fairly soon. I may have two more years. With each injury, it's harder and harder to come back.” -Edge

"Well, here's the thing. A lot of the internet and the wrestling fans get worked up with certain people, saying how a guy like Cena sucks and that's fine. It's their right to do so, they bought their ticket, they can do what they want but they don't know the guy. As I said earlier, John's one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life period but a lot of people crap all over him. If creative didn't worry so much about doing their scripted interviews and just took a little time with people outside of the ring, showed the fans who we all are, it'd be interesting and it'd get the boys over. You watch me on a show and you just see me wrestle. You draw your own conclusion. If you were to spend ten minutes with me backstage or at home, you'd have a different opinion. They should open that door and make it more real. It'd be something the fans would enjoy, especially since everything on TV seems to be about reality stuff now anyways." -Hardcore Holly

"My dad was an alcoholic and my parents…we didn’t have any money and I grew up really poor. I watched them spend all of their money on cartons of cigarettes and stuff like that and I didn’t understand how if we were broke and we couldn’t afford Christmas presents, why could you smoke all of those cigarettes? It’s not like they are making you better…they are killing you. It seemed real idiotic to me." -CM Punk

"Inside and outside of the ring, what you see is what you get. I’m not trying to be something I’m not. I’m not trying to lie to the people or be fake. I’m not trying to be some crazy, outlandish character. I’m real and they appreciate that. Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It’s all real." -CM Punk

"Does it bother me when some former WWE talents bad mouth me in 'shoot' interviews? Not really. Disgruntled talents in the world of sports and entertainment are a dime a dozen. I will readily admit that I was not perfect... in a job where one could never make every one happy but it's not my fault that guys who made big money did not save it, pay their taxes or act like responsible adults. When one hears the proverbial 'shoot interviews' and people go on their manufactured, soap boxes and take pot shots at a variety of people or, even more ridiculously, take credit for other's successes in a manner where the disgruntled, self promoting underachievers are almost breaking their arms patting themselves on the back, then I suggest that you take most of what they rant about with a grain of salt. Most are trying to regain relevancy and to sell a DVD to justify a pay day." -Jim Ross

Post any that you've read or heard.......

Lock Jaw

06-22-2010, 12:03 AM

"WOO WOO WOO" - Zack Ryder

Favre4Ever

06-22-2010, 12:12 AM

"What's good in the hood? Keep it up...my nigga!!!" -Vince McMahon to John Cena

MoFo

06-22-2010, 12:14 AM

"Go back to that crappy little indy in Chicago" - JBL to CM Punk

Theo Dious

06-22-2010, 12:47 AM

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg81/darthteedious/horseanus.jpg

Tazz Dan

06-22-2010, 01:13 AM

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg81/darthteedious/horseanus.jpg

I remember that one. Total classic.

Verbose Minch

06-22-2010, 01:56 AM

''I ruptured a disc which fragmented into my spinal column''. -Chris Benoit

jskinnyg

06-22-2010, 02:37 AM

"Streamers & Kazoos Rock! Long live the Stream!" - Edge "Long Live the Zoo!" - Christian... And...
"Hey! That's My Chicken Suit!" - Kurt Angle

theexample

06-23-2010, 02:57 PM

I was gonna suggest ''I am not a nugget!'' - Owen Hart but Martha would sue me.

VSG

06-23-2010, 03:27 PM

Cant believe no one has the original Austin 3:16 quote up here yet.

Afterlife

06-23-2010, 05:09 PM

"The tiger has changed its stripes because it is a rattlesnake!" - Jim Ross.

Chavo Classic

06-23-2010, 06:19 PM

"...and those turnbuckles aren't made of chocolate, folks" - JR again

Razzamajazz

06-23-2010, 07:23 PM

YIP YIP YIP
WHAT IT DO

- some jobber

nrt4

06-23-2010, 07:35 PM

"How do you learn to fall of a 20 foot ladder" - Jim Ross

"Yes sir we promised you a great main event"

"Ray Charles died today. There's talk of putting Ronald Reagans big head on ten dollar bills, but I'd much rather reach into my wallet and see a smiling Ray Charles looking back at me. What the hell did Reagan ever do besides fuel a cold war? Stupid republicans. Ray Charles kicked heroins ass, overcame poverty, and even though he was blind, became one of the best piano players in the world. The guy had soul. The fucker even knew when that little black kid was trying to steal a guitar from off his wall in blues brothers! Reagan never did shit like that. This proves my theory that Ray Charles was really Daredevil. Ben Affleck is a pussy. Where's the multi state c-span 24 hour weird mass viewing funeral for a talented musician? Ah fuck it, I've gone off on another tangent." - CM Punk

Ian: CM Punk's opponent will be...
Punk: No whammies, No whammies, No whammies, No whammies--
Ian: The American Dragon Bryan Danielson!
Punk: NO! THAT'S A FUCKIN' WHAMMY!

Fox

06-23-2010, 07:39 PM

"What? Jeff Hardy and HBK think they're so COOOOOL because girls scream every time they take their shirts off? Girls have been screaming FOR YEARS when I take my shirt off!"

- Chris Jericho

Savio

06-23-2010, 08:31 PM

this is pretty notable:

http://vinceandlinda.ytmnd.com/

Cool King

06-23-2010, 08:32 PM

Virgil: But Teddy, you're gonna need me. What are you gonna do for protection?

Ted DiBiase (Jr): Go to the drug store.

Seth82

06-23-2010, 11:08 PM

"Jerry Lawler walks in here with his crown - DA DA DUM - Imperial Margerine - and talks about what he's going to do to me. Lawler, if you think you're going to beat me, if you think you can do ANYTHING to me, than you really are the king. King of FOOLS, jack!!" -- Roddy Piper

Gertner

06-23-2010, 11:35 PM

"Grrrr I'm intense and want respect, because I have honor"
Every single ROH promo.

Supreme Olajuwon

06-23-2010, 11:55 PM

Did you just come back to this site to troll the wrestling forum? Seriously, that's the only thing you ever do. You don't like indy wrestling. We get it.

The Pope

06-24-2010, 12:05 AM

I won a gold medal with a broken freakin' neck! - Kurt Angle

Gertner

06-24-2010, 12:20 AM

Did you just come back to this site to troll the wrestling forum? Seriously, that's the only thing you ever do. You don't like indy wrestling. We get it.

But THIS IS WRESTLING!!!

YoungFlyFlashy

06-24-2010, 02:03 PM

"What's good in the hood? Keep it up...my nigga!!!" -Vince McMahon to John Cena

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YoungFlyFlashy

06-24-2010, 02:05 PM

Cant believe no one has the original Austin 3:16 quote up here yet.

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YoungFlyFlashy

06-24-2010, 02:07 PM

Shawn Michaels loses his smile.

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YoungFlyFlashy

06-24-2010, 02:08 PM

Hulk Hogan "sticking" it to the fans!

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Beth Phoenix Fan

06-24-2010, 09:16 PM

Triple H - "Oh Shit, I tore my quad again!!!"

06-24-2010, 10:59 PM

"No." - Tyson Tomko.

CSL

06-24-2010, 11:08 PM

"Bigger arms, bigger paychecks".

"Make everything you do in there mean something or don't do it at all."

"The key to making it in this business is simple: You make them yell the loudest for the longest".

Lock Jaw

06-24-2010, 11:10 PM

"HUH?!" - Scott Steiner

06-24-2010, 11:14 PM

"Pass me the FUCKING mic!!" Scott Steiner's first line when returning to WWE.

Beth Phoenix Fan

06-25-2010, 12:39 PM

Natalya - Mess with the best you go down with the rest (followed by her maniacal laughter)

BigDaddyCool

06-25-2010, 12:49 PM

BigDaddyCool

06-25-2010, 12:50 PM

BigDaddyCool

06-25-2010, 12:50 PM

I never get tired of Steiner

Mooияakeя™

06-26-2010, 10:27 PM

Money isn't everything... it's the ONLY thing! Everyone's got a price.

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Mr. Nerfect

06-26-2010, 10:44 PM

"...and those turnbuckles aren't made of chocolate, folks" - JR again

JR gets so much shit for that one, and I don't understand it. I mean, of course the turnbuckles aren't made of chocolate, but it's just a dressed up way of saying "That's hurting him, folks."

"Ray Charles died today. There's talk of putting Ronald Reagans big head on ten dollar bills, but I'd much rather reach into my wallet and see a smiling Ray Charles looking back at me. What the hell did Reagan ever do besides fuel a cold war? Stupid republicans. Ray Charles kicked heroins ass, overcame poverty, and even though he was blind, became one of the best piano players in the world. The guy had soul. The fucker even knew when that little black kid was trying to steal a guitar from off his wall in blues brothers! Reagan never did shit like that. This proves my theory that Ray Charles was really Daredevil. Ben Affleck is a pussy. Where's the multi state c-span 24 hour weird mass viewing funeral for a talented musician? Ah fuck it, I've gone off on another tangent." - CM Punk

Awesome.

Mr. Nerfect

06-26-2010, 11:33 PM

"Well, here's the thing. A lot of the internet and the wrestling fans get worked up with certain people, saying how a guy like Cena sucks and that's fine. It's their right to do so, they bought their ticket, they can do what they want but they don't know the guy. As I said earlier, John's one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life period but a lot of people crap all over him. If creative didn't worry so much about doing their scripted interviews and just took a little time with people outside of the ring, showed the fans who we all are, it'd be interesting and it'd get the boys over. You watch me on a show and you just see me wrestle. You draw your own conclusion. If you were to spend ten minutes with me backstage or at home, you'd have a different opinion. They should open that door and make it more real. It'd be something the fans would enjoy, especially since everything on TV seems to be about reality stuff now anyways." -Hardcore Holly

This quote makes me want to see the WWE do some sort of NXT-like concept with former WWE Superstars trying to win back contracts. Even if some of them were just signed on for short-term deals. One last chance to impress. You could have a cast of Charlie Haas, Hardcore Holly, Shelton Benjamin, Steve Blackman, Val Venis and those sort of guys.

NeanderCarl

06-27-2010, 05:48 AM

“You could do a double back-somersault and disappear up your own arse and you won’t even get a flinch out of them” - Davey Boy Smith on the Toronto wrestling fans (Wade Keller shoot, January 1993)

“Was there any HGH around (in the WWF)?” – Wade Keller
“What’s (HGH)?... I’ve never seen anybody take that.” – Davey Boy Smith – January 1993, one month after reportedly being fired by the WWF, along with Ultimate Warrior, for receiving shipments of HGH from the UK.

Providence Peep

06-27-2010, 09:07 AM

"I don't think that McMahon thinks very much about the fact that J.R and I have been successful. I don't think that McMahon thinks the wrestling announcers really have that much to contribute the show." -Jerry Lawler (presumably after JR was moved from Raw to Smackdown)

Providence Peep

06-27-2010, 09:46 AM

"I've been told point blank by someone who would be considered one of HHH's best friends in the company that he had it out for Jericho from day one." - Dave Meltzer, WrestlingClassics.com message boards, 2003

"Vince McMahon is responsible for the company's success and non-success. It all stops with him. But he is listening to the wrong people for direction, and HHH is one of those wrong people, because he buries the ability of people to be in a top position, and thus, Vince doesn't see them in the light where they can draw money. Even though, HHH's money drawing days appear to be over." - Dave Meltzer, WrestlingClassics.com message boards, 2003

"Bischoff did tell me one time he didn't know how to market me. That was a few months before I was fired. He told me, 'You know, we've gotta do something with you. You come out there in your black boots and your black trunks an we don't know what to do with you. We can't sell any dolls off that.'" - Steve Austin in a '95 Torch interview

"Stunning Steve Austin is the next franchise wrestler in this industry. Make no mistake about it, he is, and nobody but nobody can take that away from him. It's good job security when you are going to be a major part of the next decade of this business and Steve Austin is going to be a major part of the next decade." - Paul Heyman, Pro Wrestling Torch Annual V interview, Summer 1992

"Go ahead, it's a nice looking ass." - Vince McMahon, encouraging William Regal to join the Kiss My Ass Club, Monday Night Raw, November 19 2001.

"Look! My ass can do tricks!" - Vince McMahon, during the first induction of the Kiss My Ass Club, Monday Night Raw

"Mr. Orton, it seems to me, I need to reintroduce your brain to your mouth, because your speakin' out your ass." - Jake Roberts to Randy Orton, March 14 2005 edition of Monday Night Raw

"On this night 25 years ago, from the testicles of Vince McMahon himself came something so horrifying it sends chills up and down the bodies of men all over the world: tonight marks the birth of Stephanie McMahon." - The Rock, Monday Night Raw, September 24 2001

Providence Peep

06-27-2010, 10:48 AM

"Since you call yourself the Nature Boy, that (raises) a question I've always wanted to ask you: What exactly is a "nature boy"? Do you like nature? Do you like boys?" - Steve Austin to Ric Flair, Monday Night Raw, June 3 2002

"That canvas is not covered in BBQ sauce. It CAN'T taste good!" - Jim Ross, during Rockers/Resistance match, 3/14/05 edition of Monday Night Raw

"You know why there were only 220 Mexicans at the Alamo? They only had one car." -Bobby Heenan

"Do you know Koko B. Ware's mom's first name? Tupper." -Bobby Heenan

"Isn't that Tito Santana's sister? Arriba McIntyre?" - Bobby Heenan on Reba McIntyre, WWE's choice to sing the national anthem at WrestleMania VIII

"By the time The Iron Sheik gets to the ring, it'll be Wrestlemania 38." - Bobby Heenan on The Iron Sheik before the Gimmick Battle Royal at Wrestlemania X7, 2001

"I would take everyone who works for WCW, put them in a room, and throw them a hand grenade." - Bobby Heenan on Wrestling Observer Live, 2001, when asked about what he'd do to turn around WCW

"You can't do much when you're managing the Missing Link. One time he asked me when my flight was. I said 9am. He said his was at 8:30am, and that I better be there at 8am. I asked why, and he said "My gimmick is that I don't talk, so you have to get me my tickets." I told him, "You better learn to talk by 8am or you're not getting any tickets. I'm only your manager 15 minutes a night." He said, "What are they going to think of my hair?" I said, "It's New York, they'll just think you have a bad hair day." - Bobby Heenan on Wrestling Observer Live, 2001, when asked who was his least favorite guy to manage

"At the Cauliflower Club banquet, Mike Tenay and I were wearing suits and ties. We just stood there and let the people stare at us. I then said to Tenay, "Don't we look like the top of Pat Patterson's wedding cake?" - Bobby Heenan on Wrestling Observer Live, 2001

"It's like getting rid of Pam Anderson and putting Zsa Zsa on the beach." - Bobby Heenan on Wrestling Observer Live, 2001, talking about WCW replacing him with Mark Madden

"They couldn't produce flatulence at a bean convention." - Bobby Heenan on Wrestling Observer Live, 2001, talking about WCW taking two make-up girls and making them TV producers of Nitro

"I'll see you at Beach Brawl, Madusa!" - Missy Hyatt, WCW Main Event, 1992, promoting Beach BLAST, not Beach Brawl. Couldn't they do a second take? Of course not, this was WCW

"He's not particularly ball-hairy."- Stephanie McMahon on HHH, when asked if he shaves his ball hair, the Howard Stern Show, 2002

"I've been world champion more times than you've had pieces of ass." - Ric Flair to Syxx, WCW Nitro, 1997

"The fate, the very fate, of WCW, is in my hands." -Vince McMahon, opening the last WCW Nitro

"If you're asking if I would ever date a wrestler, certainly I would. However it wouldn't be good business for me to get romantically involved with anyone in any aspect of our business." - Stephanie McMahon, Off the Record, 1999 (before beginning the relationship with Triple Haitch)

Providence Peep

06-27-2010, 01:23 PM

In hindsight, maybe I shouldn't have posted all those quotes.
They'll probably never be read because some of you here have the attention span of a flea.

Shadrick

06-27-2010, 01:30 PM

In hindsight, maybe I shouldn't have posted all those quotes.
They'll probably never be read because some of you here have the attention span of a flea.

I read them all P. I thought they were dope. Except for Heenan, I could have done without his. *shrug*

Afterlife

06-27-2010, 06:32 PM

"We don't need a crazy man driving a forklift!" -- Jim Ross, WrestleMania 14

Splaya

06-27-2010, 06:33 PM

NeanderCarl

06-28-2010, 08:32 AM

Power Slam Magazine: Did you often clash with other members of WWF management?

Jim Cornette: Constantly with some people, but not with others. Jim Ross and I have always got along. He's helped me a lot: he's taught me a lot about announcing and the wrestling business in general. Gerry Brisco, Jack Lanza: guys like that. Great. I love (working with them). But guys like Kevin Dunn, who's the biggest enemy professional wrestling fans have, and the non-wrestling people who are taught from day one that WWE isn't wrestling: it's sports entertainment, and it's got to be hokey or whatever. No.

It's not really their fault because that's what they're taught by WWE. But, at the same time, they're so obnoxious about it (laughs). Kevin Dunn hates wrestling! He refuses to allow you to call it professional wrestling while you're in the room with him. He will argue with you about it! He makes a million dollars a year as the executive producer of a show that he doesn't even like!

PSM: Dunn, WWE's Executive Vice President of Television Production, dislikes what he does for a living?

JC: No. He likes what he does; he just doesn't like wrestling. WWE has succeeded in fulfilling the prophecy: they always said they weren't wrestling. Now, they aren't. But the problem is, they've killed the business for the rest of us who want to be.

When (the WWF/WWE) was wrestling, Kevin Dunn would fight and argue with you. He would say: "We're not wrestling! No, we're not, God damn it!" Finally, he's right: WWE is not. But it's still frustrating when you're trying to work for the success of a company, and people won't even admit what they're doing.

Vince McMahon created sports entertainment as a way to fool the fucking advertisers into thinking they weren't buying time on good, old-fashioned wrestling. That's it. There's no such thing, really, as sports entertainment. Have you ever heard a fan say. "Did you see the sports entertainment last night?" Have you ever heard anyone say, "Did you get your sports entertainment tickets?" Have you ever heard anyone ask, "Have you ordered the sports entertainment pay-per-view?"

PSM: I don't think so.

JC: No! Don't disrespect me when you hire me to be a part of your company and tell me that I don't know what we're doing.

At one time, the WWF/WWE was describing Raw as an "action adventure programme".
They're delusional! Kevin Dunn wants to win an Emmy one day for being a real TV guy. All the rest of them owe everything they have to wrestling, and the last thing they want to admit is they're in wrestling!

I'm proud of being in professional wrestling all these years and of what I accomplished in it. Instead of being a crummy flop at anything else in the real world, I was the best at what I did in this world. WWE would rather be crummy flops as football promoters, bodybuilding federation promoters or fucking restaurant owners than admit they do wrestling.

So, to answer your question: Yes, I clashed constantly with some people because they would fight with me about the business we were working in. All I wanted was the respect from them that I knew what was going on.

PSM: All that conflict sounds like such a waste of time and effort - time and effort that could have been devoted to something constructive.

JC: It was a constant waste of time. We would spend 30 minutes in production meetings, talking about ways Sable would wear a T-shirt. Who gives a shit? It was frustrating. Being around that atmosphere was the most frustrating period of my life. I'm not good at regular compromise. But their compromise was, "Say whatever you think Vince will like to hear". Compromise in the WWF was: agree with Vince.

DaVe

06-28-2010, 08:49 AM

In hindsight, maybe I shouldn't have posted all those quotes.
They'll probably never be read because some of you here have the attention span of a flea.

Or because some of them are shit.

Post #41 from this thread: I read the first four and was actually about to post saying those were awesome, then I read the rest which was complete crap.

Providence Peep

06-30-2010, 09:29 AM

Or because some of them are shit.

Post #41 from this thread: I read the first four and was actually about to post saying those were awesome, then I read the rest which was complete crap.

That's your opinion, and you're entitled to it.
However, stating an opinion as though it's a fact still doesn't make it anything more than an opinion.

Providence Peep

06-30-2010, 11:33 AM

"We're not going anywhere, you can't hold us in your hands! And predict our life! We're WCW, we've bled and we've sweat; when was the last time you wrestled for an hour, cut yourself five times, bled for forty-five minutes, WHEN... WERE... YOU... THERE?!? You weren't! You weren't! You were never in the dressing room, on the road, forty days and forty nights, bleeding, sweating, going to the next town. You can't hold people's lives in your hand. We're the greatest wrestling company of all time; I want to say it again, you can't control us or our future." - Ric Flair to Vince McMahon, when McMahon bought WCW

"Well The Rock knows damn well the history of the WCW Title. The Rock knows that the title traces back to Frank Gotch, Lou Thesz, Ricky Steamboat, and WOOOOOOOO, Ric Flair! The Rock also knows damn well that in recent years the WCW Title has come to... Diamond Dallas Page? Booker T? The guy from Scream 2, the dog from Married With Children, the maid from The Jeffersons! Shane McMahon, this title is just like your sister - everybody gets a turn!"
- The Rock

PorkSoda

06-30-2010, 11:38 AM

"In my time, I've wrestled alot of countries..." - Scott Steiner.

"Load the spaceship with the rocket fuel. LOAD IT WITH THE WARRIORS!" - Ultimate Warrior.

Providence Peep

06-30-2010, 11:44 AM

"I hope the US loses the war in Iraq. And while I'm at it, I think the greatest country in the world is France, what do you think? And you know, truth be told, I'm not a very big fan of the black people. And if I could go back in time, the one person in history I'd like to make tap out would have to be... Jesus."
- Kurt Angle

"You are, so help me God, the most disgusting, vile, son of a bitch I've ever seen in my life. You took Hulk Hogan's blood and you built Titan Towers. You stole Bret Hart's dream and with that money, bought yourself an airplane with 'WWF' all over it. You did that, and you know it, you son of a bitch. You stole Shawn Michaels' smile, took your company public, and made yourself a billionaire. But not a self-made billionaire, like you like to tell everyone you are, oh no. See, you're a billionaire on other people's hard work. Your father - your father, Vince McMahon - your father went around the country and shook the hand of every... You know I'm telling the truth don't you? You know in your heart I'm telling you the truth... that your father shook the hand of every promoter in this country and swore to them that he would never compete against them, that his son would never compete against them. And when your father DIED, you competed. And with your ruthless, merciless, take-no-prisoners attitude, you drove everybody out of business, didn't you, Vince? You ran all the competition into the ground and you stole all their ideas, and you made yourself a billionaire out of it. And you know whose ideas you stole the most, Vince? You stole mine. You see, I don't give a damn about Don Owen and Sam Muchnick and Jim Crockett; I care about what you did to me and my family. How you stole my dreams! How you stole my legacy! How you stole everything that ECW represented. Because while Doink the Clown had green hair and a rubber nose, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin was drinking his first beer in ECW, damn you. While Bobby Heenan and Gene Okerlund were dancing around, singing 'Tutti Frutti,' ECW was producing the edgy TV that you named 'Attitude'. 'Oh, we got Attitude...' You got nothing, man. What you got is my ideas and you stole MY LIFE, MY MONEY, MY LEGACY!!! Screw you. Screw you and your family."
- Paul Heyman to Vince McMahon