Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Christian Cage
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian wrestler Christian Cage.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I think I would have liked to have experienced the whole NXT thing.
I think one of the things that the people, the fans, know about me is that every time I step in the ring, I give everything I have to entertain everyone that's spent their hard-earned dollars on a ticket for a WWE event. I think that's apparent.
When I was a kid, the guy who was Intercontinental champion was the guy who was next in line for the World Heavyweight championship.
I'm out there every night working my butt off trying to do what I do, and that is entertain every single person that paid their hard earned money for a ticket. So I think people realize that and I think over time, I feel like that's grown, definitely.
You have to look at your situation, and 'how do I make the best of my situation every single night?' That's what I looked to do.
I always said when I was wrestling that you have tunnel vision because it's all consuming. It's hard to focus on anything else other than what you're doing. When I stepped away from that, I wanted to have my hand in a lot of different pots.
I think the free agent process is a little bit different because other major pro sports like the NBA or NHL, you're looking at 30 teams. You have 30 options. You don't really have that in this industry. There is one name that stands above all else, and that's WWE. So to really be on top, that's where you have to apply your trade.
WWE was great to me. I felt like I gave the company everything I had. And they allowed me to live my dream, which was wrestle in WWE.
Growing up, we were pretty much focused on becoming WWE superstars.
With Edge and Christian, we were like 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure,' the Bill & Ted of WWE. We were kind of goofy, kind of funny, humorous, but then when we had to be serious in the ring, we would get serious.
Yeah, it's also a huge jump for NXT to come off the WWE Network and come onto cable television. That's huge.
We all get into wrestling to go out and perform for our fans.
Having a long career with real lasting power has always been a goal.
For many many years, the MMA world shunned on the pro wrestling world. They shunned on us for getting action figures and whatnot.
WWE definitely gives you the forum, the stage to do different things and see what works. That's the cool thing about being in front of a live audience every single week in WWE. You get instant feedback.
I believe I am one of the best and I work to prove that every night I go out there.
I've always liked being on the performance end of it. I've come up with different ideas, but as far as being a creative writer, I'm not sure about that. I've always liked the performance end of it and wrestling, getting in the ring in front of a live crowd.
Me, personally, I thrive under pressure.
For me, whenever I got into this business, I wanted to be the very best that I could be.
When I moved to Tampa, Florida I remember going to a Kid Rock concert and I was in one of those sky-boxes. When I walked into the sky-box I didn't know he was there, but I hear a, 'Hi, brother!' I turn around and it's Hulk Hogan. I just got 'brothered!'
To be recognized as one of the best, you need to win that WWE title or the World Heavyweight Championship.
If I had a nickel every time someone asked me if I was going into the Hall of Fame, then... I could buy a lot of stuff.
I lived my dream and I was able to accomplish my goals.
First time I met Hulk Hogan, I had a life-sized poster of him in my room and I idolized him as a kid.
I'll always be a wrestling fan.
I think people know that every time I go out there, I leave it all in the ring, regardless. So I think there's a certain respect with that and I think that's just grown over the years because I feel like over the course of my career... people know that I never take a night off.
No matter how tired you get, when you get in that ring and hear that crowd road, everything will go away.
I never doubted that my talent would shine through in the end, no matter what.
I'm definitely a veteran. No question. And it always makes me laugh when the younger guys tell me they remember where they were when I contested a certain match. It makes me feel old, but it's cool to hear that.
I always had aspirations to be the champion. I never gave up.
When I left WWE, I always knew that I wanted to come back when the time was right.
We dreamt of that as kids growing up. Like, main eventing, being world champion, walking down that aisle at WrestleMania as the last match, as the main event, as the headliner.
With WWE, you're live every single week. You're in an arena, and there can be anywhere from 12,000 to 20,000 people watching you perform.
I never got a chance to participate in one, but I wanted to be in an iron man match. I really just wanted to go in there and I remember pitching a couple of times too, and it wasn't necessarily for an iron man match, but I wanted to just go out there for a full hour and just do a match.
When you're working with somebody, you work to their strengths. Do you know what I mean? It doesn't matter who it is, whoever you're in the ring with.
It's kinda like Hulk Hogan whereas any time Hogan walks into a room, he's got that distinctive look. Everybody, whether you're a wrestling fan or not, you know who he is. Chuck has that same thing. Whether you're an MMA fan or not, he'll walk into a room and everyone goes, 'Oh, that's Chuck Liddell.'
For sure, competition is healthy. It is! It keeps everybody on their toes. It keeps everybody sharp.
I mean, you can't just stop WWE. It is an entertainment company. It puts on a live show every week and prides itself for being out there and working.
It's hard to shock people, especially when people want to know, like, spoilers and stuff like that.
All three teams will always be linked. If you think of the Dudleys, you think of Edge and Christian and The Hardy Boyz, and vice versa with all those other teams.
The word dream match is thrown around quite a bit, and I mean if you think about it. There's all these possibilities, like what if Edge could face Roman Reigns or Seth Rollins? Or, a guy like AJ Styles.
I never wanted to be one of those guys who hung on too long.
When I left I knew I was gonna go back to WWE. But I needed to go because whatever I was doing wasn't working. I needed to take a chance on myself and get better. The only way to do that was take some risks and go somewhere.
I don't want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have... that's the way I've done everything in my life.
I'm completely fine with my career. I feel like I accomplished everything I ever set out to accomplish.
It's funny, I do think I've been somewhat overlooked, but I've always viewed that as a challenge. Everyone else seems to get more upset about it than I do.
There's very few people that ever have a chance to become World Heavyweight Champion.
WWE is live. There is no second take.
People seem to want to know stuff that's going to happen before it happens sometimes instead of just enjoying it and following the ride and just seeing where it takes you.
You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre, right? He was released and it actually helped him.
I think the knock TNA had is they seemed to worry too much about what WWE was doing instead of focusing on their own.
When I started in WWE, I was a 24-year-old kid and it was all kind of a whirlwind. I never had the chance to step back and look at it from the outside and assess things from a different level.
Obviously, there's nothing like being in front of a live crowd. That's what makes a wrestling show - getting that instant feedback and taking them on an emotional journey through what you're doing in a ring. Nothing will ever replicate that.
If you're in the ring with somebody that doesn't throw good punches, guess what. Don't have him throw any punches. You work to their strengths. It's really not that difficult. You don't try to get them to do things that are out of their realm or whatever. It's not hard. It's not rocket science.
There's just some times when you need a change and you need to do different things.
Growing up, 'Mean' Gene was the voice of my generation.
I have talked about this before, I have always been bad at saving memorabilia.
People don't realize what a hard job commentary is. It is so hard and one of the hardest jobs in the industry. I would never say never to anything, but I would need a lot of reps to be good at that job.
I never looked at being second banana to anybody, I never felt that way, ever. If other people did, that's the way they looked at it, but I never did.
The cool thing about WWE is it's like entertainment boot camp. You're performing in front of a live audience, a different audience every night. You're doing promos in the ring. You're doing talking segments in the back. You're wrestling. You're performing. It's everything all rolled into one.
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