Wrestler

He was one of my childhood idols, and I hope I can get in the ring with him one day. I'd love to batter The Rock.

I became one of the top wrestlers outside of WWE in the world, and it all happened because I started giving it my everything.

I'm not a 'Yes Man,' and I've always preferred to go back and forth and find something we both agree on so I can do it to the best of my ability. That was taken in WWE as trying to do what was best for me. In reality, I was trying to be different.

I built my business, and WWE brought my business in. I want to be successful in my business and, in turn, make WWE successful.

All I want is wrestling to grow while living my dream, and if I can help, then that's beyond my dreams.

The Shield is fantastic. They're everything they say they are.

RVD is the most chilled man on planet Earth - if he was any more relaxed, he'd be asleep - and he is a really nice guy, too.

When you're relaxed, the crowd can see it. They can feel it. They can tell when you're being real, or they can tell when you're forcing it.

Undertaker, right up until his last day, was working full time constantly, even when he was beat up, had fire in his eyes. If he couldn't walk, he was flying around, and he was The Undertaker in every way. That was such an inspiration.

In WWE, a lot of people took my passion as me thinking I was better or knew more.

I started wrestling at 15 and signed with world's biggest company by 21 and then had to rebuild myself again.

I sent away to America for 'The Inside Secrets of Wrestling' that Percy Pringle and Dennis Brent wrote, and Volume 1 told me to keep kayfabe of the book. So I used to keep it in a briefcase, and I'd go to school every day, and everyone would talk about wrestling, and they didn't know what was going on, but I knew what was going on.

I started training when I was 15.

I've been lucky that I've got myself through various opportunities and platforms and people believing in me - my wife helping in a lot of different areas - and growing up a lot, I've shown I am ready now to be a top guy, to hold that position for the company and show what it is to represent a giant, publicly traded company like WWE.

There are a lot of people very sure of themselves that need to be brought back down to Earth. As good as they think they are, they're really not.

In OVW, it was like a different world, pretty much. They had the talent ready to stay around for a while, with guys who weren't over yet and guys who weren't retiring yet. With FCW, WWE were a bit more hands-on with the writers.

Promoters believed in me and gave me a platform, and then the fans started believing in me. It went from me trying to show the fans what I was all about to growing companies around the world. I got to be the face of so many companies, like EVOLVE and Insane Championship Wrestling in Scotland.

The live events are more interactive for the fans. With TV, you have the cameras there, commercial breaks where the fans can tell there's a down moment. At the live events, it's non-stop. We get to play with the audience; the crowd gets to get involved a little more. It's a very intimate feel.

There is so much more than just what you do in the ring and what you do on the microphone.

When it comes to the southern states, I used to actually live in Louisiana for a year.