Maxwell Jacob Friedman

Wrestler

39 Quotes

Let me tell you something about Joe Manganiello - I don't care, dude. The most impressive thing that you have on your cinematography is that you got beat up by Spiderman.

For those of you who aren't aware I am Jewish, the name might have given it away, and there were no other Jewish kids on my football team, so it was an adjustment for me because the kids didn't exactly love the fact that there was a Jewish kid taking their spot.

I'm a once in a lifetime professional wrestler. I'm something that people are never going to get to see again.

I'm a good person and that's what I am at the end of the day.

I am AEW born and bred. I will be AEW until I die. This is my company. This is where I started. This is the company that I'll end in.

Right now, at the age of 22, I'm making a living off of this and I'm building, not only just my brand, but I'm also building myself bell-to-bell. I'm building myself when that red light's on and I want to keep doing it.

Just let me give you a regular, good old-fashioned body slam in the ring. You won't be able to walk for a week. I'm a superman.

So, I couldn't care less Joe Manganiello's opinion on anything I have to say on Twitter.

All that matters is the fact that I'm the first person people are thinking of when they wake up and I'm the last person people are thinking of when they go to bed.

I look at it like this: I'm being myself, everybody else in my industry is faking it.

There were people that grabbed you just by talking, and that's what I loved about professional wrestling when I started out. That's why I'm already so good. That's why people literally hang on the edge of their seats when I have a mic because they want to know what I'm going to say.

I'm honestly offended whenever someone says I'm being harsh.

When I was growing up, I played football, I loved football.

For some strange reason a lot of people in my age demographic don't want to listen to veterans of this sport.

Once I saw Roddy Piper I knew exactly what I was going to be doing when I grew up.

I do things my way. I don't do things to make people happy or appease them.

What I care about is making money. What I care about is making waves. What I care about is going down as one of, if not, the greatest professional wrestlers to have ever lived.

Jon Moxley - great performer. I'm sure he's a nice guy. But at the end of the day, I think people are sick and tired of him, you know, being the captain of the ship.

I honestly keep to myself often and I keep my circle small.

I've always loved old school wrestling: Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, Sting, Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert. To me, that's the golden age of professional wrestling.

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