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When I first got into wrestling as a kid, I would read all of the wrestling magazines I could get my hands on. There was a satisfaction discovering that there was a whole wrestling world that existed that you didn't see on TV on Saturday morning. There was this idea that there was this stuff going on there that they didn't want us to see.

First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.

I became a wrestling fan in college. So, I was more of a wrestling fan as an adult than when I was a little kid.

I grew up watching wrestling.

One thing I was proud of when I did the college talks was that, although stories revolved around experiences that I had in wrestling, one did not need to be a wrestling fan to enjoy them.

It was always one of my favorite things, the action figures, the video games, when I was with WWE, even though I'm not a gamer. I would literally go out and buy the games just so I could play myself.

I was obsessed with it, and then I learned more about professional wrestling and how the beauty that does exist in it is truly an art form.

I just remember that when I started at NXT, I had no character. I had nothing. I was just so excited to be here and just to be a wrestler.

I don't like to have gimmicks. I don't like to have gadgets and stuff. I just like to go out there and entertain the fans by wrestling.

I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.