When I'm in the ring with somebody like Puma, it really forces me to level up and rise to the top of my game. It's sometimes just face-melting, the kind of stuff that he can do.

Hopefully, when people watch 'Lucha Underground' and WWE, Ring of Honor, New Japan, AAA, and any other promotion out there, they fall in love with pro wrestling. Pro wrestling, as it affects pop culture, is bigger than any one promotion.

I tried out for 'Tough Enough' season 2 originally and made it to the final casting episode and got cut by Kevin Dunn, who said all I wanted to do was run and flip and jump.

Johnny Nitro was like Johnny Hollywood, Johnny Danger, Johnny Blaze... it's just an obvious stage, Hollywood name. But John Morrison is more like a real person.

Millions of wrestling fans know me as Johnny Mundo, the mayor of Slamtown.

It's easy to be the Mayor of Slamtown in the wrestling ring.

If your attitude is good and you want to have good matches and you want to be employed for the right reasons, then I think people start to see that and respect that and respect you as a person, and you can fit in anywhere.

Rick Rude is the reason I even got abs in the first place. I was just a fan of the way he did things. He was the kind of guy who would walk into a room and automatically take control.

That's what defines 'Survivor': it's the ultimate test of who you are.

The Miz is someone who people are usually like, 'I can't believe how well he's doing. I can't believe this. I can't believe that.' But to me, he's someone who really always defined what it takes to becomes a successful public persona and in-ring entertainer, and to me, that's being authentic.

If the path is taking me to a world heavyweight championship, that's great, but all I really strive for and care about is putting on the best matches I possibly can.

The best way to describe 'Tough Enough' is to just call it an opportunity. In my opinion, it's best opportunity any aspiring wrestler could possibly have.

Everyone knows some day I'm gonna beat the crap out of Seth Rollins - that would be awesome. I'd love to beat the crap out of him. I'd just love to have a great match with Seth Rollins.

I was thinking, with the TV exposure I had with WWE - and it's kind of hard to explain to people sometimes how many countless hours you are on television when you've been on the road with WWE - I was thinking that was going to open doors, get me auditions, and get me into a lot of high profile roles.

Can I bond with people and live for 39 days without my Instagram account? Probably! But the real question for me is this: can I be happy doing that?

I knew I wanted to do a movie, an action movie, and when I left WWE in 2011, I didn't specifically know. I didn't leave to do 'Boone: The Bounty Hunter.'

I'm really excited about producing my first feature, 'Boone the Bounty Hunter.' Boone is a bounty hunter that does parkour to catch skips.

When I get into 'Lucha Underground,' now it feels like I'm part of a collaboration. And I'm talking about storylines; I'm talking about how we can put matches together, where we're going to go, what's going to happen to 'Lucha Underground' as a promotion; what's going to happen with my character; and I was back in suddenly.

The secret of having a successful promotion is having an awesome promotion with wrestling matches that people like.

A lot of people ask me, like, how the characters are different between Nitro and Morrison and Mundo, and the biggest difference is just the names. Like, wrestlers are usually a version of yourself, and the versions of myself haven't really changed that much.

If I had my career to do over again, I think I would wrestle under my real name, John Hennigan, because if there was some sort of brand test associated with professional wrestling, I would hardcore fail that test because I have so many names, it's confusing to me, even.

I was tired of just kind of being on that express train, whatever you want to call it, so to speak. It just sort of shoots forward, and you have no creative autonomy, no control over your time, and there's not much time for side projects or family and friends.

I always try to associate Johnny Mundo, John Morrison, or whatever my name is with high quality.

When you leave WWE, like, when I left, I was thinking, 'Maybe I'll take, like, a year off, and in that year, I'll probably do a Marvel movie, maybe a couple of movies. I don't know.' And, obviously, completely unrealistic.

I felt like I evolved into a great singles wrestler in ECW because of the opportunities to speak and wrestle longer matches.

When I see action sequences I like, I imagine what I would do if it were me in the fight.

I think that Rey Mysterio should come to 'Lucha Underground,' and I hope that he does.

I've always appreciated a creative approach to action, doing things that people don't expect, tweaking things to make them different.

The roster of 'Lucha Underground' would definitely be excited about a fifth season. Same thing with the producers and everybody.

With 'Lucha Underground,' it's really tight, and you don't need to fast-forward. Everything you're watching is important and entertaining.

Football has an off-season. Basketball has an off-season. TV has an off-season. Everything has an off-season except wrestling.

The thing that I didn't take into consideration is that acting, like wrestling, is a skill.

What's cool about wrestling is that you do find yourself working with very talented and very versatile opponents.

I'm as fast as a Corvette and as big as a Hummer.

My dream mixed-tag match has always been against the 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth.

Vampiro preys upon people's dreams and lies to people, but he doesn't keep track of his lies.

I think the reason that I've been able to succeed is that I was a fan of sports entertainment when I was a kid - that's what I wanted to do.

Nothing's scarier than wrestling The Boogeyman.

If you've never been to a live wrestling show, you need to go to one. To understand 'Lucha Underground,' you need to watch it.

I know that there's pros and cons to everything.

'Lucha Underground' is like a combination of Lucha Libre, American Pro Wrestling, and gridy action films. It's got a lot of things I like - action, wrestling, and really good storytelling.

Wrestling is a business: the more promotions the better, more opportunities for wrestlers to work.

I'm a fan of Shinedown.

The key to good art is to make something that means something to you.

I worked on 'Boone' for five years. I tried to find money for it. I couldn't. I ended up selling my house to finance it personally.

With WWE, I mean, as a kid, I was watching 'WrestleMania,' and that was my dream.

As far as being the guy and really the first guy with the reputation to sign on to be a part of 'Lucha Underground,' I take a great deal of pride in it.

Wrestling ultimately comes down to what happens when the bell rings, and it comes down to athleticism, storytelling, and characters - and what we're doing in 'Lucha Underground' is the highest-quality wrestling out there.

Creatively, there are no limits to what you can do in the ring.

Touring is exciting.