The Rated-R Superstar was usually a vile and horrible human being who had some moments of being a good guy.

Obviously, being WWE Champion was my main goal in life, but when I started acting, the main thing I wanted to do was play a superhero or supervillain.

I'm the Rated-R Superstar. I do what I want when I want.

I am an entertainment juggernaut.

Every tattoo on my body symbolizes a phase in my career.

For me, body art is all about expression; it's a lifestyle and can serve as a reminder that when my career is done, I'll have a story to tell on my body. And it will be my story of my life on my body.

When I was a kid, I said this is what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a wrestler.

I am the man that everyone is compared to in this business.

There are elements of myself in every character I do, just because you take from your real life experiences and sprinkle those into your character.

From a backstage perspective, one of the things I always tried to do in wrestling was maintain that I was Adam. Edge was a character.

I never had concussion issues. What I have is cervical spinal stenosis.

I can't physically put someone over, but I can feel very confident in my ability to tell a story through a promo.

I'm sure I'll get lambasted for this, but I don't get the Asuka thing. Like, I really don't. She's fine, and she's solid, but I don't know. Even going back to the NXT stuff, I've watched it. I don't know. I just never really bought in.

One of the only things that bothered me with WWE and being on every week was blowing off so many great storylines so fast, just out of necessity.

Wrestling is just a different beast. There is no off-season in WWE. It's week in and week out.

When I was growing up, I had three channels, and I didn't know what happened in the Philippines instantly if it happened. Now you can be on the Internet and find out what's going on in Zimbabwe. It's changed.

With WWE, it's a massive machine, and you will air in 120 countries and have action figures and towels.

I had no aspirations after wrestling. I truly just assumed I would retire, grow a big beard, sit on my deck, and figure out what was next. If it was nothing, I was OK with that.

A guy like Bray Wyatt, he could easily have played something in 'True Detective.'

I really enjoyed working with Rey Mysterio when we were up against Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit and The Guerreros.

I wasn't a Superman guy - I didn't like the invincible superhero who always wins. Who can get behind someone like that?

One of the amazing things about acting now is that you can try different things and have choices.

I like to be doing something creative.

In no way are King Booker and Queen Sharmell the power couple in WWE.