AJ Styles is the best in the world.

The response Cena elicits from the crowd is unreal. And critically, AJ Styles has been considered one of, if not, the best in the world. Together, it's magic.

I used to be around John Cena all the time in WWE, and I watched him and the way he worked. John is a guy who has been at the top longer than anyone else in history, and I'm lucky to have the opportunity to train at Cena's gym and go to him for advice.

I want to be surrounded by the best possible wrestlers, and Evolve, from top to bottom, there is no filler on that roster.

Everything I do has a purpose for my goal, which is to create a buzz.

I see it as my responsibility to start trying to help wrestling because if I don't do something, wrestling is going to die - like, wrestling as we know it.

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.

I love tag team wrestling.

I have always been a big rock fan and remember dressing up as Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose for my high school Halloween disco when I was 17. My teacher painted tattoos on, and I wore a small leather waistcoat and not much else.

The WWE and World Heavyweight Titles are the ones everyone is aiming for, and if you're not aiming for them, you are in the wrong business - and I like to think that when the time is right, I will get my shot.

Most people jump for joy when WWE come calling, and rightly so.

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

I've experienced the highest of highs and been in every single position, and that has taught me so much.

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

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.

Keeping a secret in the social media age often is impossible.

NXT is the top roster in the world as far as I'm concerned, the work ethic and fans.

William Regal is one of my mentors, and I had been talking with him the whole time I have been away from WWE.

I was in FCW for about six months. It was roundabout 2009; a lot of guys started to retire, and they didn't have guys coming in from other companies to replace them.

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.

That's all I ever wanted - to go out as myself and have the success or failure fall on me.

I know this business better than most people, and I'm extremely passionate about it.

I may look like the stereotypical, prototypical wrestler, but I've always wanted this my whole life.

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.