Aleister Black

“I mean, proud of myself, I always say that everything that I do is a work in progress.”

“Professional wrestling in Europe is more of a sub-culture. It is not as popular as it is here in the United States. The people that were drawn to it were also people that were into sub-culture, hardcore sub-culture. It is basically an alternative scene that is sub-culture.”

“The legacy that The Undertaker has had, I can't even put into words. He changed the landscape.”

“I think Aleister Black is the most Tommy End name you will get within WWE and NXT.”

“Never in a million years did I think some kid from Amsterdam would be in a position not only would he be in the Money in the Bank and a fan favorite, but be informed and led by people like Paul Heyman.”

“I never get complacent with anything.”

“I think that there are always these opponents that you circle back to that you have made some sort of legacy with and I feel Buddy Murphy is that for me.”

“I'm covered in tattoos head to toe, I have this striking style, I'm smaller than most competitors, and people are like, 'Yeah. That's my guy.' Why? Because they can see part of themselves in me.”

“The occult stuff, I grew up having a fascination about world religion and that fascination grew into other religions and other things and I kind of dabbled my way into the occult and started reading about the occult.”

“At 15-years-old, I always wanted to do professional wrestling, and at 15, I started training as a professional wrestler. It was always the plan to become an entertainer, a sports entertainer.”

“Wherever Ricochet and myself will go, NXT will forever be our home.”

“I'm frightened a lot. I feel like it's caused me a lot of obstacles.”

“I got into wrestling at the age of 4 or 5. I didn't watch WWE until later.”

“My social media is very strict to my character and I've disabled comments on a lot of things because why would the Aleister Black character care about comments?”

“I was a big fan of hardcore music growing up, black metal.”

“I'm lanky and I've always been lanky, but I was a really good athlete. Everything I've ever done in sports, I've done at a high level. I had a passion for what I was doing, and I had to be the best at everything.”

“I was a big fan of the more Mexican-based wrestlers when I started watching WCW, and I saw guys like Silver King, Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio. And where I come from, we have this European heritage with World of Sport with guys like Johnny Saint, Johnny Kidd, 'Rollerball' Mark Rocco, Robbie Brookside.”

“I'm an atheist. I don't have a religion.”

“If I look at who I am as a person and where my interests lie, I figured that going from Tommy End to Aleister Black was almost like a possession. So, one entity to the other.”

“I had a very hard-working father and a very hard-working mother. My dad was someone that would get up at 5 in the morning and work 'til 4 in the afternoon and then had a hobby he made money with. After he'd get home, he'd have a meal and have a drink and then flow right into that, trying to provide.”