Maxwell Jacob Friedman

“I had a full-ride football scholarship as a middle linebacker.”

“March 15th is the most important day of the year. It's my birthday.”

“Because I love making people mad. It is my favorite pastime.”

“For some strange reason a lot of people in my age demographic don't want to listen to veterans of this sport.”

“I look at it like this: I'm being myself, everybody else in my industry is faking it.”

“I am AEW born and bred. I will be AEW until I die. This is my company. This is where I started. This is the company that I'll end in.”

“The fact that these fans don't understand that a ring is comprised of steel, metal beams, wood, and a thin sheet mat, and that's it.”

“Just let me give you a regular, good old-fashioned body slam in the ring. You won't be able to walk for a week. I'm a superman.”

“I've never talked about being Jewish in a promo ever. But my name is just so blatantly a Jewish name. It's not like my name is Maxwell Jacob Smith.”

“There's nothing fake about me. And I think there are some people that appreciate that. Even if they hate me, they appreciate the fact that I'm 100 percent authentically me.”

“I'm honestly offended whenever someone says I'm being harsh.”

“Let me tell you something about Joe Manganiello - I don't care, dude. The most impressive thing that you have on your cinematography is that you got beat up by Spiderman.”

“Anybody who knows me knows I'm a handful, I'm aggressive, I'm loud, I'm obnoxious.”

“I've had fans try and jump the guard rail. I've had fans key my car. I've had fans try to stab me.”

“Early Four Horseman is absolutely terrific.”

“The future of AEW is Maxwell J. Friedman, without a shadow of a doubt. I am going to be the face of this company. At the tender age of 23... people think I'm great now? They don't know the half of it. I mean, my career's only just begun.”

“It might be okay for somebody else on the roster to sit on the sideline but it's not okay for me to be. I'm the franchise player, I'm the guy on both the microphone and in the ring.”

“Nothing I say is harsh. What I do say is the truth. If people have a problem with that, they need to realize that's on them. That's not on me.”

“I've always loved old school wrestling: Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, Sting, Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert. To me, that's the golden age of professional wrestling.”

“I'm a once in a lifetime professional wrestler. I'm something that people are never going to get to see again.”