"The only way you can challenge the WWE is to do something dramatically different. The question is. How dramatically different?"

(pictured: Hoodslam wrestlers backstage)

"The people who were telling me that the WWE is never going to hire drug addicted rabbit, they were not giving me a better chance or a better opportunity."

"I think part of the fun, you know as a fan, this whole world is fake. it's a total dollhouse. but, you're fascinated by how they're trying to perform the fake within the dollhouse."

"What's real is the feeling you get as a fan and you're brought back to that feeling you had when you were a kid watching wrestling or when you're 10 years old and you're watching Jurassic Park and you believe everything you're seeing."

(Pictured: El Sparko, Referee) 

"I can't tell you what's Plan A or Plan B—but what is more realistic running my own rest or business one day. Plan A is wrestling."

(Pictured: Drugs Bunny in the middle of his finishing move—the Swanton Bomb.)

"Other places are trying to keep kayfabe and we're like fuck kayfabe."

(pictured: Blackheart at the receiving end of a power-slam by wrestler Brittany Wonder.)

"We're not even trying to be like unnerving or, I can't think of, we're not trying to be toxic to your senses. We just think this stuff is funny."

(Pictured: Wrestler Anthony Butabi placing Chupacabra in a sleeper hold.)

"It's an escape. Takes us away from whatever our troubles might be."

(Pictured: DARK Sheik at the receiving end of a power slam by one of the Stoner Brothers.)

"People want and they're programmed to think that everything that happens is fake and we don't get hurt."

(pictured: Lucido enterting the ring as video game character Link.)

"A big part of what makes us stand out was that we intentionally went ahead and did everything other shows don't do."

(Pictured: Wrestlers backstage at Hoodslam)

"Well I think any good art is in a lot ways a reflection of the society that it exists in."

(Pictured: Doc Attrocity situated to inflict pain onto his opponent at Hoodslam.)

"If you have a fighting spirit and you really put your heart to it, then you can overcome any odds."

(Pictured: Cereal Man at the receiving end of a power slam by wrestlers Juiced Lee and James Cee.)

"I feel like I'm walking through a portal of this whole new world, I have this whole new group of friends that I really don't have outside of this—but inside of here, we're all best friends."

(Pictured: Pooh Jack at the receiving end of an attack by wrestlers Juiced Lee and James Cee.)

"The WWE is a public traded company and they have morphed into a place in 2016 where their entertainment has to fall under the guidelines of family friendly."

(Pictured: Cereal Man attacking Batman-uel.)

"What [Vince McMahon] did was he went to the territories and he chose the best wrestlers he could find, brought him under his umbrella, basically putting those territories out of business."

(Pictured: The Manimal)

"Hoodslam is the day I get to be famous for a night."

(Pictured: Drugs Bunny reacting to the fans shouting "drugs, drugs, drugs.")

"To have a moment where a crowd hushes...that's an awesome feeling. That means as a performer—I accomplished something more than just a wrestling match."

(Pictured: Link lost in a daze)

"If the crowd doesn't like it. Fuck the fans, who cares?. Everything is worth a try."

(Pictured: One half of the Stoner Brothers, two twins who wrestle as pot-smoking brothers.)

"Six matches. Guy in blue trunks vs guy in black tights..."

(Pictured: Stoner Brothers unleashing havoc on wrestler DARK Sheik.)

"The bro, is a subculture that most people just roll their eyes at and be like oh god, this fucking knuckle dragging Neanderthal..."

(Pictured: Host Broseph Joe Brody at the announcer's table.)

"It's the evolution of three-ringed circus. We're the updated carnival meant to suit the bloodlust and short attention spans of today's audience."

(Pictured: Wrester Juiced Lee awaiting his opponent to enter the ring with Referee Guido looking on.)