"Well, I don't know if it negatively impacts me but it definitely make it harder. Even in terms of just storylines; there's only so many storylines that the champion can be involved in if you have both titles but at the same time, if you do get to that point it is that much bigger. So I guess it's bittersweet, it definitely has its upsides and downsides but I think for the time I think it's a good thing and makes the titles mean that much more because one is not considered more prestigious than the other. If you hold the
WWE World Heavyweight
Championship you are the unified champion; you're the man"
You haven't won a world title yet in WWE and there's obviously still time to accomplish that, but do you feel there's ever been a time in your career when WWE could have capitalized on your momentum and had you win the title? Maybe after your 2009 feud with Randy Orton?
"I mean, if you think about it, you can become a champion at any given time like one day you could be at one point on the roster and the next day you could be the World Champion. Who knows what the 'what ifs' would have been. If I think about all of that then I'd drive myself nuts. There's a whole bunch of different ways that storylines can go and who's to say if it goes one way or the other if one thing happened or the other thing happened, it's impossible to speculate. That's what WWE is all about. You're watching this show and you anticipate which way a storyline might go, and when it goes the other way, you're swerved. Who knows what would have happened, could have happened, should have happened, I don't focus on all of that I focus on what I want to happen and try to get there."
As a participant in several high-profile WrestleMania matches, what is your favorite personal highlight and what is your favorite moment as a fan?
"For me, I'd have to say my favorite moment of all, that I've had, was my initial Wrestlemania because I've always been a fan of WWE ever since I was a kid and I've always wanted to be a WWE Superstar and every time I would fantasize about having matches I would fantasize about myself having a Wrestlemania match, so when that actually happened for the first time that was like my dream come true. I don't know if there was an actual moment in that match but I remember I was laying on the outside I ahd fallen out of the ring off of a ladder or something and I'm just laying there watching the show on the monitor and just like 'oh my god, this is my dream' and that was when it was real, it was actual reality."
"If I had to pick a moment that wasn't necessarily mine I'd have to pick Wrestlemania 14 when Tyson punched out Michaels. I thought that was awesome because I was always a wrestling fan and Wrestlemania 14 was the first time that I paid for my own ticket, I paid for my way to get there, I hadn't been to that many WWE live events and it was awesome to be able to do that and to be able to witness all of that and the anticipation leading up to it. That week they had the contract signing with
Vince McMahon and Stone Cold and Tyson was there and Vince McMahon got thrown into the Boston Harbor. I was right there for that and it was the coolest thing especially because no one swims in the Boston Harbor; its ridiculously dirty and the fact that Vince was actually in there I think a lot of people, me included, were concerned for his health but seeing him get knocked into there was pretty cool."
