| Famous Quotes – The Instant Classic |
Christian: “What could Samoa Joe consult me on anyway? How to lose to Kurt Angle?” (During the ‘Instant Classic’ video package that sereved as the opening video for Against All Odds 2007) Christian: “Kurt Angle… so you’re an Olympic Gold Medalist?” Kurt Angle: “It’s Real… It’s DAMN Real!” Christian: [Echoed] “QUIET!” “If you don’t know… now you know!” (his “Instant Classic” catchphrase, taken from Notorious B.I.G. song “Juicy”) (From TNA iMPACT! 3-15-2007) Christian: “And Kurt…no matter who you choose for Team Angle, the chances are I’ve already beaten them anyway.” AJ Styles: “Yeah you probably have beat ‘em!” Christian: “Yeah, that’s what I just said.” “Hold on a minute, Jimbo!” (to Jim Cornette) Jeremy Borash: (Talking about the TNA fans) “I think a little gratitude would be nice.” Christian: (Looking into camera) “You’re welcome.” (During the TNA Fanfest the night before Lockdown 2007) Jeremy Borash: “…will be the team captain, the World Heavyweight Champion, the Instant Classic, Captain Charisma, Christian…Cage!” Christian: “Give me that microphone before you hurt yourself, sweetdust.” Fans: (chanting) “Christian! Christian! Christian! Christian! Christian! Christian! Christian! Christian! Christian! Christian! Christian!” Christian: “I know exactly why you’re all chanting that. Because you wish you were as good as me. And I can’t blame ya.” “Quiet on the set!” (coming out with a megaphone in hand) “This is the symbol of a director, the symbol of a producer, the symbol of power!” “And now we have Chris Harris? Well, I got a quick question for ya: who in the hell is Chris Harris?” “Chris Harris is gonna be a bonafide superstar just from breathing the same air as the champ!” “Hold on one second, Jimmy! Don’t try to give me this crap!” “And I’ll tell ya this much: do you see this right here? My pimp hand is way strong! And if Abyss was standing right where you are, I would reach out and I would slap him right in his ugly face!” “Don’t do that… dumb look on your face. Come on! You know exactly what’s going on! Sting and Abyss, together again? Why!? Why wasn’t I told about this!? I need to be told about everything! I’m the champ! I’m the champ!” (to Jeremy Borash) “Go back to the street corner, trick! We’re outta here!” (telling Leticia to go away as he was trying to leave) “Hey, Tomko! Pay attention! Stop playing with your toy belt, we got real problems here!” (referring to Tomko’s IWGP World Tag Team Championship belt, which he has started carrying around in TNA) During the opening promo of the 8/2/07 Impact, after Kurt Angle and his wife and child walk off Christian: “Is that Angle’s wife?” Jeremy Borash: “Yeah.” Christian: “Nice belts.” (turns to Tomko) “Hey Tomko, maybe she can carry your toy belt too.” (Christian and Tomko walk away as A.J. Styles stays behind for a few seconds talking to JB) (to Robert Roode) “You see…Bobby? That’s where you and I are different. See, you need these three right here. I, on the other hand, do not.” (to Kurt Angle) “All of a sudden, you wanna be my friend, huh? You wanna be my teammate! You even wanna be my buddy! Like…like Brady and Moss! Like Owens and Romo, huh!?” (to Kurt Angle) “You see, Kurt, you walk around and you play the aloof guy real well, but I know behind those beady little eyes that you’re a conniving son of a bitch!” (to Kurt Angle) “I am the biggest threat to that World Heavyweight Championship that sits real pretty on your shoulder. The Instant Classic is the real World… Heavyweight…Champion!” (to Kurt Angle) “But I guess the real question is this: are you ready to admit to the entire world that you are nowhere near the man that Christian Cage is?” (to Tomko) “Tomko…you make me sick to my stomach. Don’t look at me! Don’t look at me! Look at me when I’m talking to you!” (to Tomko) “Your wife and your kid oughta be thanking me for putting food on your table!” (to A.J. Styles) “You were lacking substance. You were afraid to talk in front of a crowd. You could barely forumate two sentences until you came to me!” (to A.J. Styles) “I made you comfortable!” (to A.J. Styles) “I am not your blood father. And if I was…I would disown you.” (to Karen Angle) “Shut your mouth! Do what you do best and stand behind the man.” (to the Alliance) “You all need me to be somebody!” (to the Alliance) “You want me to be a part of this team? Fine! I’ll be a part of this team, under one condition: I am the leader!” “Let me…let me answer your question by asking you a question. Do you think the Instant Classic should get his acceptance speech ready?” (after being asked by Crystal Louthan if he would be named the 2007 TNA MVP) “My peeps have never, ever let me down. They know…that I’m the champ.” “Kurt, do you…do you not hear people when they talk? Do you?” “Tomko said…he wants to do what’s best for Tomko. He wants to be his own man. And you know something? I know Tomko – actually, I know Tomko better than he knows himself. And I respect that!” courtesy: various sources |