Ken Anderson believes that students who are truly coachable and willing to put in the work are the ones most likely to succeed in the professional wrestling business.

“So, what I look for is is that I guess it's just do you are you coachable?”

Rikishi argues that professional wrestlers must learn to respect the squared circle to ensure their longevity in the industry.

“my uncle's sister say you respect that circle if you respect the squared circle you you're going to have a job for a long time meaning the passion the pride the the you know the will to be the best damn tag team or the best performer there it's going to keep that weekly paycheck come in”

He argues that enduring physical pain, such as punching hard surfaces, is an effective and valuable method for learning proper timing and distance control.

“my trainer he would make us get out of the ring and punch the ring post so I mean it sounds barbaric but it and it is but it works like Pain's a very valuable teacher”

He prefers receiving direct feedback on his wrestling performances to improve his craft.

“I'm not the type of person to like if I do something wrong i don't want to hear it because i know what i didn't know i'd love to hear what what i can you know what i did wrong what i can do better how i can better myself how i can make my opponent look better things like that”

He believes that physical conditioning is critical for professional wrestlers because they are responsible for the physical safety of their opponents.

“you have to realize someone else's life is literally in your hands when you're picking them up and you're running and this and that so fatigue and and and and weakness from a physical standpoint is very very dangerous both to you and your partner”

He believes that the most important factor in determining if a student will be successful is simply whether they consistently show up to train.

“To me, it's just if they come. I always say I said we're like, you know, like if you sign up to a gym and you don't show up and lift weights, you're not going to get jacked. If you don't show up to this place and learn”

Shelton Benjamin believes that training in a collaborative environment with other wrestlers, where everyone works to help each other, was a key factor in the success of the OVW class of 2002.

“everyone showed up early everyone stayed late everyone like tried to help the other and because at the time they were it was ovw it was HW Aiden and it was it was Memphis so WWE had a few pools of talent to pull from so our philosophy was we want them to keep coming back to this pool so we wanted to”

Carmelo Hayes values the lessons learned from legends like Shawn Michaels, particularly concerning character work, demeanor, and facial expressions.

“I've learned so much from him and not even what you would think you know what I mean a lot of people be like oh man the in ring stuff you know but no it's not it's there's way more to this than what people realize it's a lot to do with the facials a lot to do with the demeanor”