In an interview with Digital Spy in the United Kingdom to promote the WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view, WWE superstar Alberto del Rio commented on whether he enjoys the ladder match concept, Roman Reigns’ stock in the company, CM Punk and more.

Highlights of the interview are below:

How much do you enjoy a ladder match compared to other matches?: “No – I don’t really enjoy them because they’re painful! But it’s part of the game, and in this case, if you want to be WWE World Heavyweight Champion you have to accept the challenge and prepare yourself and your body for a lot of pain on Sunday.”

Roman Reigns is going to be there – what did you think about the break-up of The Shield?: “I don’t really think about The Shield, but I can tell you something – Roman Reigns is a great competitor. He’s strong, fast. I would say he is the new rising star for the WWE. He’s going to a great competitor that night, but unfortunately he’s going to be in the ring with Alberto Del Rio, so I don’t think he’s going to win the title.”

There’s been a lot of mumbling about the return of Brock Lesnar – if you win on Sunday, how would you feel if Brock goes after you?: “We all know who Brock Lesnar is and how dangerous he can be, but he’s no different to any other competitor in WWE. All the people, all the wrestlers in WWE are great fighters, great wrestlers, so it doesn’t really matter who you need to face when you’re the champion. That’s the reason someone is the champion… to face everybody in the world.”

It was another Heyman Guy, CM Punk, who took the title from you at Survivor Series in 2011 – do you think he’ll come back to the company any time soon?: “Yeah, of course. He’ll be back soon. I don’t know when, but he’ll be back.”

A lot of people were recently released from the company including some great guys. You’ve been around a long time now – is it harder than ever to stay successful?: “It’s always hard. Wrestling is no different from any other job – you need to bring your best every single day because there’s people behind you trying to take your job. You can see that everywhere, not only in wrestling. That’s the reason you have to be in shape all the time, you have to try to bring something different every time you’re in the ring and you need to make yourself and your opponent good every single time, so you can keep up with the game.”

When you one day retire, what do you want the legacy of Alberto Del Rio to be?: “Everybody knows I’m a hard worker and they know that regardless of if you like me or not, I’m going to bring the best matches every single night, because I have pride for this business, I love this business. It was passed to me by my grandfather and my father. That will be my legacy: somebody who gave everything in the ring every single night.”

The interview is available in full at this link.