Talk:William Regal

Still in AEW?
The article mentioned that Regal has left AEW. However, I think that is dirt-sheet speculation, and I can not confirm it from a reliable source. Blkgardner (talk) 21:59, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, the rumors have been confirmed, although he is technically employed until the end of the year. Blkgardner (talk) 01:33, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * PWInsider and Fightful are reliable sources, not dirt'sheet speculation.Wikipedia is created around independent sources, not statments from companies. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 14:18, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Not fired
Although William Regal played by Darren Matthews lost his match versus the Green Bay loudmouth, Mr. Kennedy it was never clear what he had lost. Before the match the screen personality Mr. McMahon said if Kennedy lost the match he would be fired however the threat to Regal was presumed. Mr. Kennedy asked for the match to determine who the real King of the Ring was after Regal had won it a few weeks earlier. It's worth noting it was not an 'offial' 'I quit match'. Presumably he lost the match due to the fact he had breached a rule in his contract but similar to Jeff Hardy in the fact he had to drop his title which in Matthew's case was the general manager role. Matthew's could have lost three things: 1.BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE WWE ROSTER. 2. LOSING HIS GENERAL MANAGER ROLE. 3. LOSING HIS KING OF THE RING TITLE. Although prior to him being suspended it was noted Regal was going to focus more on wrestling. It could be pure coincidence that the next day he was banned for breaching his contract. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.51.181 (talk) 20:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Face or Heel
In some parts of this article Regal is announced as a heel but sometimes he's announced as a face. I think he is a bit like John Cena really they both make jokes yet the crowd still find a reason to berate them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.51.181 (talk) 20:09, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Picture
Somebody really needs to change this picture. Bam123456789 (talk) 20:35, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

What about this. Bam123456789 (talk) 20:39, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The current picture has a much clearer view of his face. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 22:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Age
According to an interview on the Sun that Darren Matthews just did, he is not 42, but rather 39 closing in on 40. Nightmare SE (talk) 18:28, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Lol, So he was just 12 on his first debut back in 1983

--119.155.101.237 (talk) 21:44, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Name
Should the article's name be changed to William Regal?

RandySavageFTW (talk) 21:13, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Anyone?

RandySavageFTW (talk) 20:39, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Bring this up at WT:PW, maybe people'll respond. ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 16:08, 19 May 2008 (UTC) Never mind, you already did. ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 16:09, 19 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't think it should be moved. He competed as Lord Steven Regal for a long time and gained fame under the name. For people with multiple well-known ring names, the consensus at WP:PW has been to stick with real names. GaryColemanFan (talk) 17:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Coverage links
Removed a link to the WWE's coverage for RAW in regards to the May 19th match because this is not a link to a static page, the page dynamically changes each week. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robblatt (talk • contribs) 13:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Darren Matthews
Should the article's name be changed to William Regal? No one replied on its talk page.

RandySavageFTW (talk) 03:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * There is a large section at the top of the page discussing multiple moves it should probabally be moved there. --76.66.181.154 (talk) 05:12, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * He has also been known as Stephen Regal and Stephen William Regal and Lord Regal. And he has published a book as Darren Matthews. Darrenhusted (talk) 08:53, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

And Lord Steven Regal. But William Regal is his best known name.

RandySavageFTW (talk) 17:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose Again he is very well known in England by his real name, The article shows his has hand multiple in-ring names and by all purposes you should stick to his real then when this happens. Govvy (talk) 18:02, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Gained fame under the ring name Lord Steven Regal and held the WCW Television Championship four times under this name. Too well-known as Lord Steven to claim that William is better known. GaryColemanFan (talk) 18:11, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Just to note: William Regal has over 300,000 more Google results than Darren Matthews. And Lord Steven Regal has more than both.

RandySavageFTW (talk) 18:14, 19 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Google does things by webbots scrolling websites for names, it will count the number of times it finds the name and the number of websites doesn't come into that equation. I would suggest not to depend of google for a hit hit count and just use common sense. Govvy (talk) 19:58, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and he's won the European Championship four times as well under the name William Regal. There's also King of the Ring, Tag Titles, etc.

RandySavageFTW (talk) 18:16, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose for reasons stated above, he has written a book under the name Darren Matthews, so we are in the same boat as Edge, and which stage name would you pick, he has won championships under different names. Darrenhusted (talk) 13:26, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Per above and his title wins as Stephen Regal. --Endless Dan 14:52, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose - WWE.com refers to him as Matthews out of kayfabe here and now is probably not the best time to do it. D.M.N. (talk) 16:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose per GaryColemanFan. ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 19:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

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His Current Theme
Is his current theme actually named "Gladiators"? There's no reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Btw4392 (talk • contribs) 11:20, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * No it is not his current theme. His current "Born Naughty" theme is a generic theme written by Jim Johnson with the title not being released. I have tried in the past adding Generic Theme, as was recommonded during a project discussion, but it was removed. Eddie6705 (talk) 15:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Move

 * : → : —(Discuss)—  i feel that he is more know as william regal as i checked google and 508,000 hits for regal came compared to 345,000 for darren matthews i suggest we move this to WILLIAM REGAL. BigPadresDUDE (talk) 22:23, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

sorry about the templete im new at this stuff BigPadresDUDE (talk) 22:23, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Removed template as it is not historical. Also although william regal does have more hits on google, he was also well known as steven regal in WCW. See the request to move and ultimate opposition above in the talk. Eddie6705 (talk) 10:57, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Roundtable Faction (Present)
Nothing is mentioned about Regals new Roundtable faction, with Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.136.56 (talk) 16:34, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned references in William Regal
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Wrestlers he trained
just noticed it says Skip Sheffield on here is this genuine or has someone just put this due to him being his pro on WWE NXT if it's the latter it should be removed... :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.193.82 (talk) 13:04, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Twice I have tried to remove CM Punk and HHH from the list of wrestlers he trained as he didn't train either of them and there are no suitable sources to suggest such. For example, HHH's wiki lists him as being trained by Killer Kowalski, noone else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PlasmaSnake (talk • contribs) 12:43, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

FCW
Ey, listen. There are people responsible for this page. I know you get alerted when it is edited. So. WHY IS THERE NOTHING ABOUT FCW?!?! Ey? Answer me. Regal is now a commentator in FCW. Yet nothing about it is on this Wikipedia page. This is why Wikipedia fails. It is not up to date at all. You cannot leave pages neglected. I propose that if a page is in a terrible neglected state like this, it should be deleted. Anything more than 35 or 40 minutes out of date - delete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.32.189.142 (talk) 19:04, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Nicknames
Why have you left out one of Regal's most well known nicknames during his early career? "The Nature Boy" Steve Regal. Go watch any World of Sport episode and he'll usually be referred to as that, i suggest Regal & Brookside vs Monroe & Duran.

(Sorry if i've done this wrong i'm new to this but the nickname really should be added there) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.0.240.196 (talk) 23:25, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Birthday
William Regal's book states on the first page of the first chapter that he was born May 10th, 1968. This is sourced at the bottom of the wiki, please stop reverting the change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.38.180 (talk) 14:39, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

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