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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} ~~'''~~[[William Regal]]~~'''~~ (born Darren Kenneth Matthews on May 10, 1968 in Codsall Wood, Staffordshire, England) is an English professional wrestler working for the '''WWE''' and arguably the biggest British wrestling star since the heyday of Davey Boy Smith. With a career spanning three decades all over the world, he gained the most fame and success initially in [[WCW]] in the mid-1990s as Lord Steven Regal and later the [[World Wrestling Entertainment\|WWE]], which he had joined in the last year of the famed [[Attitude Era]] and has been there since, first (and briefly) as Steven Regal the "Real Man's Man", and later (and since then) William Regal. He is currently the most senior member of the full-time talent roster, going by ring experience, having been in the business longer than several prominent WWE Superstars (such as [[Cody Rhodes]]) have been ''alive''. Regal has seen quite possibly everything there is to see about the wrestling business. He's one of the best in the ring, best on the mic, and knows how to tell a story in the ring. However, he's also seen the darker aspects of the business, particularly an almost crippling drug addiction that's unfortunately common in the wrestling business. He has since cleaned up and is arguably the greatest success story of WWE's Wellness Policy. Due to these facts, he's a favorite of diehard fans and [[Smart Mark\|smarks]]. While William Regal has never been a world champion (saying "has never been" but not "never was" because pro-wrestling's [[Garbage Wrestler\|hardcore legend]] [[Ring Oldies\|Terry Funk]] proved [[Ten -Minute Retirement\|there's no such thing as actual, long-term, permanent retirement]]), he has extensively trained several future world champions currently employed by WWE. [[Triple H\|You might]] [[CM Punk\|have heard]] [[Bryan Danielson\|of them]]. ~~=== '''Tropes associated with William Regal includes:''' ===~~ {{creatortropes}} * [[Affably Evil]] * [[Anti-Hero]]: Self identifies as a type one. Actually a type three as a face. Line 13 ⟶ 12: * [[Calvin Ball]]: ''WWE Backlash 2001''. Duchess of Queensbury match. Regal versus Jericho. Jericho tries to pin Regal? Match is divided into two rounds, and round one just ended. Jericho gets a submission? No, submissions aren't allowed. Yep, Regal (then as commissioner) tried to change the rules to screw Jericho out of a win. {{spoiler\|Regal}} won the match. * [[Combat Pragmatist]]: One of the best cheaters in the business. * [[A Day in ~~The~~the Limelight]]: Every UK tour in the last several years. Usually he has a match and then cuts a promo acknowledging his impending retirement. * [[Demoted to Extra]]: Is today hardly seen on TV, mainly appears on NXT as the "match coordinator" and announcer. * [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: [[Evil Brit\|In Regal's case]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcb8RoxQPD0 this stands out]: During the time Regal [[Mentor Occupational Hazard\|was mentoring Eugene]], [[Triple H]] took advantage of Eugene's "special" nature to try and regain the World Title, and left him beaten and bloodied when it backfired. A week after Eugene comes back and costs [[Triple H]] the belt in a Iron Man match, Regal confronts him, revealing (or reminding) to us that he mentored [[Triple H]] in [[WCW]] and said that if it had been anyone else he manipulated, Regal would've been proud. [[The Rainman\|Eugene]], [[Morality Pet\|however?]] That was something that pissed Regal off enough to sneak Eugene into the building and cost [[Triple H]] the World Title. It also served for a rare [[Heel Face Turn]].