History Wrestling / WilliamRegal

* VitriolicBestBuds: With the Burchills Paul and Katie Lea, the vitriol being around Paul's pirate gimmick.

* AntiHero: Self identifies as a type one. Actually a type three as a face.

* DemotedToExtra: Is today hardly seen on TV, for a while he appeared on ''Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}}'' as the "match coordinator" and is now an announcer. He had a brief moment of spotlight when he got in the middle of Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}'s feud with Wrestling/TheBigShow. As of 2013-2014 though, his position as announcer at NXT is fairly formalized, serving as a regular announcer signature to the show in the same way Jim Ross is treated.

* AFatherToHisMen: As the general manager of NXT, he genuinely cares for each and every person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood of the newer generation, and it breaks him knowing that some of these men would one day turn out to be some of the most cold, dangerous men to ever step foot in the squared circle, and like how he once was in the past, they would destroy each other's dreams if it meant accomplishing their own. This is highlighted at Takeover R Evolution when he looked visibly shaken after Kevin Owens assaulted the new champion Wrestling/SamiZayn.

* AFatherToHisMen: As the general manager of NXT, he genuinely cares for each and every person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood of the newer generation, and it breaks him knowing that some of these men would one day turn out to be some of the most cold, dangerous men to ever step foot in the squared circle, and like how he once was in the past, they would destroy each other's dreams if it meant accomplishing their own. This is highlighted at Takeover R Evolution when he was visibly shaken after Kevin Owens assaulted the new champion Wrestling/SamiZayn.

* AFatherToHisMen: As the general manager of NXT, he genuinely cares for each and every person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood of the newer generation, and it breaks him knowing that some of these men would one day turn out to be some of the most cold, dangerous men to ever step foot in the squared circle, and like how he once was in the past, they would destroy each other's dreams if it meant accomplishing their own. This is highlighted at Takeover R Evolution when he was visibly shaken after Kevin Owens assaulted the new champion Sami Zayn.

* AFatherToHisMen: As the general manager of NXT, he genuinely cares for each and every person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood of the newer generation, and it breaks him knowing that some of these men would one day turn out to be some of the most cold, dangerous men to step foot in the squared circle, like how he once was in the past, they'd destroy each other's dreams if it meant accomplishing their own.

* AFatherToHisMen: As the general manager of NXT, he genuinely cares for each and every person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood of the newer generation, and it breaks him knowing that some of these men would one day turn out to be some of the most cold, dangerous men to step foot in the squared circle, much like how he once was in the past, they'd destroy each other's dreams if it meant accomplishing their own.

* AFatherToHisMen: As the general manager of NXT, he genuinely cares for each and every person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood of a new generation, and it breaks him knowing that some of these men would one day turn out to be some of the most cold, dangerous men to step foot in the squared circle, and much like how he once was in the past they will destroy each other's dreams if it meant completing theirs.

* AFatherToHisMen: As commissioner of NXT, he genuinely cares for each person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood of a new generation, and it breaks him knowing that some of these men would turn out to be some of the most cold, ruthless men in wrestling history as he once was in the past.

* AFatherToHisMen: As commissioner of NXT, he genuinely cares for each person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood of a new generation, and it breaks him knowing that some of the men would turn out to be some of the most cold, ruthless men in wrestling history as he once was in the past.

* AFatherToHisMen: As commissioner of NXT, he genuinely cares for each person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood of a new generation, and it broke him knowing some of these men would turn out to be some of the most dangerous men in wrestling history.

* AFatherToHisMen: As commissioner of NXT, he genuinely cares for each person he signs onto the roster as he can relate to the ambitious young blood.

* AFatherToHisMen: As commissioner of NXT, he genuinely cares for each person he signs.

* HumanShield: Used [[Wrestling/{{Lay|cool}}la]] as one, proving he was full of crap when he promised to defend the Intercontinental Championship with "the dignity of an English man".

'''William Regal''' (born Darren Kenneth Matthews on May 10, 1968 in Codsall Wood, Staffordshire, England) is an English professional wrestler working for '''WWE''' and arguably the biggest British wrestling star since the heyday of Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith. With a career spanning three decades all over the world, he gained the most fame and success initially in Wrestling/{{WCW}} in the mid-1990s as Lord Steven Regal and later Wrestling/{{WWE}}, which he had joined in the last year of the famed Wrestling/AttitudeEra 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 CodyRhodes) have been ''alive''.

* HumanShield: Used [[Wrestling{{Lay|cool}}la El]] as one, proving he was full of crap when he promised to defend the Intercontinental Championship with "the dignity of an English man".

* AccidentalMisnaming: Mispronounces wrestler names like Youmanga (Wrestling/{{Umaga}}) and Triple Haitch (Wrestling/TripleH) - although the latter is actually a common pronunciation of the letter H [[BritishAccents in parts of the UK]].

* FinishingMove: Regal Stretch, Power of the Punch[[note]]brass knuckles[[/note]], Regal Cutter

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Regal's character is a stereotypical British gentleman with a mean streak, but William Regal was one of the best wrestlers in the world in his prime.

* ActorAllusion: During his NXT announcing, he mentioned Bayley using a flying knee saying "That move works wonders". Regal himself had the Knee Trembler as a finisher
** He also makes several shoutouts to Wrestling/LanceStorm, his former partner in the Un-Americans when one of Lance's students wrestles

* AffablyEvil

* ADayInTheLimelight: Every UK tour in the last several years. Usually he has a match and then cuts a promo acknowledging his impending retirement.

* OddFriendship: With Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}. Yup, the face Irish guy and the tweener/heel Brit. Apparently William is a mentor of sorts to Sheamus.

* PowerFist: The brass knuckles.

** [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Regal's Ruthless Roundtable]] (w[=/=]Ezekiel Jackson and Vladimir Kozlov.)
* PreppyName

* StiffUpperLip

* UnderwearOfPower

* CanonName: Some fans of him from his prime days in WCW will still call him Steven as opposed to William. It's this rather than FanonDiscontinuity because when WWF re-debuted him in 2000 they first canonized the Regal character's full name as Steven William Regal.