Regal or Finlay?

[Mack_Swagger]

Steven/William Regal and Fit Finlay/The Belfast Bruiser. Two amazing european veteran wrestlers! Who both happen to be under a WWE contract going into 2013. They both help out the younger generation of WWE superstars. But between the two european greats. Who was better?

Both men fought all over the globe against each other. English vs Irish once again! They had epic feuds in WCW. And had an amazing match for the WWE U.S. championship at the "Great American Bash" pay per-view in 2006. It was suppose to include the reigning U.S. champ Bobby Lashley but he had foot posing that night like some others backstage from a recent tour overseas.

Regal & Finlay are both two strong factors of how far wrestling has come today! Both in your own opinions. Who was the better of the two and why? Because I'm conflicted.

[Brewski]

while i'm a fan of both of these guys my vote has to go to finlay. Both share a very textbook classic brawler/wrassler style that is generally difficult for me to get into, yet I find both to be able to put on entertaining matches. Regal is one of the best trainers in the business and is working greatly with a lot of future stars, watching Bryan and Ambrose you can really get hints of young William Regal. I actually wasn't aware finlay had resigned a deal with WWE. I didn't think he would ever be working for the company again after the national anthem incident.

Going back to the question though, i'm just more of a fan of watching Finlay in the ring. Cutting a promo I pick Regal, but I just have more memories of Fit's matches.

[josh210]

I wonder why douglas williams doesnt get any love and between the two I have to say it is finlay because of the look and he is a better wrestler

[Detroitsandman]

I would say Regal. I didnt see much of either guy during there time with WCW, but Regal during the whole Invasion era and before that he was awesome. His stuff with Jericho was brilliant. But I am biased. Even though I am Irish. Im a bigger fan of Regal so I am going with him. Good Question though.

[Dagger Dias]

Regal, easily.

I enjoyed Regal's run both as a wrestler and as a GM. Finlay, on the other hand, I found to be quite boring. He likes to fight, great. I still didn't care. The only thing I liked about Finlay matches was when Hornswoggle would interfere, but WWE went on to ruin that too when they began to use Hornswoggle way too much and that whole Vince's son storyline.... Regal had a more successful and more entertaining run so there is really no contest. He was also better both in the ring and on the mic, whereas with Finlay there wasn't much to like.

[info62]

I'm going with Regal.

I liked Finlay in the ring, actually I enjoyed his matches more than I enjoy Regal's. But mic/promo wise, Regal is so far ahead of Finlay it isn't funny. Finlay was always felt forced on the mic in his promos, face or heel (in my opinion). Regal however was very good in his promos and he was funny on the mic. So I give the edge to Regal.

They were both very good in ring, and I would prefer Finlay if that were the only factor, but Regal was the only of the two that was entertaining outside of that.

[CalciferBoheme]

Both are excellent, and guys I could watch all day long, but I'd have to go with Regal on this one. His feuds with guys like Ricky Steamboat and Sting are among my favorites.

[HBKistheHOF]

Regal by leaps & bounds IMO. He is a much better performer, MUCH more entertaining & I would argue has a better mind for the buisness as well.

Don't get me wrong, I definately respect Fit Finlay. I haven't seen a ton of his work outside of WWE but from what I can tell his 'Finlay' character as a heel in WWE was probably his best & I did enjoy some of his work, most notably his Mania 24 bout with JBL. I also think he is a very solid trainer & If I was running a wrestling promotion I would hire him for my developmental territory.

But not only is Regal equal in all those ways but he is an overall much better performer & entertainer, especially promo-wise.

So in terms of a wrestling mind I think they are both very respectable, with Finlay coming off to me as a more of the tough, physical & general knowledge trainer where as Regal seems better as far a road agent goes, with psycology, promos, & entertainment. As far as performing goes, both solid but Regal by a long shot for me.

[Enlightenment]

I love them both but to me regal gets the advantage mainly because he's really good on the mic, he even made ecw watchable for the time he was on it

[HBsam31]

I have always been a fan of Regal. Does anyone remember his original stint in WWE as the man's man William Regal? He may have still been going by Steven Regal then. He did promos in a plaid shirt and hard hat. It was so bad yet so funny. I can go back to his WCW days as Lord Steven Regal, and he recruited Beautiful Bobby, and one other that I can't remember and has his own little faction of royalty. Always arrogant, and always great on the mic. I absolutely loved his stint as GM, and was sorry he ran into wellness policy trouble because after he won KOTR I really thought they may push him to a World title. Don't get my wrong, I respect Finlay, and always enjoyed him in the ring, but to me Regal is one of the better wrestlers who never won a world title.