Why? I dont see the point. He's hardly doing anything on Smackdown. And Raw already has plenty of talented veterains that can help the greenhorns get over. The only reason he should go to Raw is to be G.M. I miss the day's of comissioner Regal. Having him and Foley as co GM's would be comedy gold. But WWE will probably just waist him, like they have done for the past 6 years.
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William Regal To RAW/ Regal for GM?
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Monkey_Mania
I Am The One Who Knocks
It doesn't really matter what they do with him he will never be a champion. For one I don't see why he is still with the company. Two he doesnt impress me in the ring or on the mic. When he was Comissioner he was lackluster at best. I mean for gods sake the only funny thing that happened was when Jehricho pissed on him.
IMO hes not that good a wrestler and he cant speak on the mic very well. The only thing I could see him doing that would be productive is to put younger wrestlers over, or be a road agent. But thats just my opinion.
IMO hes not that good a wrestler and he cant speak on the mic very well. The only thing I could see him doing that would be productive is to put younger wrestlers over, or be a road agent. But thats just my opinion.
Man, I could not disagree w/ the dude above me anymore. Regal, although has lost a little in the ring since his early days, is one of the best in the WWE on all three shows.
I do think he should stay on Smackdown though and keep his team with Dave Taylor together. I like that team a lot and could help SD's tag division immensely if they actually used them.
I do think he should stay on Smackdown though and keep his team with Dave Taylor together. I like that team a lot and could help SD's tag division immensely if they actually used them.
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sKKKiddmarXXX
Guest
Damn. I thought Regal was in need of a move, but I was thinking more like a move of him and Taylor to ECW to be in the new tag division. Raw's not really a place for a trainer/wrestler. That's what Heat and Val Venis are for. ECW is going to need a guy like Regal when they bring in fresh new faces (pun intented) after the originals get fired. The Major Brothers look really good in the ring and could use a fued with Regal and Taylor to teach them the ropes.
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The not-so Great Khali
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monkey_mania what are you talking about. William Regal is one of the best technical wrestlers in WWE, probably second only to Chris Benoit. If you don't believe me then look up his matches with Benoit over the years. At the moment he is only used as talent enhancement along with Dave Taylor but at least their in a mini-feud with Kane/Boogeyman/Little Boogeyman unlike their counterparts on Raw (Val Venis & Viscera) who only wrestle on Heat or in the Royal Rumble! Regal also has helped train, amongst others, Bryan Danielson who is one of the best indie wrestlers at the present time. The last major plus factor going for Regal is the fact that he's from England!
I don't like that move at all. Regal has found himself a nice comfortable niche on Smackdown, and it seem slike he's finally getting something established, and then it's taken away from him.
I couldn't disagree more with you monkey. He's very entertaining in the ring and on the mic, don't let the John Cena matches change your perception on what good actually is, damn that Vince McMahon. Raw seems to be the more gimmicky of the show with people that look good, but can't wrestle worth a damn, Masters... Khali... Cena...Hardy...Hardy....Umaga. Smackdown just seems to be a better fit.
Know if Lord Steven Regal is commisioner Regal, it may actually give me a reason to pick the remote up and maybe watch a little bit of raw, but even that is pushing it. Regal, stay on Smackdown damnit.
I couldn't disagree more with you monkey. He's very entertaining in the ring and on the mic, don't let the John Cena matches change your perception on what good actually is, damn that Vince McMahon. Raw seems to be the more gimmicky of the show with people that look good, but can't wrestle worth a damn, Masters... Khali... Cena...Hardy...Hardy....Umaga. Smackdown just seems to be a better fit.
Know if Lord Steven Regal is commisioner Regal, it may actually give me a reason to pick the remote up and maybe watch a little bit of raw, but even that is pushing it. Regal, stay on Smackdown damnit.
Why in the hell is WWE even thinking of this?? It makes no sense at all as been said before Regal has found a place to be and thats Smackdown. Least on Smackdown hes on TV weekly and wrestling something if they move him to RAW will not happen.
I dont get why People kncok Regal for his mic work as if you ever seen be commish he is quite entertaining. If you remember his feud with Y2J that had some hilarious exchanges on the mic. Plus Regel can work a match with anyone and if WWE let him he would so show of these guys what real wrestling is.
Anyways bad idea by WWE just leave Regal on Smackdown the actual wrestling brand
I dont get why People kncok Regal for his mic work as if you ever seen be commish he is quite entertaining. If you remember his feud with Y2J that had some hilarious exchanges on the mic. Plus Regel can work a match with anyone and if WWE let him he would so show of these guys what real wrestling is.
Anyways bad idea by WWE just leave Regal on Smackdown the actual wrestling brand
Bernkastel
Reaper of Miracles
Even if Regan has found a place on Smackdown, he's still not being used very well. If WWE has a plan for Regal on Raw, hopefully to revamp the Intercontinental Title division, then I want to see him there. Regal is an phenomenal wrestler who would fit anywhere, including ECW. What I don't want to happen is for WWE to move Regal to Raw then forget about him. IMO, he's way to good to rot on RAW and Heat for that matter, I hope WWE utilizes him and rewards him for his hard work and dedication.,
Shadowmancer
I am The Last Baron
What the Hell are you smoking man. William Regal or Steven Regal if you want to go into WCW days, Is one of the best Technical wrestlers that the WWE has right now, everytime Him and Benoit go in the Ring together you have a 4* match at the very least it is absolute gold. He made Goldberg look like an absolute fool in WCW using chain Wrestling techniques, that got him fired from WCW the first time.
I see this as a good thing, does RAW have a very good technical Wrestler, the answer is No. RAW can use him to help out the Younger guys, I don't think he would mind doing that as he isn't getting any younger and it would make his legacy greater than it will be because you will have guys like Kenny and Johnny Nitro working with him to get them over and show them what a good technical Wrestler can do.
Kasey
Connoiseur of the MILF
If Regal wishes to remain active in the ring, priority one should be for him to shed some weight. He was much more mobile in his earlier WCW days and up until 1997, he was one of the best workers in North America, if you ask me. He is being wasted right now. They have no direction for him and they were stupid enough to have him AND Taylor job in England to a worthless landmass like Kane. How f*cking dumb do you have to be to try something stupid like that? When you have gimmie pops from a local boy, you book around that and use it! Every Englishman in the arena during that Smackdown telecast was chomping at the bit to see their hometown heroes whip ass. Did that happen? No. Plus, they booked them in a match with a guy who can't even spell wrestling at this rate...let alone do it well. Regal needs to be used correctly. What's being done with him right now is anything but. Manager? Hell, I'd even have him be a commentator before I'd see them drag him through the mud like they have been. Whatever the case may be, something should be done. Whether a move to Raw will be conducive to something worthwhile regarding his career is spotty at best. He can cut solid promos when he's given the opportunity (for proof get a hold of some of his stuff against Sting back in 1996). I love it when he refers to someone as "sunshine" and he tells them to "bugger off." That's gold, man. Why they won't spend ample resources building a credible guy like Regal, while at the same time rolling out the red carpet for clueless nitwits like Cena, Lashley, Batista, and Khali is beyond me. It's like Vince wants the shows to fail.
Kasey
Connoiseur of the MILF
Genius, man. Perfect way of thinking. My ideal project would be for Regal to take 3-5 months off and shed thirty or forty pounds and come back to work programs with two guys like that, except with his endurance upped he'd be able to hang note for note with them during some longer matches. Their flexibility and movement would fit Regal's European style like a glove and he'd be able to get them over like gangbusters. I've always wanted to see a match between Regal and HBK, too. I don't know why, but I'm just curious to see what the meshing of styles would be like if they were given ample time to tell a story.
watchingandwaiting
Unashamed Cena fan
Why stop at Nitro and Kenny? When Batista's in-ring work was at an all time low, WWE managed to get him into a program with Regal and Finlay, which seems to have helped just a little bit. Same with Lashley. Why not try to somehow involve Regal in a program with Cena and accomplish the same thing? I think its pretty obvious that Cena isn't going to be taking time off to work OVW and develop any time soon, so being in a program with Regal is probably the next best thing.
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Batista Bomb
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Reagal is the worst superstar at SD!
Although this move may seem pointless, since he was starting to get on TV again on Smackdown and he might not get used on RAW, I actually think a feud between Masters, Marella, and William Regal could be pretty entertaining and would give Marella and Masters some credibility. Although, the way things look I am probably just dreaming and Regal won't be on TV at all
Monkey_Mania
I Am The One Who Knocks
What in the world is so great about William Regal??? I mean you guys are all acting like he's a huge name like HBK, HHH, Taker or something. I took a look back at some of his old matches and you guys are right he is a very good wrestler, and yes he can be very entertaining on the mic. But why are you guys getting all in a tizzy over whether or not he goes over to raw or stays on smackdown. Why because hes finally getting some face time on t.v. and from what im seeing getting sqaushed by Kane?? They won't use him properly on either show and when you guys realize that maybe you will stop complaining.
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William_Regal
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Reagal is the worst superstar at SD!
Forgive me for not taking seriously the word of someone with the username Batista Bomb and a picture of Batista as their sig
People who say Regal is a bad wrestler obviously dont know anything about the business. Theres nothing bad about him. Hes an awesome techinical wrestler, the best guy on the roster at selling opponents moves, makes his own moves look realistic, is gold on the mic and has the best facial expressions ive seen.
Maybe its because hes english that Xenophobic Americans cant accept him. (I mean everyone knows yanks cant accept anything foriegn or what they think is foreign......which I guess is why Santinos now billed from Louisville Kentucky and Benoit gets billed from Georgia.....because they know Yanks hardly ever accept forigners)
Yeah great call on that one you ignorant son of a bitch. Im from America and no not all of us are like that. Hell if they are they are most likely between the ages of 12 and 15 and probably dont know much if anything about wrestling. Im not gonna waste my time flaming your uneducated ass, but seriously I like Regal as much as the next guy, but maybe moving him to Raw could help with the intercontinental championship... which Im pretty sure anyone with half of a brain cell, yes that includes you William Regal,can realize that it needs a good bit of help...
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
Ummm Why?, do they feel the need to bring in another vetern jobber to gety young talent over?, other than GM, they only thing I could see him do is maybe become someones manager, Masters maybe?
BatistaBomb
Dark Match Jobber
yea ok regal should not go to raw he will just die there he should go to ecw and wrestle with burke or also go with dave taylor and help the tag team division over there and also he is a great wrestler him and benoit are just plain awesome together
Its almost sad in a way that a William Regal thread be turned into an English vs America thread.
I hope that all the Brits dont think that we are scared of everything foreign as I too do not understand why everyone from other countries are billed to be from some state. But people it only just began a few years back I remember when being from Canada, Japan, Mexico, or England was something that symbolized not only their style of wrestling but what character they played now every star is from Jersey or Michigan what the hell? There before the canadian wrestlers were billed to be from Winnepeg, Edmonton, etc. Japanese guys like Tajiri and Funaki were billed to be from Japan. Mexican wrestlers were billed to be from Pedro's Fruit stand on I-55 Los Angeles, California, etc...just kidding
Anyways I dont understand why they changed the format its pretty stupid in my book. Why bill someone from where they NOW live...its about where you CAME from. But dont blame us for that its a WWE thing only not an America hates foreigners thing. Ok granted a good number of Americans hate foreigners but thats usually rednecks or idiots. But its like that in every country.
Anyways back to Regal...he should certainly stay with Smackdown because Raw is a fucking cest pool right now and he has no place back there were even the most talented are made to look second rate to the biggers or the wiggers of the company
I hope that all the Brits dont think that we are scared of everything foreign as I too do not understand why everyone from other countries are billed to be from some state. But people it only just began a few years back I remember when being from Canada, Japan, Mexico, or England was something that symbolized not only their style of wrestling but what character they played now every star is from Jersey or Michigan what the hell? There before the canadian wrestlers were billed to be from Winnepeg, Edmonton, etc. Japanese guys like Tajiri and Funaki were billed to be from Japan. Mexican wrestlers were billed to be from Pedro's Fruit stand on I-55 Los Angeles, California, etc...just kidding
Anyways I dont understand why they changed the format its pretty stupid in my book. Why bill someone from where they NOW live...its about where you CAME from. But dont blame us for that its a WWE thing only not an America hates foreigners thing. Ok granted a good number of Americans hate foreigners but thats usually rednecks or idiots. But its like that in every country.
Anyways back to Regal...he should certainly stay with Smackdown because Raw is a fucking cest pool right now and he has no place back there were even the most talented are made to look second rate to the biggers or the wiggers of the company
Kasey
Connoiseur of the MILF
Plenty is great about him. The problem is that they've never tried to show it or even spend a fraction of the manpower or money they've tried in their steadfast attempts to trick America and the world abroad into thinking that Batista, Lashley, and Cena are actually worth pissing on. Disregard the gimmick factor when looking at Regal. Their best attempt at remaking him was the "Man's Man" gimmick. He is every bit the worker any of the perennial main eventers in the WWE are. Whether it's his vocabulary in the ring, selection of maneuvers, or his selection of those, Regal is a ring craftsmen of the Nth degree. The main issue is that he doesn't rely on a gimmie finisher and an assload of catch phrases or a shiny gimmick to get over. He just wrestles. The reason a lot of us get all bunged up is because he's still actively on the roster and has the potential to be leagues better than any of Vince's other pet projects. Regal is the Rolls Royce to John Cena's Ford Escort if you get my drift. Regal has all the necessary parts to be a main event player and has for a long time...it's just that no one in Stamford has had the wherewithall to use him right.
William Regal a main eventer? I'm sorry, but that will never happen. Remember folks its a business. Who is William Regal marketable too? Except for when the WWE makes its annual visits to Europe, he does not have too much of a large fan base in America. As much as I hate the man John Cena is a marketable champion. He's the in thing. You see these kids walk around these days and tehy dress like him/act like him. For the most part WWE needs to market to a younger demographic and they are able to do that with Cena. I believe that Regal has a cult following and is loved by pure wrestling enthusiasts, but that demographic for wwe isn't that high. Anyways I think Regal going to RAW is strictly just rumours. I dont think there is any truth to it because he's doin perfectly fine on Smackdown! teaming with Taylor. Smackdown is in need of a tag team division so it wouldn't make any sense getting moving him.
For all the crap that he has had to endure (angle with Eugene, putting over 'Pirate' Paul Burchill, being fed to Kane, etc.) Regal needs to be rewarded. He should be moved to Raw to compete for the IC Title, perhaps having a good feud with Santino Marella. Regal has always been one of the best technicians in WWE but really hasn't been able to achieve much because management has held him back in favor of pushing countless generic big guys. This guy can wrestle, work a mic, participate in serious and humorous angles - what's not to like about Regal. He deserves better than what he's received.