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WILLIAM REGAL
Darren Matthews was born
on 5/10/68 in Codsall Wood, Staffordshire,
England. His wifes name is Chris and they have 3
sons (Daniel, Dane, & Bailey). At the age of 16,
he started to wrestle on The Golden Mile at
Pleasure Beach in Blackpool. That wrestling
involved challenging beach goers to survive
several rounds with one of the wrestlers. After
a few years of this, he became involved in more
traditional wrestling circuits in Europe. In
1993, he was signed by WCW.
TV Champ and The Blue
Bloods:
Lord Steven Regal was briefly managed by his
butler Sir Bill Dundee. He won the TV Title from
Ricky Steamboat. After being involved in the TV
title picture for almost a year, he started
teaming with Paul LeVesque (Triple H). After
Triple H left WCW, Steven formed the Blue Bloods
with Bobby Eaton.
TV Champ Again:
After being in a tag team for almost a year, in
1996 he began feuding for the TV title again. He
beat Lex Luger for the title and later regained
it from Ultimo Dragon. His drug addictions
started to interfere with his ring performance
and he was fired shortly after a televised match
with Goldberg in 1998.
The Man’s Man:
In 1998, he was signed by the WWF and
renamed William Regal. He was given the gimmick
of The Man’s Man. His drug addictions started to
interfere with his career again and he was
forced into rehab. While he was in rehab, he
suffered a relapse and was let go. After
checking out of rehab, he was rehired by WCW.
After a few months, he was let go as part of the
cost cutting measure that were going on in WCW
at the time.
A Second Chance:
He was rehired by the WWF shortly after but
had to wrestle in Memphis for a few months. When
he was called back up in 2000 he feuded over the
European title and became WWF Commissioner for a
good portion of 2001. As a member of the
Alliance, he was fired from the WWF after they
lost the Invasion but was rehired in a
controversial angle that saw him join the Vince
McMahon “Kiss My A** Club”.
The UnAmericans:
He started of 2002 with a feud over the
Intercontinental Title with Edge. Later in the
year, he joined The Unamericans, a group of
foreign wrestlers that hated America. That group
also consisted of Lance Storm, Christian, and
Test. He won the tag team titles with Lance
Storm.
Major Health Problems:
In early 2003, he suffered from a major
heart ailment. It caused the lower half of his
body to retain water and he gained close to 40
pounds. The doctors had to stop his heart and
restart it for him to get better. In April 2004,
he returned to TV as the manager of Eugene. A
few months later, he was able to wrestle again
and held the tag team titles with Eugene and
Tajiri.
WCW & WWE Title
History:
WWE
I-C Championship
1/20/02 Royal Rumble – Edge
World Tag Team Championship
1/6/03 – w/Lance Storm beat Booker T & Goldust
1/20/03 – w/Lance Storm beat The Dudleys
1/15/04 – w/Eugene beat Champs Rob Conway &
Sylvan Grenier, and Tajiri & Rhyno
2/7/05 – w/Tajiri beat Rob Conway & Sylvan
Grenier
European Championship
10/16/00 – Al Snow
12/4/00 – Crash Holly
3/21/02 – Dallas Page
5/6/02 – Spike Dudley
Sources: PWI Almanac,
Obsessed with Wrestling.com, Walking a Golden
Mile by William Regal
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