William Regal Shoot Interview (Extremely Rare)

Darren Kenneth Matthews (born 10 May 1968), better known by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name William Regal, is an English retired professional wrestler. Trained by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Jones, Matthews started his career at the age of 15 in 1983. His first matches took place at one of the rare final wrestling carnival booths at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach. He went on to wrestle for national promotions on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom and wrestled on television for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_(TV_network). He then progressed to touring around the world until 1993 when he was signed to WCW, where he took the ring name Steven Regal and became a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship.In 1998, Matthews joined the WWF (later WWE), where he became a two-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship, a five-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hardcore_Championship, a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_European_Championship, a four-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE), and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(2008) winner of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_tournament. He also had stints as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_authority_figures such as commissioner, General Manager of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand), and match co-ordinator for the 2011 season of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_NXT_(seasons_1%E2%80%935). As NXT became WWE's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand) in 2012, he appeared as the on-screen General Manager; behind the scenes, he began serving as WWE's Director of Talent Development and Head of Global Recruiting from 2018 until he was released in 2022. He then signed with AEW and debuted as the founder and manager of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Combat_Club, leaving the company nine months later to return to WWE as the Vice President of Global Talent Development.Matthews made his debut wrestling for promoter Bobby Barron at his wrestling challenge booth at the Horseshoe Showbar at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach at the age of 15. In time, he graduated to be a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_wrestling at the booth, using brutal submission holds to defend prize money against challenges from members of the public. By this time, he wrestled professionally all over Britain for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling where he regularly teamed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Brookside as The Golden Boys tag team. Both Regal and Brookside appeared in several televised matches during the final years (1987–1988) of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_Network's coverage of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom. World Championship Wrestling (1992–1998)In the fall of 1992, Matthews reached out to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watts on a position in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Watts responded favourably to Regal's letter and offered him a contract. Appearing still as Steve Regal, beginning as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Gimmick. Regal made his televised debut on 30 January 1993 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Saturday_Night and defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(professional_wrestling) Bob Cook in his in-ring debut on the following week's Saturday Night. Shortly after his debut, Regal entered a tournament for the vacant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship in which he defeated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barbarian_(wrestler) in the first round before losing to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Mero in the quarterfinals. He became the...