{"id":108049,"date":"2022-01-12T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=108049"},"modified":"2022-01-11T19:24:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:24:20","slug":"william-regal-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/01\/12\/william-regal-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"William Regal: What’s Next for the British Wrestling Legend?"},"content":{"rendered":"

WWE\u2019s<\/strong> decision to \u2018part ways\u2019 with William Regal<\/strong> along with several other NXT<\/strong><\/em> and Performance Center employees<\/a> sent shockwaves through the wrestling world. <\/span>We take a look at what could be next for William Regal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There has been an outpouring of love for both Regal\u2019s in-ring career and his role as Director of Talent Development and Head of Global Recruiting. WWE stars Becky Lynch<\/strong>, Kevin Owens<\/strong>, Bayley<\/strong>, and Sasha Banks<\/strong> were among the many to declare how influential he was on their careers. Practically the whole NXT UK<\/em><\/strong> roster also took to Twitter to share their heartfelt stories of Regal. Regal personally scouted the talent for the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Tournament<\/em><\/strong>, which led to the development of the NXT UK<\/em> brand. It would seem that any wrestling promotion would benefit from Regal working in a similar backstage role as he did for NXT<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When attempting to work out what\u2019s next for Regal Twitter would be a good place to start.<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s Next for William Regal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Twitter, Books, and Spoken Word Tours\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Regal is a dedicated and humorous Tweeter. He often shares his love and passion for past wrestling as well as British variety acts, his pet iguanas, Fred Perry fashion, and music. Regal loves supporting and praising the current NXT<\/em> and NXT UK<\/em> products. His thoughts on the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street<\/em> have become can\u2019t miss content on Twitter. Regal took to Twitter after his release to thank the WWE for \u2018saving his life\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He has also shared stories of his life in both his book\u00a0<\/span>Walking a Golden Mile<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>and during live performances. Regal hinted his last spoken word show at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens would be his final. But we could see Regal take to the road one more time. These tours have featured support from comedy and variety acts such as Jim Smallman and Mat Ricardo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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"Everything good in my life came out of this town"<\/p>\n

We followed @RealKingRegal<\/a> as he returned home to Blackpool \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n

One of the funniest and humble men you could ever wish to meet \ud83d\udc4f#NoFilterWWE<\/a>: Blackpool drops this evening! pic.twitter.com\/I0LHbeJ5RJ<\/a><\/p>\n

— WWE on TNT Sports (@wweontnt) January 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n