William Regal

William Regal, born Darren Kenneth Matthews on 10 May 1968, is an English retired professional wrestler who serves WWE as vice-president of Global Talent Development and has also worked for World Championship Wrestling and as a manager in All Elite Wrestling. Trained by Marty Jones, he started at 15 in 1983, with his first matches in one of the last wrestling carnival booths at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, and wrestled for national British promotions and on ITV before touring the world. He signed with WCW in 1993 as Steven Regal and became a four-time WCW World Television Champion. After joining the WWF in 1998 he became a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a five-time Hardcore Champion and a four-time European Champion.