As you probably all ready know, William Regal has been suspended for the second time following a violation in the WWE Wellness policy. This is mind boggling and you have to wonder how in the world is this happening? Why would he do this to himself and it makes no sense. Nevermind not liking him at all but it just baffles the mind on why would you throw away an opportunity of a lifetime.
To be honest, I've never seen him as a horrible wrestler or anything like that. The first time I remember seeing him would be in the old WCW under the name Steven Regal or Lord Steven Regal as he would be most known. The only championship he would ever hold in WCW would be the TV Title, which he held 4 times and perhaps one of his most famous bouts would be against up and comer at the time Bill Goldberg. In what was supposed to be a complete squash, it actually turned into a competitive bout, which saw him get released and punished for doing so.
What many don't realize is that William Regal had a history of drug problems and was released in the WWE and had a very short run. He returned to WCW but that didn't last long. When he returned, it looked to be a sign of possible change.
His greatest success would have to be in the WWE in terms of championship success winning the Intercontinental, European, Hardcore, and Tag Team Titles. I believe William Regal was probably going to win the WWE Title and have a very short run with it making history. If memory serves me right, he would be the first British WWE Champion to date and it has never happened.
The first suspension came at the hands of a Signature Pharmacy bust along with other notable names like Randy Orton, whom never got suspended for it, John Morrison, and Chavo Guerrero to name a few. He was gone for 30 days and then returned once again and had been ok since or so we thought. When he became General Manager of Raw storyline wise, I assumed it meant it had something to do with possible retirement from the ring or dealing with small injuries that were nagging over the years of wrestling.
As he would go on to become King of the Ring, you had to wonder what was it going to lead to. Personally, it was going to lead to a major feud with Triple H and maybe Regal would have had a very short reign to complete the abuse of power storyline going on but alas it won't happen. He is on his second strike and one more will see him out of the WWE. Will he ever become WWE Champion? Probably not because he's not going to be trusted and believed that he is clean no matter how long he shows it. Will his life be able to recover from this ordeal? I would like to believe so because we don't need to add another death to the wrestling world.
For William Regal's sake, he'd best be careful on what he does from this point forward. If he values his job, he will stay out of trouble.
