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2. The Tyrant King Of WWEWWE.comBack in late 2007, William Regal was the General Manager of Monday Night RAW. He was a heel authority figure who regularly abused that authority, but was far more delusional than wed all become used to. Winning the 2008 King Of The Ring tournament in April, Regal began evincing a new persona, that of a softly-spoken, tyrannical megalomaniac with a hair trigger temper who had a propensity for turning off the lights in the arena and even cutting off Monday Night RAWs broadcast in the middle of the main event, just to make a point. It was brilliant stuff. William Regal already had a reputation for being a big, nasty badass with almost unparalleled technical prowess and vast experience in the ring and now he was a near sociopathic despot, a dictator who revelled in his power to affect careers as well as break faces. Sadly, this character-driven run at the top wouldnt last long. Regal failed a second Wellness Policy test in May 2008, only a few weeks into the angle, and was beaten by Mr. Kennedy in a Loser Gets Fired match to begin his sixty day suspension from the company. Still, for a little while, Regal was King.