Nowadays, William Regal is rightly considered one of the most brilliant wrestling minds WWE have at their disposal. There are few who possess the incredible wealth of experience that the Englishman does, and he surely has a job for life with the promotion. The man also has a sense of humour, which is evident from his Twitter account, so it's unlikely he hasn't had a chuckle at one of his old characters. In 1998, Regal was still known as Steven, and played the part of a 'Real Man's Man'. Wearing a construction worker's hard hat, he was also shown in several vignettes chopping down trees and generally acting like a stereotypical cartoon male. His music has become stuff of legend, there's no doubt that people were laughing when the track played on PA systems around North America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci1wkgqt6g8 When wrestling fans talk about the 'Attitude Era' as being flawless, it's important that characters such as this are brought to their attention. The time period was excellent for the most part, but there was utter nonsense wasting air time, and 'Real Man's Man' Steven Regal was exactly that. Much like Mark Henry's song earlier, this reeks of comedy, but Regal's theme didn't bring him any success.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
