When William Regal joined the WWF/E, it was only after he made a critical mistake in WCW. Not wanting to be made a fool of at the hands of Bill Goldberg, Regal decided to go into business for himself and performed shoot-style moves, which ended up making Goldberg look bad by comparison. After he was fired by WCW, he learned a big lesson: always do what the company wants, not whats best for you. During both of his stints in WWE, Regal had to deal with ridiculousness. First, he was presented as the real mans man, a cheesy lumberjack gimmick which, if rumors are to be believed, was supposed to be revealed to be gay. (In hindsight, Regal did kiss a man on the cheek during a Valentines Day episode of SmackDown, so theres that). But thats not the main reason why Regals on this list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFxfApbU16A It takes a very special kind of company man to actually get down on his knees and kiss another mans buttocks on live TV. But, that was one of the lengths Regal was willing to go to in order to entertain the WWE Universe and go along with Vinces wishes. As JR himself said, The dignified William Regal has resorted to kissing Mr. McMahons ass. Apart from having to kiss Mr. McMahons ass, Regal has also had to pretend to drink tea that Chris Jericho had allegedly urinated in, which was also one of the more humiliating storylines he has had to deal with. But Regal has proven himself a trooper whos willing to do whatever he can to help the WWE, which includes many different roles like commentator, on-screen authority figure, trainer, and talent scout. Only a true company man would take on such a diversity of roles in the WWE.
Alexander Podgorski is a writer for WhatCulture that has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was 8 years old. He loves all kinds of wrestling, from WWE and sports entertainment, to puroresu in Japan.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Political Studies and French, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He speaks English, French, Polish, a bit of German, and knows some odd words and phrases in half a dozen other languages.
