New Details On William Regal's WWE Return

His Lordship will be returning to the WWE fold imminently.

by Andrew Pollard
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With it having been confirmed by Tony Khan that William Regal is departing AEW for WWE, there now comes a further update on Regal's new role with the market leader.

As per Mike Johnson at PWInsider.com, His Lordship will take up a Vice President position when he returns to WWE at the turn of the year. It's not known at this stage what his exact title will be, but a WWE source told Johnson that Regal will be in a VP role when he lands back in the company.

It was PWInsider who previously reported that Regal will start back up with WWE in the first week of January, and this latest report again reiterates that this will be the case.

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Regal had been with AEW since March 2022, with the two-time Intercontinental Champion debuting at the Revolution PPV following Bryan Danielson's battle with Jon Moxley. Regal, Danielson and Moxley soon formed the Blackpool Combat Club, which has since seen Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli join its ranks.

As detailed by Tony Khan last week, the Brit approached the AEW President in October about not taking up the option to renew his contract at the start of 2023. With a main reason for this being that Regal wanted to work with his son Bailey - better known as NXT's Charlie Dempsey - Khan decided to grant the 54-year-old's wish.

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In terms of AEW programming, William Regal was written off TV earlier this month after MJF hit him in the back of the head with a brass knuckles shot. Prior to that, Regal had helped the Salt of the Earth topple Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.