William Regal Officially Restarts With WWE

His Lordship is now formally back working with WWE.

by Andrew Pollard
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With it long known that William Regal was departing AEW for a return to WWE, His Lordship has now officially started back up with the market leader.

As per Mike Johnson at PWInsider, Regal's latest WWE tenure commenced as of this morning.

The exact job title has yet to be made public, but the Brit's return to WWE will see him take up an Executive Vice President position. As previously noted, Regal will not have a TV presence in WWE for the next year. Upon Tony Khan agreeing to not pick-up the contract extension for the two-time Intercontinental Champion to remain with AEW, part of that agreement was that Regal will only be allowed to work behind the scenes for WWE during his initial year back with the promotion.

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The former Steven Regal arrived in AEW in March 2022, debuting at the Revolution PPV following Bryan Danielson's battle with Jon Moxley. That debut would soon see the formation of the Blackpool Combat Club, with Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli later joining the ranks of the BCC.

As detailed by Tony Khan, Regal approached the AEW President in October about Khan not taking up the option to renew William's contract at the turn of 2023. Whilst Regal's long-standing friendship with Triple H obviously made WWE an attractive proposition, one key driving factor behind the Gentleman Villain's wish to return to WWE was the chance to work with his son Bailey, better known as NXT's Charlie Dempsey.

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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.