WWE: 5 Reasons Why William Regal Should Be Champion

3. He's Earned It... Many Times Over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIBwrMF-PlM After his lengthy (and ultimately victorious) battles with addiction, health problems and the general wear and tear of a career in the squared circle, William Regal deserves to go out on top. He is an incredibly tough guy, both in the ring and outside it. To my mind, he has earned the WWE championship more than most other competitors working today. As an example, Regal was diagnosed with a serious heart condition in 2003. Basically, the right side of the British superstar€™s heart was beating out of sequence with the left. Doctors had to stop his heart in order to heal him and Regal underwent months of anti blood clot treatments. During this time he put on 40 lbs in weight, but was dedicated and tough enough to lose it again and get back between the ropes. He has heart and character in spades. Regal has battled drug addiction and alcohol problems and, much like his friend Eddie Guerrero, has emerged all the stronger for it. He is truly one of sports entertainment's elder statesmen now; even his style of wrestling is rarely seen these days. All of this serves to make Regal a total one-off in the company, as his style stands out even more in the homogenized world of the current WWE product. As a true original, an innovator, an in-ring expert and an athlete who has wrestled all over the world, William Regal deserves a lot better than he is presently getting. He is a performer who is able to play a fascinating, layered and thoroughly detestable heel (putting over literally anyone he wrestles with in the process) and WWE are looking a gift horse in the mouth by not using him better. To reiterate: Regal deserves a top spot. As he himself Tweeted, WWE definitely should "give an old rogue a chance" before he hangs up his boots for good and we never see his like again.