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Post by kingoftheindies on Jul 17, 2022 13:10:45 GMT -5
From his Gentlemen Villain podcast. Per Regal this is the only time he's discussing the entire situation
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Post by Chiral on Jul 17, 2022 15:20:05 GMT -5
Like everything about the tragedy it's a really harrowing listen. Hearing from Regal himself about that tribute video makes what he said make so much more sense now.
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 17, 2022 16:40:15 GMT -5
I'm sure he will talk about it again. When someone with more money than Conrad comes around in the next few years and wants him to do a shoot or a youtube, he'll talk about it. Regal is a worker just as much as anyone. He goes where the money is.
Even as a kid many years ago, I could tell he was sabotaging Goldberg. Even Bill Demott didn't try that with Bill.
I was pretty happy to see Regal come to AEW but disappointed that he's just more of the same-a worker who will keep working us fans and the newcomer boys and girls in wrestling. He's a grumpy old veteran and time is passing him by.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Jul 17, 2022 17:27:13 GMT -5
Regal sensed something was wrong from the tribute promo he did the next night
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Post by Peeetah on Jul 17, 2022 17:37:31 GMT -5
Regal sensed something was wrong from the tribute promo he did the next night He literally explains in the video that he didn't.
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Post by ChitownKnight on Jul 17, 2022 18:04:18 GMT -5
Regal sensed something was wrong from the tribute promo he did the next night He literally explains in the video that he didn't. I think he knew Chris was an abuser considering Nancy and his wife were close, which is why he was probably banned from their house. So when JBL said that to Regal, everything might of just clicked for him
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 17, 2022 18:14:51 GMT -5
Darren Matthews the man is a liar. Hard to trust anything he says, he's always on, always working to us fans.
The look on his face on the Raw was that of "I know this guy killed his wife and child." But..."respect" and "workrate" so Benoit's buddies will always protect him and to quote wwe "then, now and forever" as seen in the Jordynne Grace tweet.
Bill Goldberg should have destroyed Regal the first chance he got, Darren Matthews the man was shooting on Bill Goldberg the man because of jealousy and that false paying dues BS. Goldberg is the bigger, better man for letting that BS go. Even as a kid watching that Nitro match I saw this was something different than a normal match.
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Post by Peeetah on Jul 17, 2022 18:28:33 GMT -5
He literally explains in the video that he didn't. I think he knew Chris was an abuser considering Nancy and his wife were close, which is why he was probably banned from their house. So when JBL said that to Regal, everything might of just clicked for him Yeah reading between the lines I get the feeling he really didn't like him at all by that point in their careers but I don't think it dawned on him til literally moments before he shot the video that he could have been involved in the murder. Edit: (I think I just repeated exactly what you just said back to you, sorry haha.)
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jul 17, 2022 18:34:27 GMT -5
Darren Matthews the man is a liar. Hard to trust anything he says, he's always on, always working to us fans. The look on his face on the Raw was that of "I know this guy killed his wife and child." But..."respect" and "workrate" so Benoit's buddies will always protect him and to quote wwe "then, now and forever." Bill Goldberg should have destroyed Regal the first chance he got, Darren Matthews the man was shooting on Bill Goldberg the man because of jealousy and that false paying dues BS. Goldberg is the bigger, better man for letting that BS go. Even as a kid watching that Nitro match I saw this was something different than a normal match. Completely disagree. I’m sure some will think I’m biased as I’m a Brit but Regal has never had an issue with telling stories about himself that go far beyond anything as trivial as “making someone look bad in the ring”. Regal doesn’t hold back when he speaks about his past behaviour even though it makes him look like a complete and utter arsehole on more than one occasion. That level of brutal honesty, coupled with the fact that his story on it hasn't changed one bit in 25 years makes me believe his side of the whole saga. A saga that could easily be put to bed if the Agent in charge of the match (whom Regal has never named out of respect) would just tell us what happened.
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Post by Fade on Jul 17, 2022 18:48:08 GMT -5
They didn’t broadcast anything JBL said that night huh? That’d be interesting to see.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jul 17, 2022 18:50:16 GMT -5
Darren Matthews the man is a liar. Hard to trust anything he says, he's always on, always working to us fans. The look on his face on the Raw was that of "I know this guy killed his wife and child." But..."respect" and "workrate" so Benoit's buddies will always protect him and to quote wwe "then, now and forever." Bill Goldberg should have destroyed Regal the first chance he got, Darren Matthews the man was shooting on Bill Goldberg the man because of jealousy and that false paying dues BS. Goldberg is the bigger, better man for letting that BS go. Even as a kid watching that Nitro match I saw this was something different than a normal match. Think you're reading too much into a guy who was learning on the job getting lost in one of his first real matches on live TV that was expected to ne more than a basic three minute squash. Regal doesn't have the reputation of shooting on people, he's never mentioned among his peers who have the habit of taking liberties, it was just a bad match between a guy who was suffering substance problems against someone who's worked a two dozen short matches at that point and mainly knew how toget his spots in, and not much else. Not either man's fault, green is green in the end. Other power plant trainees had the same issues, looked great, can do spots but didn't know how to work when they hit TV. See Kevin Nash, the Natural Born Thrillaz and so on. If Goldberg had tried shooting, he'd have just ended up in a front face lock until management intervened, again, he was better at hurting people unintentionally.
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 17, 2022 18:52:05 GMT -5
Completely disagree. I’m sure some will think I’m biased as I’m a Brit but Regal has never had an issue with telling stories about himself that go far beyond anything as trivial as “making someone look bad in the ring”. Regal doesn’t hold back when he speaks about his past behaviour even though it makes him look like a complete and utter arsehole on more than one occasion. That level of brutal honesty, coupled with the fact that his story on it hasn't changed one bit in 25 years makes me believe his side of the whole saga. A saga that could easily be put to bed if the Agent in charge of the match (whom Regal has never named out of respect) would just tell us what happened. I was around 13 at the time and I could even tell then this match was a little bit off, the match with he and Goldberg. I still see it as such. And I do think the more he talks the more he will show he's one of these "pay the dues" BS guys like Holly, Bradshaw, Eddie, Benoit and Taker and he will show his true colors. But just like him, that's about all I have to say right now. And I know I'm probably misquoting him from THAT Raw episode. Think you're reading too much into a guy who was learning on the job getting lost in one of his first real matches on live TV that was expected to ne more than a basic three minute squash. Regal doesn't have the reputation of shooting on people, he's never mentioned among his peers who have the habit of taking liberties, it was just a bad match between a guy who was suffering substance problems against someone who's worked a two dozen short matches at that point and mainly knew how toget his spots in, and not much else. Not either man's fault, green is green in the end. Other power plant trainees had the same issues, looked great, can do spots but didn't know how to work when they hit TV. See Kevin Nash, the Natural Born Thrillaz and so on. If Goldberg had tried shooting, he'd have just ended up in a front face lock until management intervened, again, he was better at hurting people unintentionally. Bill Goldberg had been around a few months at this point and no match was this bad. Bill Demott, THAT Bill Demott gave Bill Goldberg more than Regal gave. Goldberg had good takedowns but Regal gave him nothing. Even Demott let Bill held him the jackhammer an extra second or two while Bill had to do it quick with Regal. Regal's crap was known decades ago what he did to Bill. But we give him a pass because he's a dues paying BS guy. If you, me or anyone else got in the ring with Regal then with a few months experience, he'll pull the same crap and we all know it. I am all for giving him credit for cleaning up, helping the generations of wrestlers but that was a shoot plain and simple and he should just own up to it. He was pissed he was so far down the card he was a jobber, just like Hugh Morris and Jerry Flynn and the rest. He chose to make Bill look bad. Crazy thing is, Bill has a WWE A&E bio on tonight, a new episode, while Regal was let go from WWE months ago. Kind of fitting I think. And I'm NOT a WWE fan but this is very fitting...Regal was even working us fans with his BS interview with Tony on AEW about he and his drooling. He knew people would jump to conclusions then called them out for doing so. He's a worker, always will be a worker. And WE fall for it every time! Fall for it with the Goldberg match, fall for it with not knowing about Benoit, fall for it in AEW and we keep falling for it.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 17, 2022 19:28:24 GMT -5
Darren Matthews the man is a liar. Hard to trust anything he says, he's always on, always working to us fans. The look on his face on the Raw was that of "I know this guy killed his wife and child." But..."respect" and "workrate" so Benoit's buddies will always protect him and to quote wwe "then, now and forever" as seen in the Jordynne Grace tweet. Bill Goldberg should have destroyed Regal the first chance he got, Darren Matthews the man was shooting on Bill Goldberg the man because of jealousy and that false paying dues BS. Goldberg is the bigger, better man for letting that BS go. Even as a kid watching that Nitro match I saw this was something different than a normal match. dude you need to chill
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 17, 2022 19:43:17 GMT -5
/quote]dude you need to chill I'm super happy and chill but I can't stand liars like Darren Matthews. And I myself am a recovering alcoholic that led police in a drunken chase across multiple counties in my state so I don't look down on him. But he's a BS "pay the dues" "back in my day" guy. He respects only those who believe in that nonsense, those who pay the dues. He's proven this recently and over 20+ years. He does not respect us fans, he shot on Goldberg and he knew Benoit was a killer. He will talk about Benoit with the next person who pays him more than Conrad.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Jul 17, 2022 19:46:51 GMT -5
Completely disagree. I’m sure some will think I’m biased as I’m a Brit but Regal has never had an issue with telling stories about himself that go far beyond anything as trivial as “making someone look bad in the ring”. Regal doesn’t hold back when he speaks about his past behaviour even though it makes him look like a complete and utter arsehole on more than one occasion. That level of brutal honesty, coupled with the fact that his story on it hasn't changed one bit in 25 years makes me believe his side of the whole saga. A saga that could easily be put to bed if the Agent in charge of the match (whom Regal has never named out of respect) would just tell us what happened. I was around 13 at the time and I could even tell then this match was a little bit off, the match with he and Goldberg. I still see it as such. And I do think the more he talks the more he will show he's one of these "pay the dues" BS guys like Holly, Bradshaw, Eddie, Benoit and Taker and he will show his true colors. But just like him, that's about all I have to say right now. And I know I'm probably misquoting him from THAT Raw episode. Think you're reading too much into a guy who was learning on the job getting lost in one of his first real matches on live TV that was expected to ne more than a basic three minute squash. Regal doesn't have the reputation of shooting on people, he's never mentioned among his peers who have the habit of taking liberties, it was just a bad match between a guy who was suffering substance problems against someone who's worked a two dozen short matches at that point and mainly knew how toget his spots in, and not much else. Not either man's fault, green is green in the end. Other power plant trainees had the same issues, looked great, can do spots but didn't know how to work when they hit TV. See Kevin Nash, the Natural Born Thrillaz and so on. If Goldberg had tried shooting, he'd have just ended up in a front face lock until management intervened, again, he was better at hurting people unintentionally. Bill Goldberg had been around a few months at this point and no match was this bad. Bill Demott, THAT Bill Demott gave Bill Goldberg more than Regal gave. Goldberg had good takedowns but Regal gave him nothing. Even Demott let Bill held him the jackhammer an extra second or two while Bill had to do it quick with Regal. Regal's crap was known decades ago what he did to Bill. But we give him a pass because he's a dues paying BS guy. If you, me or anyone else got in the ring with Regal then with a few months experience, he'll pull the same crap and we all know it. I am all for giving him credit for cleaning up, helping the generations of wrestlers but that was a shoot plain and simple and he should just own up to it. He was pissed he was so far down the card he was a jobber, just like Hugh Morris and Jerry Flynn and the rest. He chose to make Bill look bad. Crazy thing is, Bill has a WWE A&E bio on tonight, a new episode, while Regal was let go from WWE months ago. Kind of fitting I think. And I'm NOT a WWE fan but this is very fitting... sorry but I think you are way off with this opinion, if Regal was a "pay your dues" type he wouldnt be as respected as he is by 99% of people who passed through nxt, he's not been an active wrestler in what ten years or so and not one wrestler has come out to criticise him as someone who took liberties with them in the ring after he retired as an active wrestler. looking at tweets from both former & current nxt/wwe stars when he was released was universal praise for him for what he did for them during his time with wwe. his time in wcw & wwf/wwe shows he didnt think he was above putting people over as that is what he did a hell of a lot of the time in both companies, and you have this opinion based on one match out of his time in both wcw & wwf/e completely ignoring the rest of his career. sometimes wrestlers styles dont mesh in the ring for a match, Regal vs Goldberg was just one of those matches where the two styles didnt mesh together to make a good match. he didnt seem to stiff Goldberg at any point in the match from what I remember (I watched that nitro a few months ago.) which if he was the type of wrestler you seem to think he is he would have done.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 17, 2022 19:47:02 GMT -5
/quote]dude you need to chill I'm super happy and chill but I can't stand liars like Darren Matthews. And I myself am a recovering alcoholic that led police in a drunken chase across multiple counties in my state so I don't look down on him. But he's a BS "pay the dues" "back in my day" guy. He respects only those who believe in that nonsense, those who pay the dues. He's proven this recently and over 20+ years. He does not respect us fans, he shot on Goldberg and he knew Benoit was a killer. And yet A&E does a biography on Goldberg...looks like that is the guy I should respect. it's just dude, you come into these threads and you're always so angry and act like everyone who ever did something other than perfect deserves to be chased out of the business and treated like a pariah (if not worse) and it's just getting really old. was William Regal a perfect guy, especially during his drug issues? no he wasnt. but your response here (and other responses elsewhere) is always so out of proportion with the thing being discussed (if it even has anything to do with the subject at hand) and I'm just getting so tired of it.
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 17, 2022 20:05:13 GMT -5
it's just dude, you come into these threads and you're always so angry and act like everyone who ever did something other than perfect deserves to be chased out of the business and treated like a pariah (if not worse) and it's just getting really old. was William Regal a perfect guy, especially during his drug issues? no he wasnt. but your response here (and other responses elsewhere) is always so out of proportion with the thing being discussed (if it even has anything to do with the subject at hand) and I'm just getting so tired of it. I went back and looked at my last few posts and it looks like don't like people being conned on twitter by Virgil and Bagwell's friends, I don't like Vince sexually assaulting women and I don't like Tammy getting away with vehicular manslaughter. If you come across anything else just PM me as I only looked at the last few pages. I'm interested to see what other con artists and evil human beings I'm disrespecting.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jul 17, 2022 20:48:03 GMT -5
He literally explains in the video that he didn't. I think he knew Chris was an abuser considering Nancy and his wife were close, which is why he was probably banned from their house. So when JBL said that to Regal, everything might of just clicked for him He actually explained that his wife was close to Chris' first wife, not Nancy. And the ban was after the dissolution of that marriage.
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Post by Venti on Jul 17, 2022 20:58:22 GMT -5
TIL Regal's real name. Huh, dude doesn't look like a Darren to me
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2022 21:59:03 GMT -5
/quote]dude you need to chill I'm super happy and chill but I can't stand liars like Darren Matthews. And I myself am a recovering alcoholic that led police in a drunken chase across multiple counties in my state so I don't look down on him. But he's a BS "pay the dues" "back in my day" guy. He respects only those who believe in that nonsense, those who pay the dues. He's proven this recently and over 20+ years. He does not respect us fans, he shot on Goldberg and he knew Benoit was a killer. He will talk about Benoit with the next person who pays him more than Conrad. You make a lot of assumptions based on things that are really, really hard to state as straight facts. Is the real life Regal/Darren Matthews perfect? Hell no. But, just for the sake of argument here... you know who else pretty much goes with whoever pays him at the time? Mick Foley, one of the most beloved people in all of pro-wrestling.
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