William Regal Discusses Chris Benoit
Jul 17, 2022 22:06:01 GMT -5
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jul 17, 2022 22:06:01 GMT -5
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
Yep for those that don't want to watch the 20 minute video I'll give highlights (should have anyways)
1.Brought this up because he wanted to address it once since he admitted Benoit will be named a lot due to matches, but also because he wanted to clear up that he didn't know exactly what happened.
2.Used to hang out with Chris cause they lived in same neighborhood and his wife was close to Chris's first wife. When Chris cheated on his first wife and then left her for Nancy, Regal's wife banned Chris and Nancy from coming to their house.
3.Since Regal stopped going out, he and Benoit basically only saw each other at work ever since he and Nancy got together. While they were civil at work, it was a professional relationship. Said by that point Benoit and Nancy had moved like 6 or so miles away but since they didn't talk outside of work Regal had no idea where the hosue was
4.When roster was told Benoit missed the house show (before ppv), Regal thought was odd because of Chris's reputation. Asked his wife to try and check on them. She refused since a)didn't know where he lived and b)didn't like Chris cause of leaving his first wife. Regal said he's glad she refused because had she done it and had to deal with that scene he said he wouldn't be able to forgive himself.
5.When they found out what happened on Monday he was pretty much in a daze. In his shock he kept checking on his family because in his state of mind he was wondering if it was a crazed fan going after wrestlers or something so he kept calling his family all day to make sure they were okay.
6.As he was getting ready to film, JBL had just done his tribute and came out and asked Regal if he thought Chris had anything to do with it. Regal never thought about that but that started running through his mind. The comments he gave was more so because he was in shock and didn't know what to say and wanted to cover himself since he was now thinking of that possibility. Stated he wishes instead of saying what he said he would have just declined to give statement after thought got put in his head. Swore on his kids' lives that he didn't know before hand
7.Stated his knowledge of the murders, the Goldberg incident, and his drug use are all facts that people continuously get wrong about his career or overexaggerate the facts. Said he has no problem talking about Goldberg or drug use but out of respect for Chris's first wife, David, Megan, and Nancy's sister he didn't want to discuss any further (as we saw the shit storm Jordynne Grace caused recently)