Having
recently departed from WCW, Regal was hired by the WWF in the summer of 1998.
For a brief time, he was just plain old Steven Regal. No stupid gimmick you
say? Don’t worry though, the WWF put a stop to this madness in only a few
months time. In maybe September or October of 1998, the WWF starting airing
these horrible promos calling Regal a man’s man. These vignettes showed him
doing manly things such as shaving and chopping trees, and were equipped with
horrible music. The music just had some guy with a deep voice saying over and
over “he’s a man, such a man, he’s a real man’s man, such a man”. Or something
like that. He eventually formed an alliance with fellow anti-American Tiger Ali
Singh and had a brief feud against Val Venis and The Godfather. His only pay-per-view
appearance was fighting X-Pac at Survivor Series, which ended in a double DQ. Eventually,
the dynamic duo of Regal and Singh was split up when Regal went to rehab for substance
abuse and Singh was sent to development. He later returned to the WWF as William
Regal.
Accomplishments
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As Steven Regal in WCW and as William Regal
in the WWF, he won several titles. As the man’s man, uh, he really didn’t do anything.
He was just kind of there.
Disgraceful Moments
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When sometimes during matches he would get
on one knee and flex his muscles, but since he had none he had to push his arm flab
up where his bicep should be.
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Wearing a toy construction hat.
