He’s a fantastic performer himself, but William Regal has been more coach and mentor than pro wrestler for a while now. He’s on NXT these days, counseling his son Charlie Dempsey and the Birthright faction along with Fit Finlay (whose son Uriah Connors is in the group as well). But Regal’s main job at WWE is as a talent development executive — his second stint that department for the company.
Point is, with the exception of a few diehard AEW fans (sickos, if you will) holding a grudge over Regal’s
aborted Blackpool Combat Club run in Tony Khan’s company, Regal is very respected in the business. You might think of him as a professor of professional wrestling. So when Regal praises a performance as “masterful”, it’s worth talking about.
This is what he posted about Roman Reigns’ work in the main event of Raw last night (Sept. 14) from Mexico City:
If any talent of any standard want to really up their quality of drawing in your audience then study in great detail Roman Reigns facials, reacting ( I would say selling but selling is acting and this was in a different world of that ) and body motion from last nights bout against Penta on Raw. Masterful.
If you watched the match, you surely noticed what Regal did. My guy Kyle Decker brought up a great example from Reigns match with Penta, which he ultimately won to retain the WWE World Heavyweight championship. It’s when the challenger had his “Sacrifice” arm attack locked in, and Roman is terrified:
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A slightly more subtle moment I really appreciated was how the OTC reacted (to use Regal’s word) to his victory. The exhausted relief is a nice cherry on top of a great night for Penta, even in defeat.
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Do you agree it’s “masterful”, though? Or is Regal overpraising WWE’s top dog, for whatever reason? Let us know where you fall in the comments below.
