The Tribulations of William Regal

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In the first of an impromptu two-parter, William Regal chronicles the health issues that he’s suffered over the last couple of years that nearly cost him his life! You’ll hear how through the workings of science and modern medicine, some excellent doctors, and a bit of fate (or maybe divine intervention), Regal defied the odds, beat death, and lived to tell the tale of not only his extremely rare heart surgery, but also the neck injury he’s been suffering from for 30 years that he didn’t really know he had! And in between his surgeries, hospital stays, and doctor visits, he managed to scout talent for WWE, hold tryouts, and produce some incredible events for NXT. He talks about his program with Bryan Danielson, working in the ring with Cesaro, and his last unofficial match with Sami Zayn.

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0:00.0	TALK IS CHERICO BABY TALK IS CHERICO
0:07.0	TALK IS CHERICO MAMA TALK IS BABY
0:13.0	Welcome to TALK IS CHERICO
0:15.0	It is the part of Thunder and Rock n' Roll
0:17.0	And today, we're talking to the brand new member of the All Elite roster
0:23.0	William Regal is here. Yes, the legendary William Regal made a surprise
0:27.0	AEW debut at Revolutionless weekend after the Brian Dandes and John Moxley war
0:33.0	And I've got Regal here today on TALK IS CHERICO
0:36.0	We're going to talk all about his surprise appearance and signing to AEW
0:40.0	And how that all happened. We were going to talk about his 22 years at WTOB
0:43.0	All the work he did for NXT, talent relations and development and everything he did
0:48.0	The conversation took a turn, very serious turn, as it sometimes does as TALK IS CHERICO
0:52.0	And while we did talk about some of the stuff he's done for NXT, especially over the last few years
0:56.0	And his thoughts on being in AEW
0:58.0	We mostly talked about William Regal's recent near-death experience
1:02.0	His emergency open heart surgery, his surprise neck surgery, his surprise back surgery
1:08.0	It's been a hard few years for William Regal, one of my oldest friends in the wrestling business
1:12.0	And in this very emotional conversation, he walks us through his health issues and scares
1:17.0	And explains how he persevered through it all
1:20.0	And not only survived but thrived
1:22.0	And he was so candid in sharing his incredible and inspiring story that we didn't have time to talk about all the other things we had planned
1:28.0	So we're going to have to have him back on very soon to get some of these stories that we were planning on talking about
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