WWE fired William Regal: an era ends at NXT

WWE fired William Regal

The old incarnation of NXT definitely ceases to exist. Yesterday WWE fired William Regal and several producers and coaches of the brand's old guard, including "Road Dogg" Jesse James. All loyal to Triple H and its original vision of the product.

WWE fired William Regal

This is a real end to an era: William Regal, in fact, he held the position of General Manager of NXT since 2014. The list of cuts also includes referee and producer Scott Armstrong, Performance Center coach Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher, Danny Burch and Cathy Corino.

For several months now Vince McMahon has decided to make a rebranding of the show, changing format, presentation and superstar. The new course of NXT 2.0 began in effect with New Year's Evil (here the complete results) where the very young Bron Breakker ousted Tommaso Ciampa, becoming the champion.

William Regal has been released by WWE, for @SeanRossSapp pic.twitter.com/0XHhz8QFrz

- B / R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) January 5, 2022

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What will the future of NXT be?

In the light of recent events, it is clear that WWE wants to return to treating NXT as a development brand for the new generation, avoiding contracting superstars who have had a background in the independents.

Decision which undoubtedly led Kyle O'Reilly to join AEW and which, according to some, could also lead Johnny Gargano to follow in his footsteps. Both played a vital role at NXT and were among William Regal's proteges.

Gargano himself, in fact, wanted to publicly thank Regal for giving him and many other independent stars the opportunity to shine in WWE.

If it wasn't for William Regal a lot of your favorite guys wouldn't be on television. He got so many of us "indie guys" an opportunity. He will never take credit for that, but he deserves his flowers for helping and molding this generation of wrestlers. #ThankYouRegal pic.twitter.com/ib8GFIHHzE

- Johnny Gargano (@JohnnyGargano) January 5, 2022

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Breaking News – William Regal & Five Others Fired From WWE

Home News Breaking News – William Regal & Five Others Fired From WWE

We now have some additional names that have been released from WWE.

William Regal, who was WWE’s Director of Talent Development and Head of Global Recruiting, has been released from the company. Regal was recently featured on WWE NXT television as the General Manager of the show.

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Chris Guy (Ace Steel) has also been released. He was working as a WWE Performance Center Coach. For those unaware, he trained CM Punk and was a big producer of the matches you see on WWE NXT 2.0.

Dave Kapoor (Ranjin Singh) is another one of the names who were cut. Some of you may remember him as the manager of The Great Khali. Kapoor has previously worked as Senior Vice President of Creative for the company. He moved to Florida last year to work full-time on the NXT brand.

Long-time WWE NXT Creative Producer Ryan Katz has been released. He has been heavily involved in character development and vignettes. Katz used to teach promo classes following the passing of Dusty Rhodes.

As noted earlier, The Road Dogg is also gone from WWE. Sarah Cummins, who worked as WWE’s Senior Vice President, Consumer Products, has also been released.

There are additional names that were released and we’ll post them here on eWrestlingNews.com as we find out their names.

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William RegalDarren Kenneth MatthewsBirthdate: 05/10/1968Height: 6'3'Weight: 243 Ib

Matthews is known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Steven Regal. Having started his career on a rare surviving ...

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