Skip to main content
Inside The Ropes
  • News

    WWE News

    AEW logo for their Dynamite TV show

    AEW News

    Japan News

    Wrestling News

  • Features
    John Cena and Becky Lynch

    5 WWE Legends Who Almost Got Fired

    Scott Steiner and his 'pet' tiger

    10 Iconic Pro Wrestling “Super Pets”

    Triple H entrance

    5 Changes We Want To See Triple H Make To WWE

    Bray and the fiend

    5 Dramatic Gimmick Changes

  • Interviews
    20 Questions Killer Kelly

    20 Questions With Killer Kelly

    Rick Boogs

    Interview With Rick Boogs

    JONAH

    Interview With JONAH

    Rosemary Interview

    Interview With Rosemary

  • Podcasts
    What’s Going Down #86 – Omega & Punk Returns, Dexter Lumis & More

    Listen
    Wrestling Roast #72 – CM Punk Is Back!

    Listen
    Wrestling Roast #71 – Where Is MJF?

    Listen
    Power Slam Podcast #251 – Post SummerSlam RAW, Pat McAfee & More

    Listen
  • Quizzes
    Play Word Rumble

    Play Word Rumble

    WWE logo

    Can You Name Every WWE Pay-per-view?

    WWE Survivor Series sole survivors quiz

    Can You Name All The WWE Survivor Series Sole Survivors?

    WWE Smackdown logo

    Can You Name Every Wrestler That Competed On The First SmackDown?

  • Live Tours
  • Shop
    Magazine
    Clothing
    Accessories
    Collectibles
  • Trending
  • Follow us:
    • Facebook Facebook
    • Twitter Twitter
    • Instagram Instagram
  • Watch us:
    • YouTube YouTube
    • Twitch Twitch
  • Subscribe to the Magazine
  • Play Word Rumble
AEW News

William Regal Opens Up About Relationship With Triple H

By James Holder. Published 4th August 2022.
William Regal Triple H

William Regal has offered an insight into his friendship with Triple H including whether they still speak while working for rival companies.

Triple H and William Regal first worked together back in the mid-1990’s while they were both in WCW. The pair very briefly joined forces on television, before The Game left for WWE in early 1995.

However, when Regal also left to the join the company, the pair reconnected before working together more closely with the advent of NXT. For the best part of decade the two men worked on the revamped developmental territory signing and helping train a number of WWE current biggest stars.

During this period, both men earned significant praise from fans and wrestling insiders for their work in building the brand which became increasingly popular, blending WWE’s production values with a more ‘indie’ style of wrestling.

In September 2021, Triple H suffered a serious cardiac event which forced him to take a break from the company, and by the time he returned William Regal had been released.

Related

MJF Heading Back To AEW Soon

Speaking on a recent episode of his Gentleman Villain podcast, Regal opened up about his close friendship with the former World Champion, and how they learned to work with each other.

We are very, very close, incredibly Close. But we don’t talk to each other much. I’m gonna say this on this podcast, he knows I work for somewhere else. Now the reason we get on when I started working at NXT is he knows that I will never say yes if the answer’s no, if I think the answer is no. That might tell you a lot of things about me and there’s enough people will tell you that.

The reason I have the whatever standard I have in this job is because I am as straight up of a geezer as you can find. We’ve talked a bit about this before, but me and H don’t have great conversations. We don’t really you know, the one thing we do have is music though we get on about Motorhead and stuff.

But we just get on and he can look at me because of the time we spent together, a short time in WCW. Well a year, just over a year, but we spent time learning our craft together. And me and him could just look at each other from across an arena and I know what he wants and I’ll take care of it.

When we worked together, I was the last person, I probably spoke to him less than anybody else in the entire company. He didn’t need to speak to me, I get it, sometimes I get a one word text, and I will just take care of whatever, I knew what he meant. That’s how we work together. He knows now that I work somewhere else, he knows I would never talk to anybody. I know it’s hard for people to imagine that because everybody’s like, everybody’s different now. They think it’s okay to talk. No, he knows that’s the way I am.

So we’ve obviously been in touch in the last several months, just an occasional thing. I’ve sent him a happy birthday mail, but he would never ask me about what I’m doing now. Because he knows that’s why I keep whatever standards I have. I don’t ask him, I’ve got no idea what’s going on there. I’ve no idea, no idea, because I’m not working there. I don’t need to know it’s none of my business. None of my business what other people’s business is. So I’m working somewhere else.”

Following his release by WWE, Regal joined AEW at the behest of Bryan Danielson, and along with Jon Moxley the trio formed the Blackpool Combat Club.

Meanwhile after a spell away from the spotlight, Triple H has risen to become WWE’s Head of Creative and Head of Talent Relations after Vince McMahon retired.

If you use any of the quotes from this article please give a h/t and link back to Inside The Ropes.

  • Facebook
    Share
  • Twitter
    Tweet
  • WhatsApp
    Send
  • Share

Popular Stories

  1. Goldberg On Ex-WWE Star – “I Wanted To Rip His Face Off”
  2. Every WWE / NXT Release – August 18, 2022
  3. Ric Flair Claims Legendary Name Shouldn’t Be In The WWE Hall Of Fame
  4. SmackDown Star Accuses Liv Morgan Of Getting Ruby Soho Fired From WWE
  5. CM Punk Has “Verbally Expressed” Displeasure With AEW & Adam Page
  6. MJF Heading Back To AEW Soon
  7. Shawn Michaels Becomes New WWE Vice President of Talent Development Creative
  8. AEW Star Jokes About Being Bullied By CM Punk
  9. AEW Tag Team Air Frustrations With Current Booking
  10. Adam Page Responds To CM Punk’s Shoot Dynamite Call-Out
Inside The Ropes
  • News
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Podcasts
  • Magazine
  • Write For Us
  • Facebook Facebook
  • Twitter Twitter
  • Instagram Instagram
  • YouTube YouTube
  • Twitch Twitch
© 2022 ITR Digital Media Limited. Read about our privacy policy.