So let's worship our king
 

I marked out in my pants a little when I read that William Regal was the 2008 King of the Ring. I'm hoping this means a credible push as a singles wrestler is on the way for King William.

Fuck, I'd mark out for Regal declaring he can get a title shot whenever he wants, and being a transitional WWE Champion between Randy Orton and CM Punk. I doubt we'll get to see Regal climb that high. It's OK to dream, though.

I have a feeling that Regal will be relinquishing his position as RAW General Manager, and that Regal may end up going to ECW to help the guys there.

He has a friend in a high place, he can work & talk, so let's see what he can do finally in a top spot...I mean jesus the two top heels on RAW are Randy Orton and Jiggletits.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

lol jiggletits.

I didn't even see the above comment till after I posted. I think you should start a thread with poll, afterlife (just make sure Mike Adamle is a choice).

I dunno. I got the dreaded "Neg Rep" for promotong Shakes humor. I'd hate to continue in such a fashion, lest all my green turn red. :roll:

Regal is too willing to job out to younger guys to give them momentum. I doubt he'll get a title run. He certainly has every quality to have a great title run and make the belt mean something.

I'm shocked he won the KOTR. I'm just disappointed every match in it were pretty lackluster.

This will only work if they continue to actually have him wrestle. Tonight he was great. All business and ruthless. Yeah, he faced guys who he had an advantage over going in... but he didn't play around with Hornswoggle, he didn't cheat at all in his matches with Finlay and Punk. He won by submission, breaking out the Regal Stretch... I don't remember the last time he used that (unless I just haven't been paying attention).

If they don't have him wrestle though, it is massive failure.

Also, if they have him wrestle and give him a big serious heel push just so they have a heel to job to Cena that is also massive failure.

I really hope something becomes of this. Regal says that he is ready for a push for the gold. Relinquishes his title as GM. Eneter Shane as the GM for RAW, and Regal goes on raking up some wins as the 2 heel (Jiggletits can go blow) and gets a world title program.

Will it happen? Probably not, but I can dream just as much as 'Noid can.

ok so do you think Regal is gonna get a main event push now or simply a upper midcard push?

I think if he goes after the main event slot and comes up a little short perhaps then maybe wins the IC title down the line (survivor series) and tries again sometime near backlash next year and gets a title run going into summerslam that'd be cool.

Oh wait.

What if he's drafted to SD and becomes a main event heel over there.

Undertaker/ Regal :drool:

The current main event for Backlash currently does very little for me. Throw in Regal and make it a Five-Way. Give me someone to mark out for.

My guess, however, is that Regal isn't going to go to the top. He'll hover around upper mid-card status. I expect him to feud with either Finlay or CM Punk coming out of this (probably in that order), and for him to go over Finlay, but probably do the job to Punk. Then, who knows where he goes.

I think Regal should be stripped of his position as RAW General Manager now that he's won the 2008 King of the Ring Tournament. The winner of that tournament should have in-ring duties that take priority over being an office guy. Vince can put someone else in the role of General Manager. The first two names who put into my head are Joey Styles (who will be at TV tapings, and is a pretty good talker and could be of use being kept on TV) or Theodore Long (with the apparently African American initiative going on).

Part of me is expecting Regal to win the IC Title as early as next week. Something seems off about the IC Champion being a Special Guest Referee at Backlash.

Ya know, I thought Punk was going to go all the way. Well, I thought this after Punk beat Jericho in a match that could be described as "botchy." Seeing Jericho and Punk I KNEW it was going to be the winner of that match.
And it was set up great for Regal to lose. He beat a midget and put the nail in a casket. So from a marks standpoint we have Regal, the fresh man in the ring with CM Punk who just had two brutal matches. CM Punk would have to pull a Cena and overcome the odds. I had mild flashbacks of WM 4 when Savage beat The Million Dollar Man. Savage had three matches and then Ted, who only had one or two. Well, this time the heel won, and I'm happy.

William Regal's hair alone deserves to be King of the Ring.

I still think it is pretty stupid to make an almost inactive wrestler KOTR.

This is an excellent time for Foley to be GM.

LORD William Regal

Foley is so annoying.

Principal Skinner: Well <s>there wouldn't be any ponies</s> he wouldn't be inactive.

I thought it was pretty stupid to even bother with KOTR at this point in the year, so you know nothing will come of it.

Giving it to someone inactive just makes it a moot point.

It was a damn boring tournament.

The top half of the brackets was booked brilliantly. The bottom half was just a waste of time, although the prospect of Regal winning intrigues me now.

Unless he gets a big enough push (in the ring) to warrant going over Punk it was one of the biggest wastes in KOTR history.

Had Regal been an active wrestler it would have been fine. Now they're probably just going to play up the King of RAW bullshit for a while and then drop it. KoTR is supposed to be for pushes, not just to give someone a gimmick.

MVP, Hardy or Punk could have used that WAY more than an inactive wrestler.

The jobbing of Punk is getting pretty ridiculous considering he's Mr. MITB.

The jobbing of Punk? He just beat Matt Hardy and Chris Jericho, CLEAN

They aren't giving Punk a superman push, it's a slow build

Cmon the guy was losing to Chavo clean 8 weeks ago

Losing to an inactive wrestler isn't exactly a "good" thing.

Punk never should have been in the tournament in the first place.

Yea unless they planned on having him win, or lose in a hardfought contest to an established main eventer.. they should have protected him.

It's def not a good thing.


Should have lost to Colin Mochery

Regal may be more or less inactive, but I think he should get one more title reign as kind of a thank you before he retires for good.

He is the best wrestler in the WWE to NEVER win a Heavyweight Title. They should rectify that, even if it's for a two week transition reign.