Darren Matthews
Acting • Born 1968-05-10
Biography
Darren Kenneth Matthews is an English professional wrestler, author and color commentator currently signed to WWE under the ring name William Regal. He is also known for his time in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Steven Regal. Having started his career wrestling on a rare surviving carnival booth in England, Matthews moved on to wrestle for national-level promotions on the British wrestling circuit, including on UK television. He then progressed to touring around the world, in countries such as Germany and South Africa, before being called up to World Championship Wrestling in 1993. In 2000, after leaving WCW, Matthews joined the World Wrestling Federation (later World Wrestling Entertainment and now just WWE), where he became commissioner. More recently he has been General Manager of Raw, the 2008 King of the Ring and was briefly the official match coordinator for NXT Redemption in 2011. He is currently a color commentator on NXT. He's also known for being the first wrestler to beat CM Punk by submission. Matthews has achieved considerable championship success in professional wrestling, although he has never been a world champion. Throughout his career, he has won more than 60 titles worldwide, including four in WCW and 15 in WWE. He has overcome multiple drug problems as well as a major heart defect during his career, and he has written an autobiography.
Filmography
138 credits
NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8
Movie • 1994
Lord Steven Regal
WWE Survivor Series 2001
Movie • 2001
William Regal
WWE SummerSlam 2009
Movie • 2009
William Regal
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
Movie • 2011
William Regal
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
Movie • 2003
William Regal
WWE Wrestlemania X8
Movie • 2002
William Regal
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
Movie • 2009
William Regal
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Movie • 2010
William Regal (Ringside)
AEW Revolution 2022
Movie • 2022
William Regal
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
Movie • 2001
William Regal
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Movie • 2002
William Regal
WWE Over The Limit 2012
Movie • 2012
William Regal
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Movie • 2001
William Regal
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
Movie • 2006
William Regal
WWE Survivor Series 1998
Movie • 1998
"The Man's Man" Steven Regal
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
Movie • 1999
"Lord" Steven Regal
WWE No Way Out 2001
Movie • 2001
William Regal (Ringside)
WWE No Mercy 2000
Movie • 2000
William Regal
WWE Survivor Series 2000
Movie • 2000
William Regal
WWE Rebellion 2000
Movie • 2000
William Regal
WWE Armageddon 2000
Movie • 2000
William Regal
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
Movie • 2005
William Regal
WWE Backlash 2001
Movie • 2001
William Regal
WWE Insurrextion 2001
Movie • 2001
William Regal
WWE Judgment Day 2001
Movie • 2001
William Regal
WWE InVasion
Movie • 2001
William Regal
WWE Rebellion 2001
Movie • 2001
William Regal
WWE Unforgiven 2004
Movie • 2004
William Regal
WWE Vengeance 2001
Movie • 2001
William Regal
WWE No Way Out 2002
Movie • 2002
William Regal
WWE Backlash 2005
Movie • 2005
William Regal
WWE Insurrextion 2002
Movie • 2002
William Regal
WWE Vengeance 2002
Movie • 2002
William Regal
WWE Armageddon 2005
Movie • 2005
William Regal
WWE Unforgiven 2002
Movie • 2002
William Regal
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
Movie • 2022
William Regal
WWE Armageddon 2002
Movie • 2002
William Regal
WWE No Way Out 2003
Movie • 2003
William Regal
WWE No Mercy 2006
Movie • 2006
William Regal
WWE Armageddon 2006
Movie • 2006
William Regal
WCW Starrcade 1993
Movie • 1993
Lord Steven Regal
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
Movie • 1994
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
Movie • 1993
Lord Steven Regal
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
Movie • 1994
"Lord" Steven Regal
WWE Survivor Series 2008
Movie • 2008
William Regal
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Movie • 2010
William Regal
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
Movie • 2009
William Regal
WWE Breaking Point 2009
Movie • 2009
William Regal
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Movie • 2009
William Regal
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
Movie • 1995
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
Movie • 1995
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Uncensored 1996
Movie • 1996
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Slamboree 1996
Movie • 1996
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW World War 3 1996
Movie • 1996
"Lord" Steven Regal
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
Movie • 2002
William Regal
WCW Spring Stampede 1997
Movie • 1997
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Slamboree 1997
Movie • 1997
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW World War 3 1997
Movie • 1997
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
Movie • 1996
"Lord" Steven Regal
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
Movie • 2022
William Regal
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2022
Movie • 2022
William Regal
AEW All Out 2022
Movie • 2022
William Regal
AEW Full Gear 2022
Movie • 2022
William Regal
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
Movie • 2016
William Regal
WWE: The Ladder Match
Movie • 2007
William Regal
WWE No Mercy 2007
Movie • 2007
William Regal (Raw G.M.)
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Movie • 2009
William Regal (Lumberjack)
Countdown to WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland
Movie • 2024
William Regal
NXT TakeOver: The End
Movie • 2016
William Regal
WCW Starrcade 1995
Movie • 1995
Lord Steven Regal
NXT Takeover: Toronto
Movie • 2016
Willam Regal
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
Movie • 2017
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
Movie • 2015
William Regal
WWE WrestleMania 22
Movie • 2006
William Regal
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Movie • 2012
Lord Steven Regal
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
Movie • 2014
William Regal
CM Punk: Best in the World
Movie • 2012
William Regal
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
Movie • 2015
William Regal
WWE: The New & Improved DX
Movie • 2007
William Regal
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Movie • 2016
William Regal (archive footage)
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Movie • 2011
Lord Steven Regal
The Destruction of The Shield
Movie • 2015
William Regal
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
Movie • 2014
Lord Steven Regal
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
Movie • 2011
William Regal
WWE WrestleMania 21
Movie • 2005
William Regal
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
Movie • 2010
William Regal (Ringside)
ECW One Night Stand 2005
Movie • 2005
William Regal
WCW World War 3 1995
Movie • 1995
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
Movie • 1996
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
Movie • 1993
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Beach Blast 1993
Movie • 1993
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
Movie • 1993
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
Movie • 1993
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Movie • 1993
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW BattleBowl
Movie • 1993
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
Movie • 1994
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW SuperBrawl IV
Movie • 1994
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Slamboree 1994
Movie • 1994
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
Movie • 1994
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
Movie • 1994
"Lord" Steven Regal
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
Movie • 1994
"Lord" Steven Regal
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
Movie • 2021
William Regal
NXT ArRIVAL
Movie • 2014
William Regal
Trail of the Spider
Movie • 2008
Turnwood
NXT TakeOver 36
Movie • 2021
William Regal
NXT Takeover: Orlando
Movie • 2017
William Regal
NXT Halloween Havoc 2024
Movie • 2024
William Regal
Countdown to WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
Movie • 2024
William Regal
NXT TakeOver: WarGames
Movie • 2017
William Regal
WWE SummerSlam 2006
Movie • 2006
William Regal (Appearance)
WWE NXT Homecoming
Movie • 2025
William Regal
Birth of The Stunner
Movie • 2021
Self
WCW Saturday Night
TV • 1992
WCW Monday Nitro
TV • 1995
Lord Steven Regal
Raw
TV • 1993
Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
WWE Superstars
TV • 2009
The JBL and Cole Show
TV • 2012
William Regal
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
William Regal
WWE Table For 3
TV • 2015
William Regal
Ruthless Aggression
TV • 2020
William Regal
Hey! (EW)
TV • 2022
William Regal
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
William Regal
WWE Main Event
TV • 2012
William Regal
Raw
TV • 1993
William Regal
AEW Unrestricted
TV • 2020
William Regal
WWE ECW
TV • 2006
William Regal
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV • 2021
William Regal
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
William Regal
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Raw
TV • 1993
Steven Regal
WWE Tough Enough
TV • 2001
William Regal
WWE Cruiserweight Classic
TV • 2016
William Regal
WWE Confidential
TV • 2002
William Regal
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Video Diaries
TV • 1990
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
"Lord" Steven Regal