Regal has returned.
When information broke that WWE had agreed to a cope with All Japan Professional Wrestling to ship over one younger, ascending member of the NXT roster to the promotion to compete for the Triple Crown Championship, it received followers excited about all of the completely different performers it may very well be.
Would Shawn Michaels ship one in every of his high stars to the Japanese promotion like, say, Bron Breakker, giving the second-generation Steiner an opportunity to compete within the nation his father and uncle lower their enamel in again within the day? Or how about his present NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov, who’s among the many greatest technical performers on this planet and, consequently, an actual contender for the strap?
Nicely, because it seems, the performer chosen for the chance was none apart from Charlie Dempsey, the seldom-used grappler from the No Quarter Catch Crew who boasts William Regal as his father.
Lastly afforded an opportunity to seem on WWE tv after a year-long moratorium as a situation of his launch from AEW, Regal took to social media to each announce his son’s tour to All Japan and to acknowledge his relationship to Dempsey for the primary time publically.
“Hi there to all of the followers of All Japan Professional Wrestling. I’m Lord Steven Regal, generally referred to as William Regal who works for the WWE and NXT. I had an exquisite time within the 90s, wrestling in Japan. I wrestled a number of the biggest wrestlers of all time, together with Mr Tatsumi Fujinami and Mr Antonio Inoki. Nicely, now there’s a brand new era of European wrestlers that can proceed the nice European fashion that was an enormous a part of Japanese wrestling,” William Regal declared by way of Submit Wrestling.
“My coach, Marty Jones, was educated by the legendary Billy Robinson. My mentor, Johnny Saint, additionally educated by Billy Robinson. My different mentor, Pete Roberts, a daily for All Japan Professional Wrestling. And now I’m sending to you what I think about one of the best up-and-coming wrestler of the previous conventional European and Lancashire fashion to All Japan Professional Wrestling. And that’s Charlie Dempsey.
“And that is the primary time that I’m telling individuals in public, Charlie Dempsey is my son. Charlie has been touring the world for the final seven years, honing his craft to proceed the nice legacy of Lancashire-style wrestling. I do know that he’s going to come back to All Japan Professional Wrestling and present all people precisely how good he’s and the way the nice traditions of European wrestling will proceed in Japan. Thanks very a lot certainly.
Will Dempsey really win the AJPW Triple Crown Championship in January and sport some new medal from an organization the overwhelming majority of NXT followers have by no means heard of? I imply, most likely not, however hey, the promotion can no less than boast his look, and Regal can boast that he is serving to to develop the worldwide attain of WWE as soon as extra, which was one thing he prided himself on throughout his final run within the firm earlier than leaping to WWE.
「~WWE NXT リーガル氏からの刺客決定！！！~」
WWE NXT スティーブン・リーガル氏が福田社長のリクエストに動いた！！
前代未聞‼
現役NXT選手が刺客として全日本プロレス三冠ベルトを狙いに！！
1.3後楽園、NEVER MISS THE HISTORY！！#WWE #WWENXT #ajpw #dempsy #ajpwtv pic.twitter.com/H3xRFbLyyL
— 全日本プロレス/alljapan (@alljapan_pw) December 25, 2023
WWE Corridor of Famer Eric Bischoff did not steal the NWO from NJPW.
Talking of Japanese wrestling, WWE Corridor of Famer Eric Bischoff just lately had an episode of 83 Weeks that was all about WCW’s relationship with Japanese wrestling promotions from NJPW and past.
Turning his consideration to the NWO, which some have claimed is an idea stolen from New Japan, which ran a storyline the place outsiders from UWF invaded the promotion, Bischoff defined that the idea was ludicrous, as he merely did not research the product sufficient to steal from it.
“I assume Dave Meltzer and the remainder of the fan base prefer to say, ‘Oh he stole NWO thought.’ I by no means studied their artistic. I don’t know something about their takeovers of invasions,” Eric Bischoff stated by way of Ringside Information. “I studied the general presentation of why do individuals in Japan assume professional wrestling is actual and why do individuals in america assume it’s a joke?’ That’s what I used to be in search of, and that have of going to Japan with the respect of ‘what can I be taught right here?’ You’ll be able to’t export all the things from Japan, and it really works. The tradition is completely different, there are such a lot of variables within the States that we don’t have management of, so you may’t export all the things you see and convey it again, however there are some issues.”
Alright, is that rationale actually on the cash, I did not steal as a result of I did not understand it was steal, the sort of story that may maintain up in a court docket of regulation? No, it actually is not, however is it plausible that Bischoff actually did not research the NJPW product sufficient to know in regards to the UWF storyline? That 100% tracks.
